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The Berlin Fire Brigade (German: Berliner Feuerwehr - Berlin Fire Defence) is the fire and emergency medical service for Berlin, Germany. As well as firefighting, the Berlin Fire Brigade provides fire prevention , technical rescue services, emergency medical services , and assistance in case of chemical, biological, radioactive and nuclear hazards.
From 1922 to 1933 he was the sixth head of the Berlin Fire Brigade. After studying mechanical engineering, Gempp joined the Berlin Fire Department in 1908. He was given the project of developing a motorized fire extinguishing service, and in 1908 he produced the first engine-powered hose truck. In 1923 he became chief fire commissioner in ...
Berufsfeuerwehr (professional fire station or brigade) of a municipal body counting over 100,000 citizens, such as the city of Berlin as a full-time city department; Werkfeuerwehr (plant fire station or brigade) of a larger company, for the needs of the company operating them by law e.g. refineries or chemical industry production facilities
The French Army also had units in Berlin, called French Forces in Berlin and the British Army's unit in Berlin was the Berlin Infantry Brigade. US Army's Berlin Brigade patch Brigadier-General John E. Rogers (USA) and Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Dorofeev (Soviet Union) at Spandau Prison, in 1981 Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Dorofeev (Soviet ...
The most intensive use of life nets was conducted in a large scale operation by the Berlin fire brigade during and right after construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961, when a large number of people jumped from houses in the Soviet sector onto the life nets of the West Berlin fire brigade on the pavement that was part of the western sector of ...
Pages in category "Fire departments of Germany" ... Berlin Fire Brigade; Bundeswehr-Feuerwehr; F. Feuerschutzpolizei; FRTC Frankfurt ... Wikipedia® is a registered ...
With over 3,000 employees, the Bundeswehr Fire Department is the second largest professional fire department in Germany - behind the Berlin Fire Department. [1] Education and training is executed at the central training center in Stetten am Kalten Markt, Baden-Württemberg and the fire protection center of the Bundeswehr in Sonthofen, Bavaria.
The European emergency number for the fire brigade and emergency medical services, also in Germany, is 112. This number can be called toll-free from any phone (fixed-line, mobile or phone booth). The German police is available toll-free at 110 (or alternatively via the 112 operator).