List of abbreviations used by the fire brigade
Abbreviations for the fire brigade are used nationwide in Germany. Depending on the federal state, the rank designations are different, thus also their abbreviations.
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| 2 m tape | Frequency range for radio communication with short range in analog radio |
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| 4 m tape | Frequency range for radio communications with a long range in analog radio |
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| 70 cm tape | Frequency range for radio communications with a long range and low transmission power in analog radio |
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| A service | Management function, exact meaning differs from fire department to fire department |
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| A-hose | Suction or pressure hose , internal diameter 110 mm |
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| AAO | Alarm and release order |
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| FROM | Roll-off container for swap body vehicle |
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| ABC | Nuclear, biological and chemical hazardous substances |
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| ABC-ErkKW | ABC reconnaissance vehicle |
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| ABek | Alert notification (set of rules on alerting the npol. BOS in Bavaria) |
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| ABI | Section fire inspector |
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| AFFF | aqueous film-forming foam (German for "water film-forming foam") |
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| AGT | Respirator wearer |
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| AGW | Respirator maintenance |
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| AL | Trunk line, section head or attached manager |
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| ANT | Respiratory protection emergency training |
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| ANTS | Respiratory protection emergency trained relay (Berlin, Langen fire brigade, Rodgau fire brigade) |
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| ASÜ | Respiratory protection monitoring |
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| ATr (AT) | Attack force |
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| ATF | Analytical Task Force |
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| ATF | Attack troop leader |
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| ATM | Attack troop man |
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| ATS | Respiratory protection |
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| B service | Management function, exact meaning differs from fire department to fire department |
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| B-hose | Suction or pressure hose , internal diameter 75 mm |
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| B-jet pipe | B-size multipurpose lance |
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| BA | Fire officer |
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| Baby NAW | Baby ambulance |
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| bar | Unit of measurement for pressure |
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| BAR | Fire Department Council |
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| BaBiSi | Tree bending simulator |
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| BayFwG | Bavarian Fire Brigade Act |
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| BbgBKG | Law on fire protection, aid and disaster control of the state of Brandenburg |
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| BBK | Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance |
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| BBM | District fire chief |
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| BF | Professional fire brigade |
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| BFV | District Fire Brigade Association |
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| BHKG | Law on fire protection, assistance and disaster control in North Rhine-Westphalia |
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| BI | Fire inspector or fire inspector |
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| UCS | Fire protection and disaster control school |
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| BM | Fire chief |
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| BMA | Fire Chief Candidate |
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| BMA | Fire alarm system |
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| BMZ | Fire alarm control panel |
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| BOAR | Fire chief council |
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| BOI | Chief Fire Inspector |
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| BOS | Authorities and organizations with security tasks |
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| BR | Fire Council |
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| BraSiWaDi | Fire security guard service |
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| BremHilfeG | Bremen Aid Act |
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| BrSchG | Fire protection law Saxony-Anhalt and also law on fire protection and the assistance of the fire brigades Schleswig-Holstein |
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| BSD | Fire security guard service |
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| BSR | Staging room |
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| BtFw | Company fire brigade |
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| BVA | Official from the alarm service ( ELW 1 staffed with operations manager from the senior service and management assistant) |
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| BVE | Police officer |
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| CBRN | Substances which chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats emanating |
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| CBRN ErkW | CBRN reconnaissance vehicle |
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| C service | Management function, exact meaning differs from fire department to fire department |
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| C-hose | Suction or pressure hose , inside diameter 52 mm, as pressure hose or fast water discharge also 42 mm |
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| CM nozzle | C-size multipurpose lance |
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| CO | Carbon monoxide |
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| CO 2 | carbon dioxide |
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| CSA | Chemical protective suit |
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| CTIF | International Fire Brigade Association |
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| CAFS | Compressed Air Foam System (German: compressed air foam system ) |
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| D service | Management function, exact meaning differs from fire department to fire department |
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| D hose | Suction or pressure hose , inner diameter 25 mm |
