Bundeswehr-Feuerwehr
The Bundeswehr fire department is a fire-fighting equipment of the Bundeswehr.
- 2.1 First generation
- 2.2 Second Generation
- 2.3 Third Generation
- 2.4 Special Vehicles
Firefighters in the Bundeswehr
In the Armed Forces, there are fire departments with a variety of tasks. The conditions are individually which make a permanent presence of the firemen in the locations required. Basically, there are special risks in terms of fire protection, the cause of the defensive fire protection can not be taken over by the local militia and its own fire brigade is employed.
This particular hazards resulting either from the use of operation (eg airports ), or the infrastructural and structural conditions (eg underground facilities, airfields, naval bases, military training areas, ammunition and special equipment depots, military technical services ).
Training Bundeswehr Firefighter ( SB)
The formation of a Bundeswehr fireman ( SB) is based on the career and Examination Regulations of the middle, intermediate or higher fire service as an official. As a basis, the general fire department service rules serve ( FwDV ).
Location of the Armed Forces Fire Academy is the outsourced part of the ABC and self-defense school of Army, LehrGrp B in the Albkaserne in Stetten am cold market. In parallel, the Bundeswehr is also training fire protection soldiers who are used among others in the foreign missions of the Bundeswehr.
Organization of fire brigades
In the military camps of the Bundeswehr abroad there are military fire brigades, which originate from the regular troops ( soldiers fire the special pioneer battalions of the Armed Forces base SKB or fire protection Regiment soldiers of the object of the Air Force ).
The civilian Federal firefighters were until 2012 an integral part of military units / departments. Following the realignment of the Bundeswehr, the center was on October 1, 2012 set fire to the Bundeswehr in Sonthofen and thus took over the operational management of the civilian Federal firefighters.
Center fire protection of the Bundeswehr
The center fire of the Bundeswehr ( ZBrdSchBw ) is a separate agency under the Federal Ministry of Defence ( Defence Ministry ) and subject to the Federal Office for infrastructure, environmental protection and services of the Bundeswehr ( BAIUDBw ) based in Bonn. It takes over the operational management of the civilian Federal firefighters and concentrates the fire protection expertise of the German Armed Forces Bundeswehr advice on all services on fire protection issues, involvement in infrastructure and procurement activities as well as the skill and advancement in fire protection.
The center fire protection of the Bundeswehr is working with authorities and organizations with security tasks together to create synergistic effects in the neighborhood extinguishing aid and civil protection.
Association
In order to meet the task to promote and co-operation with municipal fire departments and organizations, as well as the interests of all members of the Bundeswehr fire departments in regard to the special conditions of the fire brigade service in the Bundeswehr, the Association of German armed forces fire departments has been formed.
Vehicle concept
The German Army brigades are equipped with fire fighting vehicles - mostly special buildings - and special extinguishing agents equipped.
First generation
The concept was based on the use of standard military vehicles of 1.5 tonnes, 5- t- and 7-ton payload class, but, in contrast to the Flatbed trucks with all-steel cab and the hatch. Characteristic here was the glass dome that was placed in many cases to the observation hatch. The structures could be relatively quickly disconnected from the chassis to use the building on a different chassis even if you damage the car further.
The standard vehicles of so-called first generation of FlKfz that were delivered from 1958, include the FlKfz 750 (Unimog S 404 with Metz or Rathgeber construction, powder extinguishing system Minimax ), the FlKfz 1500 ( Daimler -Benz LG315/46 with Metz or Graaff- construction, powder extinguishing system of total ), the FlKfz 2400 ( Daimler -Benz LG315/46 with Metz or Bachert structure) and the FlKfz 3800/400 ( Magirus-Deutz Jupiter 6x6 or 1964 Magirus- Deutz M178D15A with Bachert structure). Present in only a few copies were the types FlKfz 3500/350 and FlKfz 4500/450 on Magirus-Deutz A6500 with Bachert structure.
The FlKfz were painted in the then usual yellow-olive (RAL 6014 ). Partial vehicles were handed over red on delivery, chassis and fender were held yellow-olive.
A special feature was playing the Aerodrome Fire Department of the Cologne-Bonn airport. Here, since the military and civilian flight operations were associated, all vehicles were painted red.
In addition to the standard vehicles of the first generation, there were in the 1950s, yet German production vehicles ( Magirus and Mercedes ), which were originally built for the Allied troops and with the transfer of property went to the German Army. This also includes two aerial ladder DL 22 Magirus-Deutz S 3500 were olive in red and. Otherwise, there were only three other ladders ( including in the Aerodrome Erding and Arsenal in the Navy Wilhelmshaven ). In addition to various followers eventually was used nor the truck 0,25 t gl, DKW Munga F91 / 4, as a command vehicle ( ELW ).
