city
|
state
|
Founding year of the professional fire brigade (BF)
|
Employees (approx.)
|
Aachen ( Fire Brigade Aachen ) |
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
1871 |
400
|
Altenburg ( Altenburg Fire Department ) |
Thuringia Thuringia
|
1921 |
30th
|
Augsburg ( Augsburg Fire Brigade ) |
Bavaria Bavaria
|
1899 |
210
|
Bautzen ( fire brigade Bautzen ) |
Saxony Saxony
|
2009 |
36
|
Berlin ( Berlin Fire Brigade ) |
Berlin Berlin
|
1851 |
3900
|
Bielefeld ( Bielefeld Fire Department ) |
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
1899 |
310
|
Bochum ( Bochum Fire Department ) |
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
1901 |
500
|
Bonn ( Bonn Fire Brigade ) |
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
1941 |
370
|
Bottrop ( Bottrop Fire Department ) |
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
1976 |
170
|
Brandenburg an der Havel ( Brandenburg fire department ) |
Brandenburg Brandenburg
|
1872/1927 |
60
|
Braunschweig ( Braunschweig Fire Department ) |
Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
|
1875 |
360
|
Bremen ( fire brigade Bremen ) |
Bremen Bremen
|
1870 |
600
|
Bremerhaven ( Bremerhaven Fire Brigade ) |
Bremen Bremen
|
1893 |
300
|
Chemnitz ( Chemnitz Fire Department ) |
Saxony Saxony
|
1866 |
110
|
Cottbus ( fire brigade Cottbus ) |
Brandenburg Brandenburg
|
1947 |
210
|
Cuxhaven ( Cuxhaven Fire Brigade ) |
Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
|
2005 |
55
|
Darmstadt ( Darmstadt Fire Brigade ) |
Hesse Hesse
|
1895 |
160
|
Delmenhorst ( Delmenhorst Fire Department ) |
Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
|
2012 |
90
|
Dessau-Roßlau ( Dessau-Roßlau fire department ) |
Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt
|
1923 |
100
|
Dortmund ( Dortmund Fire Department ) |
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
1901 |
1000
|
Dresden ( Dresden Fire Brigade ) |
Saxony Saxony
|
1868 |
700
|
Duisburg ( Duisburg Fire Brigade ) |
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
1904 |
600
|
Düsseldorf ( fire department Düsseldorf ) |
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
1872 |
1100
|
Eberswalde ( Eberswalde fire department ) |
Brandenburg Brandenburg
|
2000 |
35
|
Eisenach ( Eisenach Fire Department ) |
Thuringia Thuringia
|
1948!after 1947 |
33
|
Erfurt ( Erfurt Fire Brigade ) |
Thuringia Thuringia
|
1910 |
215
|
Essen ( fire brigade Essen ) |
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
1894 |
750
|
Flensburg ( Flensburg Fire Department ) |
Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein
|
1904 |
85
|
Frankfurt am Main ( Frankfurt am Main Fire Brigade ) |
Hesse Hesse
|
1874 |
950
|
Frankfurt (Oder) ( Frankfurt (Oder) Fire Brigade ) |
Brandenburg Brandenburg
|
1909 |
|
Freiburg im Breisgau ( Freiburg im Breisgau fire brigade ) |
Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg
|
1945 |
130
|
Fürth ( Fürth fire department ) |
Bavaria Bavaria
|
1954 |
80
|
Gelsenkirchen ( Gelsenkirchen Fire Brigade ) |
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
1904 |
310
|
Gera ( fire brigade Gera ) |
Thuringia Thuringia
|
1923 |
135
|
Giessen ( fire brigade Giessen ) |
Hesse Hesse
|
1914 |
70
|
Görlitz ( Görlitz Fire Department ) |
Saxony Saxony
|
1897 |
60
|
Gotha ( Gotha Fire Brigade ) |
Thuringia Thuringia
|
1945 |
35
|
Göttingen ( Fire Brigade Göttingen ) |
Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
|
1908 |
140
|
Greifswald ( Greifswald Fire Brigade ) |
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
|
1876 |
60
|
Gütersloh ( Gütersloh Fire Department ) |
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
2011 |
120
|
Hagen ( Hagen Fire Department ) |
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
1913 |
260
|
Halle (Saale) ( Halle (Saale) fire department ) |
Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt
|
1889 |
160
|
Hamburg ( Hamburg Fire Brigade ) |
Hamburg Hamburg
|
1872 |
2600
|
Hamm ( Hamm fire department ) |
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
1975 |
52
|
Hanover ( Hanover Fire Brigade ) |
Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
|
1880 |
750
|
Hanau ( Hanau Fire Department ) |
Hesse Hesse
|
2021 |
|
Heidelberg ( Heidelberg Fire Department ) |
Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg
|
1896 |
110
|
Heilbronn ( Heilbronn Fire Department ) |
Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg
|
1971 |
90
|
Herne ( Herne Fire Department ) |
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
1975 |
150
|
Herten ( Herten fire department ) |
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
2011 |
|
Hildesheim ( Hildesheim Fire Department ) |
Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
|
1896 |
|
Hoyerswerda ( Hoyerswerda Fire Brigade ) |
Saxony Saxony
|
1950 |
|
Ingolstadt ( Ingolstadt Fire Department ) |
Bavaria Bavaria
|
1993 |
|
Iserlohn ( Iserlohn Fire Department ) |
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
1974 |
120
|
Jena ( Jena Fire Brigade ) |
Thuringia Thuringia
|
1947 |
120
|
Kaiserslautern ( fire department Kaiserslautern ) |
Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate
|
1955 |
120
|
