Plant fire brigade

Vehicle ( HLF 20/16 ) of the Daimler AG plant fire department

A works fire brigade (Austrian works fire brigade ) is a fire brigade in Germany that is not public within the meaning of the law. Plant fire brigades are fire brigades that are ordered or recognized by the responsible regional council .

General

The members of the plant fire brigade are full-time workers and / or part-time workers who primarily pursue another task in the company to be protected and are alerted and released from their work in the event of an incident. Accordingly, a plant fire brigade can be organized like a professional fire brigade , if available supplemented and supported by part-time workers, or in the same way as a volunteer fire brigade . The main task of the plant fire brigades is mainly to ensure fire protection in large industrial companies . In terms of structure, training and equipment, they must meet the requirements of both the companies to be protected and the public fire brigade. In contrast to the public fire brigades, the remuneration of the emergency services does not correspond to a nationwide uniform regulation, but is specified in a collective agreement or in-house.

Fireboat of the plant fire brigade of the Höchst industrial park

Plant fire brigades specialize in the operations to be expected in your company . For example, airport fire brigades are specially designed for fighting fires on aircraft . In accordance with the requirements of the supervisory authorities, the plant fire brigades may also be deployed outside the plant premises on request.

Public fire brigades (professional, compulsory and voluntary fire brigades) together with the plant fire brigades form the community's fire brigades. The supervisory authorities regularly check, e.g. B. in NRW the district governments, the performance level of the plant fire brigades in the administrative district. The German Plant Fire Brigade Association (WFVD) is an amalgamation of all German plant fire departments and, as a federal group, is a member of the German Fire Brigade Association .

The fire brigades in the chemical industry entertained together with Austrian company fire brigades , the T ransport- U nfall- I nformation and Hilfeleistungs s ystem TUIS .

Historic photo of the Henkel & Co factory fire brigade

The setting up or setting up of a plant fire brigade can be a legal requirement due to the particular risk situation in a company or a voluntary establishment of a company that hopes for a shorter intervention time for the emergency services in contrast to the public fire brigade. By acting quickly in the event of damage, the company expects to save costs, for example through shorter machine downtimes. Further reasons for setting up a plant fire brigade are lower insurance premiums and the possibility of being able to build larger fire compartments in terms of area .

In Germany, however, the company fire departments are not officially recognized . This differentiation does not exist in Austria, here these fire brigades are generally referred to as company fire brigades.

Since August 1, 2009, there has been a dual training program to become a plant fire fighter in Germany .

Examples

Vehicle of the Höchst plant fire brigade

The following plant fire departments exist in Germany:

BASF fire brigade in Ludwigshafen am Rhein
Airport fire department Düsseldorf
Jülich Research Center Fire Brigade
Airport fire brigade Frankfurt am Main
Plant fire brigade of the Höchst industrial park in Frankfurt am Main
Munich Airport Fire Brigade
Fire brigade TU Munich in Garching
Airport fire brigade Nuremberg

There are also plant fire departments in Poland and Switzerland , for example:

Works fire brigade port of Gdansk (port fire department "FLORIAN" GmbH and the fire and sea rescue service GmbH) in Gdansk
Plant fire department Lonza Group (Plant fire department Lonza AG Visp)