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| D-jet pipe | D-size multipurpose lance |
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| Decon | decontamination |
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| Decon-F | Decontamination of "vehicles" |
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| Decon bottle | Decontamination of "surfaces" |
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| Dekon-G | Decontamination "device" |
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| Decon-P | Decontamination "Person" |
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| Decon-V | Decontamination of the "injured" |
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| DFV | German Fire Brigade Association |
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| DGUV | German Statutory Accident Insurance e. V. |
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| DIN | German Institute for Standardization eV |
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| DJF | German youth fire brigade |
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| DL | Turntable ladder |
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| DLA (K) | Automatic turntable ladder with rescue cage |
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| DLK / DL-K | Turntable ladder with (rescue) basket |
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| DLRG | German Life Saving Society |
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| DLS | Compressed air foam , sequential turntable ladder |
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| DME | Digital message receiver |
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| DMF | Multi-purpose decontamination vehicle |
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| DMO | Direct Mode Operation (intercom, direct mode) |
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| DRC | German Red Cross |
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| EAL | Operations section leader |
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| EF | Unit leader , general |
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| EVS | Operations management service (see also B service) |
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| EHF | Unit leader , general |
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| ICE | Mission information system |
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| Tbsp | Operations management , operations manager |
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| ELD | Operations control service (leadership position in the professional fire brigade) |
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| ELEVEN | Command vehicle |
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| ELW | Command vehicle |
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| ELS | Operations control system |
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| ELS | Operations control center |
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| ESEPA | ( Greek Ε.Σ.Ε.Π.Α., Εθελοντικό Σώμα Ελλήνων Πυροσβεστών Αναδασωτών Ethelondiko Soma Ellinon Pyrosveston Anadasoton , corporation of the Greek Volunteer Fire Brigade and Reforestation) |
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| Income tax | Deployment site , in this context also "EStuK" as an abbreviation for "deployment site under control" for the transmission of situation reports |
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| E position | Job site |
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| EX | Exitus (death) |
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| hazardous area | Area of the place of use that is at risk of explosion | |||||
| explosion-proof | Explosion-proof (gas-tight, i.e. no flammable gas from the outside can reach an electrical component inside, which could create an arc and thus trigger an explosion) |
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| F-hose | Pressure hose , inner diameter 150 mm, mostly from Hytrans Fire System |
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| FAE | Wireless alarm receiver |
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| FAT | Fire brigade display panel (part of a fire alarm system) |
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| FBF | Fire brigade control panel (part of a fire alarm system) |
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| FEL | Fire brigade control center |
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| FeuerwG | Fire Brigade Act Hamburg |
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| FEZ | Fire brigade operations center |
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| FF | Voluntary fire brigade (according to DIN 14033) |
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| FFA | Firefighter candidate |
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| FIBS | Fire brigade information and control system |
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| FIZ | Fire department information center |
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| FKT | Fire brigade coordination panel |
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| FLB | Fireboat |
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| FLF | Airfield fire engine |
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| FM | Firefighter |
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| FM (SB) | Fireman (collective term) (collective term stands for rank and gender neutral) |
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| FMA | Fireman candidate |
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| FMD | Fire department medical service |
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| FME | Radio alarm receiver (used as a designation for analog radio alarm receivers, digital alarm receivers are usually referred to as DME) |
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| FMS | Radio reporting system |
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| FP | Fire fighting centrifugal pump |
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| FPH | Fire extinguishing centrifugal pump for high pressure (up to 54.5 bar) |
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| FPN | Fire extinguishing centrifugal pump for normal pressure (up to 20 bar) |
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| FRetW / FuRW / FRW | Fire and rescue station |
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| FSHG NRW |
Fire Protection and Assistance Act of the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia
Exact description: Law on fire protection and assistance in the event of accidents and public emergencies. Expires on: December 31, 2015 |
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| FSD | Fire department key depot |
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| FSE | Activation element |
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| FES | Fire brigade entry point (entry point for fire brigade at an object with voice alarm system) |
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| FSK | Fire brigade switch box, fire brigade key box (outdated designation, is now referred to as fire brigade key depot ) |
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| FTZ | Fire service center |
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| FU | Radio operator |
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| FuG | Radio |
