Fire protection

  • Service description

    In Hesse, the municipalities are responsible for defensive fire protection and assistance in their area. In particular, they must set up, equip, maintain and deploy an efficient fire brigade appropriate to the local conditions. In towns with more than 100,000 inhabitants, a professional fire brigade must be set up.

    Fire brigades have to fulfil preventive fire protection tasks and help people and animals in the event of fires, accidents or other emergencies.

    Only persons who are in good health and have reached the age of 17 but not yet 60 can be active members of volunteer fire brigades (if it is in the interests of the service, the period of service can be extended beyond the age of 60 for a certain period of time, but not beyond the age of 65, at the request of the volunteer firefighter).

    Persons interested in becoming a member can contact their local authority (volunteer fire brigade).
     

  • Legal basis

  • What else should I know?

    Further information can be found on the website of the Hessian Ministry of the Interior and Sport under the keywords "fire brigade" and "disaster control".
     

  • Typing

    4

Who should I contact?

The volunteer fire brigade of your municipality or in the cities of Darmstadt, Frankfurt, Gießen, Kassel, Offenbach, Wiesbaden to the professional fire brigade.

Responsible departments

Responsible employees