Karlsruhe ( fire brigade Karlsruhe ) |
Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg
|
1926 |
210
|
Kassel ( fire brigade Kassel ) |
Hesse Hesse
|
1891 |
260
|
Kiel ( fire brigade Kiel ) |
Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein
|
1896 |
250
|
Koblenz ( fire brigade Koblenz ) |
Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate
|
1910 |
120
|
Cologne ( Cologne Fire Brigade ) |
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
1872 |
1400
|
Krefeld ( fire brigade Krefeld ) |
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
1890 |
250
|
Leipzig ( Leipzig Fire Brigade ) |
Saxony Saxony
|
1865 |
640
|
Leverkusen ( Leverkusen Fire Department ) |
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
1976 |
150
|
Lübeck ( Lübeck Fire Brigade ) |
Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein
|
1898 |
450
|
Ludwigshafen am Rhein ( Ludwigshafen Fire Department ) |
Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate
|
1918 |
190
|
Lünen ( Lünen Fire Department ) |
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
2013 |
100
|
Magdeburg ( Magdeburg Fire Department ) |
Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt
|
1874 |
270
|
Mainz ( Mainz Fire Department ) |
Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate
|
1906 |
280
|
Mannheim ( Mannheim Fire Department ) |
Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg
|
1891 |
280
|
Minden ( Minden Fire Department ) |
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
1990 |
90
|
Mönchengladbach ( Mönchengladbach Fire Department ) |
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
1901 |
400
|
Mühlhausen / Thuringia ( Mühlhausen fire brigade ) |
Thuringia Thuringia
|
2019 |
29
|
Mülheim an der Ruhr ( Mülheim fire department ) |
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
1924 |
250
|
Munich ( Fire Department Munich ) |
Bavaria Bavaria
|
1879 |
2050
|
Münster ( Fire Department Münster ) |
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
1905 |
350
|
Neubrandenburg ( fire brigade Neubrandenburg ) |
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
|
1945 |
80
|
Neumünster ( Neumünster Fire Department ) |
Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein
|
1914 |
|
Nordhausen ( fire brigade Nordhausen ) |
Thuringia Thuringia
|
1945 |
|
Nuremberg ( Nuremberg Fire Brigade ) |
Bavaria Bavaria
|
1875 |
460
|
Oberhausen ( Oberhausen Fire Department ) |
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
1910 |
250
|
Offenbach am Main ( Offenbach Fire Department ) |
Hesse Hesse
|
1921 |
170
|
Oldenburg ( Oldenburg Fire Brigade ) |
Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
|
1937 |
380
|
Osnabrück ( Osnabrück Fire Brigade ) |
Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
|
1926 |
140
|
Pforzheim ( Pforzheim fire brigade ) |
Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg
|
1975 |
90
|
Plauen ( fire brigade Plauen ) |
Saxony Saxony
|
1907 |
|
Potsdam ( Fire Department Potsdam ) |
Brandenburg Brandenburg
|
1862 |
|
Ratingen ( Ratingen Fire Department ) |
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
2008 |
|
Regensburg ( Regensburg Fire Department ) |
Bavaria Bavaria
|
1927 |
|
Remscheid ( Remscheid Fire Department ) |
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
1901 |
140
|
Reutlingen ( Reutlingen Fire Brigade ) |
Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg
|
2004 |
70
|
Rostock ( Rostock Fire Brigade ) |
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
|
1908 |
330
|
Saarbrücken ( Saarbrücken fire brigade ) |
Saarland Saarland
|
1911 |
180
|
Salzgitter ( Salzgitter Fire Department ) |
Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
|
1943 |
|
Schwerin ( Schwerin Fire Department ) |
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
|
1869 |
220
|
Solingen ( Solingen Fire Brigade ) |
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
1947 |
200
|
Stralsund ( Stralsund fire brigade ) |
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
|
1883 |
100
|
Stuttgart ( Fire Department Stuttgart ) |
Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg
|
1891 |
520
|
Suhl ( fire brigade Suhl ) |
Thuringia Thuringia
|
2019 |
50
|
Trier ( Trier Fire Department ) |
Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate
|
1914 |
|
Weimar ( Weimar Fire Department ) |
Thuringia Thuringia
|
1926 |
69
|
Wiesbaden ( Wiesbaden Fire Department ) |
Hesse Hesse
|
1903 |
280
|
Wilhelmshaven ( fire brigade Wilhelmshaven ) |
Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
|
1940 |
120
|
Wismar ( Wismar Fire Brigade ) |
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
|
1928 |
50
|
Witten ( Witten fire department ) |
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
1975 |
90
|
Wolfsburg ( Wolfsburg Fire Department ) |
Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
|
1952 |
170
|
Worms ( Worms Fire Department ) |
Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate
|
2017 |
66
|
Wuppertal ( Wuppertal Fire Brigade ) |
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
1892 |
400
|
Würzburg ( Würzburg Fire Department ) |
Bavaria Bavaria
|
1972 |
|
Zwickau ( Zwickau Fire Department ) |
Saxony Saxony
|
1904 |
|