Freiwillige Feuerwehr Emmendingen

We are a base Weir in the district of Emmendingen. Fire service The volunteer fire department Emmendingen celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2010 and is one of seven base fire departments of the district of Emmendingen, which is responsible for the defensive fire protection and technical accident assistance and other incidents (disaster risks). Our team consists of 3 trains and currently counts 70 comrades. After the passing of the long-time town fireman and deputy district fireman Karlo Rieth in March 2012, the fire brigade Emmendingen is now under the leadership of town fireman Ralf Kesselring and his deputy Alwin Schlegel. So we are there 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, volunteering for security and quick help in case of danger for our citizens. The age team currently has 12 "active" comrades who support us to the best of our ability. Scope / field of application As a base fire brigade, we have special duties and obligations to the citizens of the city of Emmendingen and the surrounding communities (Freiamt, Malterdingen, Sexau and Teningen). Our proximity to the motorway also means that the Emmendingen fire department looks after the following section of the motorway: A5 Teningen => A5 Herbolzheim (13.5 km) A5 lock => A5 Freiburg North (11.0 km) A very special task is also the ABC group of the fire department Emmendingen. Within the dangerous goods we are responsible for the detection of chemical and biological hazardous substances as well as radiological radiation. Together with the ABC groups from Teningen, Kenzingen and Waldkirch we cover the whole district. The district of Freiburg-Stadt also uses our expertise. Cooperation with the fire brigades In order to ensure the operational readiness also in the things resources, the equipment house Emmendingen is also at the same time the circular warehouse for resources which are provided by the district (LRA), and which can be brought with our GW-T to the place of use if necessary. These include: about 60,000 sandbags 10 mud pumps 10 submersible pumps 24 Respiratory protective devices 24 replacement bottles emergency generators lighting equipment u.v.m. In addition, we have the Kreisschlauchwerkstatt and the Kreis-Atemschutzwerkstatt, which can be used by the whole district. Responsible for this is our equipment manager Alwin Schlegel.