State Fire Brigade Association Berlin

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State Fire Brigade Association Berlin
(LFV Berlin)
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legal form registered association
purpose Promotion of fire, work, disaster and civil protection
Seat BerlinBerlin Berlin , GermanyGermanyGermany 
founding March 29, 1957

place Berlin
president Sascha Guzy
Members 1900
Organization type Regional association
Website www.landesfeuerwehrverband.berlin

The Landesfeuerwehrverband Berlin e. V. (LFV Berlin) represents the interests of the 58 volunteer fire brigades with their youth fire brigades in the state of Berlin . LFV Berlin is a member of the German Fire Brigade Association (DFV) based in the capital of the Federal Republic of Germany .

history

In 1876 the oldest and still active volunteer fire brigade (FF) in Berlin, the FF Köpenick, was founded. The Brandenburg Provincial Fire Brigade Association was founded in 1877. As early as 1920, when the city of Greater Berlin was formed, an association of the city of Berlin's volunteer fire brigades was formed . In 1938 the former Berlin Fire Brigade Association, like all other associations and clubs in Germany, was forcibly dissolved.

After the end of the war in autumn 1945, 57 volunteer fire departments were established within Berlin. Until 1948, all FF were organized uniformly (communally). After the Berlin blockade and the division of Berlin into four sectors, there were different developments on the west side with 18 FF and on the east side with 39 FF, in the then divided Berlin. In the mid-1950s, after the then fire brigade chief Ludwig Wissell had dissolved nine of the 18 fire brigades in West Berlin and replaced them in part with professional fire brigades (BF), the remaining military commanders and shop stewards felt compelled to set up an advocacy group, the declared aim of which it was was to prevent further fire departments from disbanding . At a meeting of the military leaders and shop stewards on June 2, 1956, the decision was made to create an independent representation. On March 29, 1957, the founding assembly for the regional association of volunteer fire brigades in Berlin was held at the (West Berlin) main fire station in Lindenstrasse . V. held. The association was then accepted as the last fire brigade association before the German reunification in the German fire brigade association .

The fire brigades in East and West had developed very differently by then. In the eastern part of the city there was no fire brigade association and the 42 volunteer fire brigades were affiliated to the city districts, the professional fire brigade (10 commandos) belonged to the state German People's Police . There were also company volunteer fire brigades (317) and 6 company fire brigades. The rescue service in East Berlin was not part of the fire brigade, but part of the Berlin Rescue Office . The local volunteer fire brigades in East Berlin were divided into 14 areas of activity. Of the 1,850 members of the volunteer fire brigade, around 20% were women.

In the spring of 1990, with the dissolution of the GDR , an East Berlin fire brigade association was formed. But in the late summer of 1990, after it was clear that Berlin would reunite, the East Berlin Association joined forces with the State Association of Berlin Voluntary Fire Brigades. V. together.

Award ceremony Fire Brigade Olympiad 1993 Fire- fighting discipline Volunteer fire brigades : from left Berlin , Beselich-Obertiefenbach and the Czech Republic

From July 11th to 17th, 1993 the 10th International Fire Brigade Competition of the World Fire Brigade Association CTIF (Fire Brigade Olympiad ) took place in Berlin with the support of the LFV  . The program included traditional international fire service competitions, international fire service sports competitions and international youth fire service competitions.

At the delegates' meeting in December 2014, the proposal was accepted by a majority, the association in Landesfeuerwehrverband Berlin e. V. rename.

The youngest volunteer fire brigade in Berlin, the FF Charlottenburg-Nord, was founded in March 2018.

tasks

As a representative of the interests of all volunteer fire brigades in Berlin (FF) and the Berlin youth fire brigade (JF), the association promotes fire fighting and fire protection. He acts as a mouthpiece for the voluntary fire brigades in relation to politics and the press and, as a full member of the German Fire Brigade Association, is actively involved in its committees.

organization

The Berlin Fire Brigade Association is independent and is not subject to the instructions of the Berlin Fire Brigade authority. It can honor special services to the fire service and to the association ( badge of honor of the LFV and the German Fire Brigade Cross of Honor ). It is represented by the chairperson and its board of directors.

Other institutions and organs are in addition to an office, a music train and various specialist committees or areas are

According to the statutes, the membership structure is as follows:

  • Ordinary members (emergency services of an FF and their honorary department)
  • Youth fire brigade members (all JF members in Berlin)
  • Supporting members.

General

The Berlin fire brigade has 5200 members who ensure fire fighting, emergency response, preventive fire protection, disaster control and rescue services in the state of Berlin. Of these, about 1,500 members in 58 volunteer fire departments operate. These are divided into two different guard types (A and B).

An A-Wehr or colloquially known as a 10-man guard (e.g. FF Hohenschönhausen / guard and helmet number 6310) is a classic village fire brigade. Such a guard has its own fire station , with its own deployment area in the respective district in Berlin. After being alerted by the control center, she moves to the rescue / accident site at the latest after four minutes.

A B-Wehr or 01er-Wache (e.g. FF Weißensee / Wach and helmet number 6301) is usually housed at the location of a professional watch. A 01er watch usually does their duty / exercise duty once a week, and a. the professional fire brigade (e.g. BF Weißensee / watch and helmet number 6300) supported as an additional vehicle. As a rule, it is stored in the operations control computer in such a way that it is also called into service in the event of major damage events such as storms, explosions and other major events (New Year's Eve) in order to secure a district as a replacement or as a supplement. The "B-Wehr" has a release time of about 30 minutes after an alarm.

A voluntary fire station in Berlin performs around 200 to 1200 missions per year. The FF Berlins also provides all four fire protection preparednesses of the state of Berlin, which were also used, for example, for flood protection in Brandenburg , Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt . In 2015, the volunteer fire brigades were involved with the other aid organizations as part of administrative assistance for refugee aid in the state of Berlin.

Both types of guard in Berlin can set up youth fire brigades , which are supervised and trained by members of the FF. The aim of a JF is to later take over the relatives to the operations department of the FF or BF. In the state of Berlin there are 47 youth fire brigades with around 1200 girls and boys.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Berlin fire brigade: 140 years of FF. Retrieved March 11, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Member page in the DFV. Retrieved February 19, 2015 .
  3. ^ Heinz glasses: water march in East Berlin. Vol. 1. Teltower Stadtblatt Verlag, August 16, 2012, ISBN 3-9815085-0-5 .
  4. ^ Documents Festschrift of the LV of the FF Berlin e. V. from 2007. Accessed February 19, 2015 .
  5. ^ Franz-Josef Sehr : X. Fire Brigade Olympics 1993 in Berlin . In: Florian Hessen 9/1993 . Munkelt Verlag, 1993, ISSN  0936-5370 , p. 25-26 .
  6. ↑ Berlin Fire Brigade: Foundation of FF. Retrieved March 11, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Berlin youth fire brigade
  8. ↑ a b Total active members from 2006 to 2014, according to the 2014 fire brigade yearbook . German Fire Brigade Association, Berlin.
  9. ↑ Berlin Fire Brigade: FAQ Voluntary Fire Brigade. Retrieved June 10, 2015 .
  10. ↑ Voluntary fire brigade. Berlin fire brigade, accessed on February 19, 2015 .