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| FUK | Fire department accident insurance (accident insurance) |
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| Fw | fire Department |
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| FW | Fire station |
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| FwA | Fire truck trailer |
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| FwDV | Fire Service Regulations |
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| FwG | Fire Brigade Act |
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| FwH | Fire station |
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| FwK | Fire engine |
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| FwVO | Fire Brigade Ordinance |
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| G 25 | Occupational health principle 25 (fitness to drive and monitor) |
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| G 26.3 | Occupational health principle 26 (respiratory protection examination) |
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| GB | Articulated platform |
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| GO | Radio traffic: two-way communication / upper band |
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| GU | Radio traffic: two-way talk / subband |
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| GBI | Community Fire Inspector |
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| GemBM / GBM | Community fire chief |
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| GF | Squad leader |
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| GFLF | Large airfield fire engine |
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| GJFW | Community youth fire officer |
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| GK | Group commander |
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| GKW | Equipment vehicles |
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| GLA | Joint extinguishing arm |
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| GSF | Hazardous substances vehicle |
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| GSG | Hazardous substances and goods |
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| GTLF | Large tank fire engine |
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| GRTW | Large-capacity ambulance |
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| GUV | Statutory accident insurance (publisher of the accident prevention regulations) |
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| GW | Device maintenance |
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| GW (for example GW-L1 / GW-L2 / GW-G) | Equipment trolley (with additional description) |
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| H | hydrant |
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| HBKG | Hessian law on fire protection, general aid and disaster control |
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| HBI | Chief Fire Inspector |
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| HBM | Chief fire chief |
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| HP hose | High pressure hose |
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| HFF | Chief firefighter |
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| HFM | Chief firefighter |
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| HFRW | Main fire and rescue station |
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| HKW | Auxiliary vehicles |
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| HLF | Emergency fire fighting group vehicle ; in Hamburg : "Hamburg fire truck" |
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| HLFS | Hessian state fire brigade school |
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| HLM | Chief fire extinguisher |
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| HTLF | Auxiliary tank fire engine |
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| HuPF | Production and test description for a universal fire brigade protective clothing |
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| HuRW | Aerial rescue vehicle |
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| HV | Main administrator |
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| IBK LSA | Institute for Fire and Disaster Protection Heyrothsberge near Magdeburg |
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| IdF LSA | Institute of the fire brigade Saxony-Anhalt in Heyrothsberge near Magdeburg |
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| IdF NRW | Institute of the North Rhine-Westphalia Fire Brigade in Münster |
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| ILS | Integrated control center |
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| IRLS | Integrated rescue control center |
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| ITH | Intensive care transport helicopter |
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| ITW | Intensive care vehicle |
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| ICT | Information and communication group |
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| JF | Youth fire brigade |
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| JFM | Youth fire brigade member |
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| JFM | Youth firefighter |
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| JFW | Youth fire brigade |
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| JGL | Youth group leader |
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| JGF | Youth group leader |
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| KatS | Civil protection |
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| KBI | District fire inspector |
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| KBM | District fire chief |
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| KBR | District Fire Council |
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| Kdw | Command car |
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| KDT (STV) | Commander (deputy) |
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| KdoW | Command car |
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| KEF / KLEF / KLAF | Small emergency vehicle / small alarm vehicle |
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| Theatrical Version | Crane vehicle |
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| KFI | District fire brigade inspector |
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| KFV | District Fire Brigade Association |
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| KIT | Crisis intervention team |
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| KJF | District youth fire department |
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| KJFW | District youth fire brigade |
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| KLF | Small fire engine |
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| KRF | Small equipment vehicle |
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| KTLF | Small tank fire engine |
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| KTW | Ambulance |
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| KW | Crane truck |
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| KFB | District fire department |
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| LB | Fireboat |
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| LBD | State fire director |