In the early 1970s replaced the car 0.4 t, VW 181, the Munga as ELW and those Bundeswehr fire departments, which were responsible for fire safety in underground workings, Mercedes- Benz LP 608 received with Bachert - ups. The loading of these vehicles was based on the civilian types LF 8 and RW 1
Second generation
With the second generation, delivery starting in 1979, the future standard vehicles FlKfz 1000 FlKfz 3000, FlKfz were 3500/400/750 and FlKfz 8000/800 shipped. In the underground workings were replaced the Mercedes- Benz LP 608 by Mercedes -Benz F 814.
The FlKfz 1000, built on a Mercedes -Benz Unimog U 1300 L is roughly comparable with the civilian pumper TLF 8/18. As a bodybuilder came here the company Metz to wear.
In the second generation (also called next generation ), efforts were made to achieve the maximum parts commonality. The FlKfz 3000; 3500/400/750 and 8000/800 used to the modular principle; so for example, the cabs are identical and it can be used for all types the same engines. The basic vehicles came consistently from FAUN, the structures at the FlKfz 3000 and 3500/400/750 came by the Association Bachert and Ziegler and the FlKfz 8000/800 of Schörling. The FlKfz 3000 is based on the FAUN LF 16.30/45 V 4x4 FlKfz 3500/400/750 on the FAUN LF 22.30/45 V 6x4 and FlKfz 8000/800 on the FAUN LF 40.30x2/48 V 8x8.
A larger number of FlKfz 2400 constructions of the first generation continued to the mid / late 1980s 4x4 on new chassis of the standard truck 5 t. With German reunification even found the TLF 32 on Tatra T 815 CAS IFA W 32 and some 50 of the National People's Army made their way into the fleet of the Bundeswehr fire departments. Users of the TLF 32 for example, was the WTD in Meppen, the IFA W 50 went to the military training areas in the new federal states.
Also in the painting came changes to fruition. With the introduction of the new basic color bronze green (RAL 6031) for the vehicles of the armed forces, also received the fire engines, a new color dress. Also, the three-color Flecktarnanstrich did not face the FlKfz halt. Finally, it was bright red (RAL 3000) in the late 1990s again standard. Sometimes all paint variations are to be found within a unit.
Third Generation
Second-generation vehicles are still in service. Also, occasionally even the first generation cars to find in the army. 3rd generation - - As a replacement for the FlKfz 8000/800 the first Pumpers since the summer of 2005 the troops pass. It is the fire -fighting vehicle, heavy, airfield, Z8 ( FLF 80/125-12, 5 Z8 " Advancer ") of the Company Ziegler. Unlike its predecessor, this 40 t Flugfeldlöschfahrzeug is no specialized military development. Overall, the total number amounts to 16 vehicles.
For the FlKfz 2400 based on the Daimler -Benz 1017 Löschgruppenfahrzeug be used 16/12 at Mercedes -Benz Atego in the Navy. A TLF 16/25 at Mercedes -Benz Atego, a TLF be used on a Unimog and RW 2 16/50 on MAN as individual pieces on the military training area mountains. In the Aerodrome Fire Department Cologne -Bonn a ladder is used to Atego 1628.
Three other types of third generation now gradually solve the vehicles of the first and second generations in all Bundeswehr fire departments from:
- Fire extinguishing forest fire fighting vehicle (Fl Car - forest fire ), built on a Mercedes -Benz Unimog U 5000
- Fire-fighting vehicle building firefighting (Fl Car - building fire ), mounted on a MAN TGM 18.280 4x4 BB
- Fire Department Geräterüstfahrzeug (Fl Car - Geräterüst ), mounted on a MAN TGM 18.280 4x4 BB
65 Car Fire trucks medium Z6, built on MAN 33 685, body builder is in all cases the company Albert Ziegler. DLK 23/12 GLT on Iveco 160 E30 with Magirus ladder set.
Special Vehicles
Despite the standardization and just because these standards often were not enough, there were always vehicles that did not fit into the scheme or the troops as test samples ( TVM) were at the Bundeswehr fire brigades. There were several DB Unimog S 404 Flatbed with life stage and 1 VW T2 platform with recovery stage.
The Unimog U 1300 flatbed with life stage is at the airbase and fire departments Jagel Wunstorf, in RAL 3000 flame red = used.
The Bundeswehr Technical Center for Aircraft ( WTD 61) used some years a converted Range Rover for pilot rescue. One patch on the roof deck was the rescue stage. The vehicle was painted in red.
In the WTD 51 is a VW T3 crew cab was (Type 247) Synchro in ruby red livery in as Vorausrüstfahrzeug operation.