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Berlin for example has a large number of voluntary fire brigades in addition to the professional fire brigades. They’re alerted in cases where manpower from the
by Xylakant 6y ago
Berlin for example has a large number of voluntary fire brigades in addition to the professional fire brigades. They’re alerted in cases where manpower from the professional brigade is insufficient and/or tied up in other incidents.
However, even voluntarily fire brigades usually use beepers instead of sirens nowadays.
- tannhaeuser 6y agoMy guess is, though, that these are located in former villages that became part of the city 80-100 years ago, like in Hamburg.
- Xylakant 6y agoNo, it’s actually all throughout the city, pretty much every district has at least one, many have multiple bases: https://www.berliner-feuerwehr.de/ueber-uns/freiwillige-feuerwehr/liste-der-ff-standorte/ https://www.berliner-feuerwehr.de/ueber-uns/freiwillige-feue...