Welcome to feuerwehr-nrw.de

Information to our English speaking visitors 

Remark: feuerwehr-nrw.de is not the website of the NRW Fire Briagade's Association. That is ▷ www.vdf-nrw.de = Verband der Feuerwehren in Nodrhein-Westfalen.

The Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is a fe­de­ral par­lia­men­ta­ry republic in the middle west of Europe. The republic is divided into 16 fe­de­ral sta­tes (Bun­des­län­der). Germany consists of three constitutional political levels: The fe­de­ra­ti­on, the sta­tes as well as the cities and municipalities as local level.

The public fire protection in Germany is ex­clu­sive­ly a local matter. The legislation related to firefighting is under the competence of the federal sta­tes. Tasks of the counties are supporting activities and fa­ci­li­ties such as the establishment of fire-trai­ning cen­ters for the cities and municipalities. The federal level only tasks such as the unification of com­mon standards and guidelines.

You will find an adequate des­crip­tion of the organization of the German fire fighting system in the Eng­lish Wi­ki­pe­dia ▷ under Ger­man fire services.

Fe­de­ral sta­tes

Federal states (Bundesländer) in Germany: Baden-Wuerttemberg (BW), Bavaria = Bayern (BY), Berlin (BE), Brandenburg (BB), Bremen (HB), Hamburg (HH), Hessen (HE), Lo­wer Sa­xo­ny = Niedersachsen (NI), Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania = Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV), North Rhine-Westphalia = Nordrhein-Westfalen (NW), Rhineland-Palatinate = Rheinland-Pfalz (RP), Saarland (SL), Saxony = Sachsen (SN), Saxony-Anhalt = Sachsen-Anhalt (ST), Schleswig-Holstein (SH) and Thuringia = Thueringen (TH).

External Links

Politics, Life, Knowledge, Business, Culture, Environment ▷ www.deutschland.de/en 

Travel destination Germany ▷ www.germany.travel/en 

Wikipedia ▷ German fire services ▷ Tactical units ▷ Hierarchy. 

German Fire Briagades Association (DFV) ▷ www.dfv.org 

German Youth Fire Brigade (DJF) ▷ www.jugendfeuerwehr.de 

German Fire Protection Association (vfdb) ▷ www.vfdb.de  

Industrial Fire Brigade's Association Germany (WFV) ▷ www.wfvd.de 

Working group of the professional fire brigades' directors (AGBF) ▷ www.agbf.de 

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North Rhine-West­pha­lia (NRW)

North Rhine-West­pha­lia is one of the 16 German federal states. It is divided into
• 5 Regierungsbezirke (governmental districts), these again in altogether
• 30 Landkreisen (counties, rural districts) and a Städteregion (city region) and
• 23 independent cities (undistricted cities, urban districts).

Altogether, there are 395 cities and municipalities in North Rhine-Westphalia, which all maintain a public fire department. Inside the website you will find them all via the governmental districts and counties.

Coun­ties and in­de­pen­dent ci­ties

Counties and independent cities in North Rhine-Westphalia: Aachen City Region | City of Bielefeld | City of Bochum | City of Bonn | Borken County | City of Bottrop | Coesfeld County | City of Cologne | City of Dortmund | Dueren County | City of Duesseldorf | City of Duisburg | Ennepe-Ruhr County | City of Essen | Euskirchen County | City of Gelsenkirchen | Guetersloh County | City of Hagen in Westphalia | City of Hamm | Heinsberg County | Herford County | City of Herne | Hochsauerlandkreis = "Higher Sauerland County" | Hoexter County | Kleve County | City of Krefeld | City of Leverkusen | Lippe County | Maerkischer Kreis = "Mark County" | Mettmann County | Minden-Luebbecke County | City of Moenchengladbach | City of Muelheim on the Ruhr | City of Muenster in Westphalia | Rhine-County Neuss | Oberbergischer Kreis = "Oberberg County" | City of Oberhausen | Olpe County | Paderborn County | Recklinghausen County | City of Remscheid | Rhein-Erft-Kreis = "Rhine-Erft County" | Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis = "Rhine-Berg County" | Rhein-Sieg-Kreis = "Rhine-Sieg County" | Siegen-Wittgenstein County | Soest County | City of Solingen | Steinfurt County | Unna County | Viersen County | Warendorf County | Wesel County | City of Wuppertal.

External Links

Web portal of the federal state ▷ www.land.nrw/en/ 

Web portal of the NRW state ministry of the interior ▷ www.mik.nrw.de
▷ Topics: fire defense and civil protection.

NRW Fire Briagade's Association (VdF NRW) ▷ www.vdf-nrw.de  

Youth Fire Brigades in NRW (JF NRW) ▷ www.jf-nrw.de 

Institute of the NRW fire services (IdF NRW) = state fire academy ▷ www.idf.nrw.de 

Working group of the professional fire brigades' directors in NRW (AGBF NRW) ▷ www.agbf-nrw.de 

Working group of the full-time fire station heads in NRW (AGHF NRW) ▷ www.aghf-nrw.de

Magazine of the NRW firefighters ▷ www.feuerwehreinsatz-nrw.de 

NRW accident insurance (Unfallkasse) ▷ www.unfallkasse-nrw.de 

Fire safety prevention and education website ▷ www.sicherheitserziehung-nrw.de   

Phoenix hotel and congress center in Bergneustadt ▷ www.phoenix-hotel.de 

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Terms and ab­bre­via­tions

See also in the English Wikipedia ▷ German fire services ▷ Tactical units ▷ Hierarchy.

