The specialist areas of the professional fire department

Administrative tasks arise everywhere. For example, this department is responsible for budget management, the billing of fire department services and the supervision of the fire department and public order committee.

The Operational Services department covers the operational "day-to-day business" of the Salzgitter professional fire department. This includes 3 watch departments, the rescue service and the personnel/training and further training department. The department also forms the interface to the volunteer fire department.

Rescue service

The emergency rescue service is available around the clock to help citizens with acute injuries or illnesses. This is the main task of the rescue service.

In order to be ready for action at all times, the employees also take care of the following tasks:

• Procurement and maintenance of the necessary technical equipment for modern emergency medicine
• Organizational planning for a comprehensive and needs-based rescue service
• Qualified ambulance transports according to medical prescription are also carried out by the rescue service.

Training and further training / Personnel / Volunteer fire department

We are there for you 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. This means that personnel planning, personnel management and basic and advanced training are of immense importance in the fire department.

In order to always be optimally trained, the employees of the 3 watch departments, the fire and rescue control center and the management service complete various basic and advanced training courses as well as watch instruction in their non-operational time and do company sports to stay physically fit.

There are also various qualification measures such as

• Further training in the rescue service
• Driving school courses to obtain the necessary driving license classes
• Supervision of training for the volunteer fire department
• Preparation and execution of exercises and
  Planning the 18-month preparatory service for professional fire service trainees

The volunteer fire department and its volunteers are a major pillar of municipal emergency response. Here, too, the department organizes the necessary training and courses to ensure an adequate level of training.

Among other things, the Preventive Hazard Prevention team carries out fire prevention inspections and prepares statements for approval procedures in accordance with the Federal Immission Control Act or for construction projects. The team also takes care of fire department deployment plans for events and traffic obstructions and prepares overviews of fire alarm systems.

Communication is essential during operations. This is why the integrated control center (ILS) is used for internal and external communication with emergency services, other authorities and citizens seeking help. The ILS is always manned and available. The Operations Control and Disaster Control team is responsible for this, as well as for the technical support of all the fire department's means of communication (e.g. digital radio, digital alarms, sirens and network connections).

Further tasks of the team are

• Coordinating the fire department's alert and response plan
• Planning and coordinating civil protection measures in the event of defense and disasters as well as major emergencies and special events
• informing the media and citizens about operations and fire service-specific topics (press and public relations work)
  
  

Preparation is half the battle: Equipment (e.g. protective clothing) and vehicles must be constantly maintained and serviced in order to be able to operate optimally in an emergency. New devices, vehicles and equipment must also be procured. These tasks are taken care of by our Technical Team, Fire Service Technical Center.