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| LBKG | State law on fire protection, general aid and disaster control Rhineland-Palatinate |
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| LdF | Head of the fire department |
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| LF | Fire fighting vehicle |
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| LF (-B) | Fire truck (with rescue equipment ) |
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| LFKS | Fire brigade and disaster control school Rhineland-Palatinate |
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| LFS | State fire brigade school |
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| LFV | State Fire Brigade Association |
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| LHF | Fire-fighting and rescue vehicle |
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| LJFW | State youth fire brigade |
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| Truck decon-P | Decontamination trucks people |
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| LM | Fire-fighting master |
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| LNA | Head emergency doctor |
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| LZ | Fire engine |
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| LZF / LZFü | Fire engine leader |
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| Ma | machinist |
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| ManV | Mass casualty |
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| Me | Detector |
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| MGV | Large mobile fan |
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| Best before | Maltese relief service |
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| MLF | Medium fire engine (formerly relay fire engine , StLF) |
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| MLW | Control car |
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| MoFüst | Mobile leadership support |
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| MRAS | Human rescue Fall protection |
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| MTF | Crew transport vehicle , Medical Task Force |
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| MTF-L | Crew transport vehicle with loading area |
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| MTW | Crew transport vehicle (here as PDF the building guidelines for Bavaria from 05/2012) |
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| MZB | Multipurpose boat |
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| MZF | Multipurpose vehicle or multipurpose transport vehicle with loading aid |
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| NAW | emergency |
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| NEF | Ambulance vehicle |
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| NBrandSchG | Lower Saxony Fire Protection Act (Lower Saxony law on fire protection and fire service assistance) (NBrandSchG) |
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| NABK | Lower Saxony Academy for Fire and Disaster Protection with locations in Celle and Loy |
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| npol. BOS | non-police authorities and organizations with security tasks |
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| OBI | Chief Fire Inspector |
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| ÖBFV | Austrian Federal Fire Brigade Association |
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| OBM | Chief Fire Chief |
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| OBR | Chief Fire Councilor |
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| OFF | Senior firefighter |
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| OFM | Chief Fireman |
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| OLM | Chief fire officer |
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| OM | Chief machinist |
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| OPTA | Operational-tactical address |
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| OrgL | Organizational head of the rescue service |
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| OrtBM | Fire chief |
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| OrtsFw | Local fire department |
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| OTS | Operational tactical study |
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| OV | Head Administrator |
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| OVA | Senior civil servant from the alarm service ( ELW 1 manned by an operations manager from the higher service and management assistant) |
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| PA | Compressed air breathing apparatus |
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| PF | Compulsory fire brigade |
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| PFM | Trial firefighter |
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| PFPN | portable fire pump for normal pressure / Portable Fire Pump Normal Pressure (formerly portable fire pump ) |
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| POLE | police |
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| PPE | Personal protective equipment |
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| PSNV | Emergency psychosocial care |
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| PU | Personal accident, internal name for a z. B. by rail suicide or accidents caused by walking on tracks |
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| RD | Ambulance service |
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| RKL | Rotating beacon |
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| RKW | Rescue vehicle or rescue crane |
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| RF- (K) | Rescue vehicle (with crane ) |
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| RLF (A) | Rescue vehicle (with all-wheel drive ) |
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| RTB | Lifeboat |
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| RTH | Rescue helicopter |
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| Ambulance | Ambulance |
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| RW | Rescue vehicle (according to the current DIN standard) |
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| RW 1-3 | Rescue vehicle (according to the withdrawn DIN standard: 3 different equipment levels) |
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| RWA | Smoke and heat extraction system |
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| RZA | Registration and time recording of respiratory protective equipment wearers (also ASÜ) |
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| S-hose | Dimensionally stable hose for quick attack device |
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| SächsBRKG | Saxon law on fire protection, rescue service and disaster control |
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| SBKG | Law on fire protection, technical assistance and disaster control in Saarland |
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| SDS | Short Data Service in TETRA digital radio (short message) | |||||
| SEG | Rapid response group |
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| SER | Standard bet rule |
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| SiTr | Security squad |
