Advance vehicles
Pre-emergency vehicles ( VEF ) are non-DIN-standardized vehicles in Germany, which are used to provide quick first aid. They can be designed very differently and usually carry out initial measures and technical assistance until the heavy emergency vehicles arrive. Among the most common pre-operational vehicles include the advance Rüstwagen ( VRW ), the advance trolley ( VGW ) and the Rapid Intervention Vehicle ( VLF ).
The forerunner of today's VRW is the Schnellbergungswagen ( SBW ), which was introduced to the Stuttgart fire brigade in cooperation with the Björn Steiger Foundation in May 1974 .
Pre-equipment vehicle
The vehicles are often manned first when deployed. The strength of the crew, equipment and the underlying vehicle vary greatly from one location to another. The VRW deployment concept is particularly widespread in southern Germany, but rarely found in other regions. The concept is controversial on a technical level. In Rhineland-Palatinate , the VRW with at least a troop crew and a THL rate is even legally fixed by technical guidelines and is subsidized.
The usual equipment of a pre-equipment vehicle includes:
- Hydraulic rescue set with rescue shears , rescue spreader and rescue ram
- Mains water (extinguishing water with added surfactants )
- Light pole
- Angle grinder
- Wheel chocks
- Compressed air breathing apparatus
- Emergency medical equipment, e.g. B. Emergency case
- Swell:
Advance equipment trolley
Pre-equipment vehicles (VGW) are not standardized and therefore do not have any prescribed equipment. They usually serve similar purposes as pre-equipment vehicles, such as removing traces of oil or repairing storm damage. Appropriate equipment will be transported.
Pre-extinguishing vehicle
Pre-extinguishing vehicles (VLF), like VRW, are non-standardized fire fighting vehicles that are designed according to local needs. The equipment here is designed for fire fighting, so that mostly breathing apparatus, water tank and a vehicle pump (portable or permanently installed) can be found. The range of vehicles ranges from vehicles similar to a portable pump vehicle to a fully equipped fire fighting vehicle .
Advance motorcycles
In Frankfurt am Main experiments were also carried out with advance motorcycles, which were mainly intended to be used to shut off and provide first aid to the injured. Ultimately, however, the risk of injury was seen as too great compared to the time saved.