Dictionary of the German Fire Protection Association ▷ ... ▷ vfdb-Lexikon 

·A–B·    

AGBF = Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Leiter der Berufsfeuerwehren = Working group of the professional fire brigades' directors

Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Leiter der Berufsfeuerwehren (AGBF) = Working group of the professional fire brigades' directors

BBM = Bezirksbrandmeister = fire inspector (govenrmental district)

Berufsfeuerwehr (BF) = professional fire brigade 

BF = Berufsfeuerwehr = professional fire brigade 

Betriebsfeuerwehr (BtF) = company fire brigade (private), unlincensed by government 

Bezirksbrandmeister (BBM) = fire inspector (govenrmental district) 

BHKG = Brand­schutz-, Hil­fe­leis­tungs- und Ka­tas­tro­phen­schutz­ge­setz ≈ law of fire fire protection, emergency assistance and civil protection in NRW

Brand­schutz-, Hil­fe­leis­tungs- und Ka­tas­tro­phen­schutz­ge­setz (BHKG) ≈ law of fire fire protection, emergency assistance and civil protection in NRW

BtF = Betriebsfeuerwehr = company fire brigade (private), unlincensed by government 

Bundesland = federal state  

·D–F·   

Deutsche Jugendfeuerwehr (DJF) = German Youth Fire Brigade 

Deutscher Feuerwehrverband (DFV) = German Firefighter's Association 

Deutschland = Germany  

DFV = Deutscher Feuerwehrverband = German Firefighter's Association 

DJF = Deutsche Jugendfeuerwehr = German Youth Fire Brigade  

DL = Drehleiter = turnable ladder  

DLK = Drehleiter mit Rettungskorb = turnable ladder with rescue cage 

Drehleiter (DL) = turnable ladder, (DLK) turnable ladder with rescue cage 

Feuerwehr (Fw) = fire defense, fire service, fire service, fire brigade (institution) 

Feuerwehrmann = firefighter (male) Feuerwehrfrau = firefighter (female) 

FF = Freiwillige Feuerwehr = volunteer fire service 

Freiwillige Feuerwehr (FF) = volunteer fire service  

·I–K· 

IdF NRW = Institut der Feuerwehr NRW = Institute of the NRW fire services = state fire academy  

ILS = Integrierte Leitstelle = integrated coordination center (fire and rescue, FRCC) 

Institut der Feuerwehr NRW (IdF NRW) = Institute of the NRW fire services = state fire academy 

Integrierte Leitstelle (ILS) = integrated coordination center (fire and rescue, FRCC)  

KFV = Kreisfeuerwehrverband = firefighter's association (country) 

KBM = Kreisbrandmeister = fire inspector (county) 

Kreis = county, rural district 

Kreisbrandmeister = county fire inspector   

Kreisfeuerwehrverband (KFV) = firefighter's association (county) 

Kreisfreie Stadt = independent city (undistricted city, urban district) 

·L–M·   

Landesfeuerwehrverband (LFV) = firefighter's association (federal state) 

LdF = Leiter der Feuerwehr = fire chief (local)  

LE = Löscheinheit = fire fighting unit (neutral terminus) 

Löscheinheit (LE) = fire fighting unit (neutral terminus)  

Löschgruppe (LG) = fire fighting squad (unit)  

Leiter der Feuerwehr (LdF) = fire chief (local)  

Leitstelle (LSt) = alarm center, coordination center  

LFV = Landesfeuerwehrverband = firefighter's association (state)  

LG = Löschgruppe = fire fighting squad (unit)  

Löschgruppe (LG) = fire fighting squad (unit)  

Löschzug (LZ) = fire fighting company (unit)  

LZ = Löschzug = fire fighting company (unit)  

LSt = Leitstelle = alarm center, coordination center top  

MI = Ministerium für Inneres = ministry of the interior 

Musikzug (MZ) = musician fire company 

MZ = Musikzug, Spielmannszug = musician fire unit 

·N–R·   

Nordrhein-Westfalen (NRW) = North Rhine-Westphalia 

NRW = Nordrhein-Westfalen = North Rhine-Westphalia 

Öffentliche Feuerwehr = public fire department  

Regierungsbezirk = governmental district, admnistrative region  

Rettungsgesetz (RettG) ≈ law of rescue service, emergency medical service and ambulance transports 

RettG = Rettungsgesetz ≈ law of rescue service, emergency medical service and ambulance transports 

Rettungsleitstelle = rescue coordination center (RCC) 

Rettungswagen (RTW) = emergency ambulance  

RLSt = Rettungsleitstelle = rescue coordination center (RCC)  

RTW = Rettungswagen = emergency ambulance  

·S–Z·   

Spielmannszug = musician fire unit (drums and pipes) 

 = Verband der Feuerwehren in NRW = NRW Firefighter's Association  

Verband der Feuerwehren in NRW (VdF NRW) = NRW Firefighter's Association 

Vereinigung zur Förderung des deutschen Brandschutzes (vfdb) = German Fire Protection Association 

vfdb = Vereinigung zur Förderung des deutschen Brandschutzes = German Fire Protection Association 

WF = Werkfeuerwehr = industrial fire brigade (private), lincensed by government  

Werkfeuerwehr (WF) = industrial fire brigade (private), lincensed by government 

Werkfeuerwehrverband Deutschland (WFV) = Industrial Fire Brigade's Association Germany 

WFV = Werkfeuerwehrverband Deutschland = Industrial Fire Brigade's Association Germany 

Zivilschutz = civil protection