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| SiWa | Security guard (short for: BraSiWa) |
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| SKW | Hose truck |
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| SLF | Heavy fire truck |
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| SP | Spreader |
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| SPZ | Sprinkler center | |||||
| SRF | Heavy rescue vehicle |
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| St. | Season |
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| StBI / SBI | City fire inspector |
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| StBM / SBM | City fire chief |
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| StBOI | City Fire Chief Inspector |
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| StBR / SBR | City Fire Council |
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| StFü | Squadron leader |
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| StFV | City Fire Brigade Association |
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| StJFW | City youth fire brigade |
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| StLF | Relay fire truck, in Germany the old DIN designation for the medium fire truck |
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| STr (ST) | Hose troop |
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| STF | Hose troop leader |
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| STM | Hose troop man |
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| SW | Hose trolley |
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| SZ | Ambulance train |
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| T | Squad |
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| TEL | Technical operations management |
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| TETRA | Terrestrial Trunked Radio - digital trunked radio |
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| TGM | Telescopic articulated mast |
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| TH / THL | Technical assistance (service) |
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| THW | technical aid organization |
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| ThürBKG | Thuringian law on fire protection, general aid and disaster control |
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| TLF | Fire truck |
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| TLF-A | Tanklöschfahrzeug with all-wheel drive |
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| TMB | Telescopic mast platform |
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| TME | TETRA message receiver |
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| TMF | Telescopic mast vehicle |
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| TMO | Trunked Mode Operation (network mode, two-way communication) |
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| Tr | Squad |
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| TrF / TrFü | Squad leader |
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| TrM | Troop man |
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| TroTLF | Dry fire truck |
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| TS | Portable pump |
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| TSA | Portable pump trailer |
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| TSF | Portable pump vehicle |
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| TSF-W | Portable pump vehicle with 500 l or 750 l water tank |
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| Underground service | Leadership / specialist advisor of the environmental protection train |
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| UBM | Subfire Master |
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| UVV | Accident prevention regulations |
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| V | Administrator |
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| VB | Fire Prevention |
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| VbF / VbFü | Union leader |
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| VGW | Advance equipment trolley |
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| VLF | Pre-extinguishing vehicle |
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| VRW | Pre-equipment vehicle |
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| VSA | Road safety trailer |
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| VU | traffic accident |
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| VZ | Expansion rate (for extinguishing foam) |
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| WHERE | Radio communication in analog radio: intercom / upper band |
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| W / U | Radio communication in analog radio: intercom / subband |
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| WHALE | Head of the watch department |
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| WeFü | Wehrführer |
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| WF | Plant fire brigade |
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| WFV | Plant Fire Brigade Association |
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| WH | Wall hydrant |
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| WHZ | Water half-life for extinguishing foam |
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| WL | Defense chief , military command, guard chief |
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| WLF | Swap body vehicle for roll-off containers |
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| WTF | Water troop leader |
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| WTM | Water troop man |
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| WTr (WT) | Water troop |
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| ZABOS | Additional alerting for authorities and organizations with security tasks |
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| ZF / ZFü | Platoon leader |
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| ZK | Platoon commander |
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| ZR | Proportioning rate (with extinguishing foam) |
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| ZS / ZVS | Civil defense |
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| ZSH | Civil defense helicopter |
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literature
- Joachim Hahn: Terms, abbreviations, graphic symbols of the German fire service . Ed .: Joachim Hahn, Horst Zacher. 3rd revised edition. Verlag W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 978-3-17-013099-9 .
Web links
- Standard DIN 14033: 2017-04 - Abbreviations for the fire service . Beuth Verlag GmbH, April 2017, accessed on March 25, 2020 (uniform designation of the abbreviations for general use in the fire service).
- KLF, TLF-A, MTF, RF, KDT, ABI, please what? You don't speak to the fire brigade ?! Aldrans Fire Brigade, Austria, accessed on June 9, 2016 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ The functional designations apply to both female and male fire service members. Fire brigade regulation 3 units in fire fighting and rescue operations, Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief, 2008
- ↑ Federal Office for Civil Protection
- ↑ Technical building guidelines of the Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior for an MTW (PDF; 37 kB)