National Firefighting Team of the Year
Finalists 2018Please find below all finalists in the category “National Firefighting Team of the Year” with their operations.
Volunteer Fire Department Bad Gandersheim (Lower Saxony)
Storms result in multi-day operations
In the afternoon hours of May 29, 2018, the high midsummer temperatures did not hint that Voluntary Fire Departments in Bad Gandersheim would soon be faced with a large-scale emergency in the area of the Heber ridge and the city centre. More
Freiwillige Feuerwehr Böhmenkirch (Baden-Württemberg)
Large fire at “SAM Automotive” in Böhmenkirch
More than 200 firefighters and members of the German Red Cross needed for Heidhöfe fire. More
Freiwillige Feuerwehr Erbach (Hesse)
Fall from great height in narrow gap between houses
Successful conclusion to complex personal rescue with ascent and descent equipment. More
Freiwillige Feuerwehren Falkensee & Dallgow-Döberitz (Brandenburg)
Person trapped in truck overturned across the median barrier
Destroyed cab aggravated rescue. More
Freiwillige Feuerwehr Oschatz (Saxony)
Fallen tree stops ICE at poorly accessible spot
Evacuation of 175 persons under difficult conditions. More
Freiwillige Feuerwehr Ostfildern (Baden-Württemberg)
Semitrailer tractor collides with open trough in tunnel construction area on motorway
Semitrailer tractor collides with open trough in the Denkendorf tunnel construction area on the A8 motorway. After 3 hours, trapped driver rescued from crushed cab hanging 10 metres over open ledge. More
Freiwillige Feuerwehr Tauberbischofsheim (Baden-Württemberg)
120 firefighters stop fire in listed house
On November 6, the Tauberbischofsheim Volunteer Fire Department was awakened by the alarm “unclear smoke development in town”. What at first sounded like a routine call developed into an over 16-hour-long operation that challenged FDs throughout the region. More
Freiwillige Feuerwehr Treuenbrietzen (Brandenburg)
Devastating forest fires in Brandenburg
Despatch rider reports on the nearly 8-day operation. More
Freiwillige Feuerwehr Übersee am Chiemsee (Bavaria)
Unexpected storm
Orderly handling of large-scale emergency during Lake Chiemsee Summer Festival. More
Freiwillige Feuerwehren Waldaschaff & Weibersbrunn (Bavaria)
Severe accident on the BAB A3 near Rohrbrunn (Aschaffenburg region)
An articulated trailer of a parcel company rolls over in a construction area and blocks the traffic for nearly 15 hours. More