@fire International Disaster Response Germany

@fire International Disaster Response Germany
@fire Internationaler Katastrophenschutz Deutschland
Abbreviation@fire
Formation2002 (24 years ago) (2002)
TypeNGO
PurposeUrban Search & Rescue / Wildland Firefighting
HeadquartersOsnabrück
Volunteers300
Websitewww.at-fire.de/

@fire International Disaster Response Germany (@fire Internationaler Katastrophenschutz Deutschland) is a German non-profit, non-governmental civil protection organisation which assists during natural disasters. The organisation was founded in 2002 in Wallenhorst, Germany as a pro bono network of professional and volunteer firefighters. Since 2010 @fire is member of the UN-Organisation INSARAG (International Search and Rescue Advisory Group).

Tasks

The aid organization is specialized in international USAR (Urban Search and Rescue) and wildland firefighting operations.[1]

Urban search and rescue

During Urban search and rescue operations, @fire is acting on the INSARAG-Guidelines and is therefore prepared to deploy a fully equipped team within 36 hours after an official request for international aid by the host country.

In order to locate victims buried beneath the rubble, the search teams are equipped with acoustic and optical search devices as well as search and rescue dogs.[2]

To extract located victims the rescue squad uses larger-scale equipment such as concrete chain saws, rotary cutting tools and core drilling machines.

Wildland firefighting

@fire is able to rapidly deploy small wildland firefighting hand crews to support local firefighting agencies during serious wildfires.

Those crews are trained to fight fires with a minimum amount of water by using hand tools and small pickup-based tankers.[1]

Members

@fire Members are volunteers from Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Most Members are volunteer or professional firefighters, but also paramedics and members of the "Technisches Hilfswerk" (Federal Agency for Technical Relief, THW) participate in the network.[3]

All members are specially trained for their scope e.g. the technical search of trapped victims. This training is based on the training the members already received in the fire department, following the INSARAG-Guidelines and the specifications of the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (National Wildfire Coordinating Group).

Operations

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Feuerwehr - Die Feuerwehr auf retter.tv - retter.tv". www.retter.tv. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  2. ^ Allgemeine, Augsburger. "Erdbeben-Spezialisten üben im Donautal". Augsburger Allgemeine. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Hilfsorganisation @fire hilft in der Hochwasserregion in Bosnien – Feuerwehrmann aus Wiesbaden dabei". Wiesbaden112.de (in German). 18 May 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Lars Prößler hilft in Nepal - Die Norddeutsche : Ihr Portal des WESER-KURIER". www.weser-kurier.de. Retrieved 28 May 2016.

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