Steffen Haehnel, firefighter and pyrotechnician from the Berlin fire department, demonstrates how to set off a firework rocket during a fire department press demonstration. During the traditional ...

After thinking it was destroyed in World War II, the Wiescherhöfen Fire Department discovered their 1929 flag at the Phoenix Hall of Flame Museum. The unveiling of the German fire department flag ...

Franz Bäke was not a career officer but a former dentist who returned to war and became one of Germany’s most effective fire brigade commanders on the Eastern Front. Leading a temporary armored ...

Berlin — A new fire station in central Germany, which was destroyed in a fire, causing millions of euros in damage and destroyed equipment did not have a fire alarm system, local media reported ...

FURSTENWALDE, Germany – In the vehicle bay of Fürstenwalde-Mitte fire station, a young volunteer checks the gears of a large fire engine. Yusuf Abdirahim, a 37-year-old asylum-seeker, knows what he is ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - German firemen rescued a mysteriously naked man trapped in a narrow chimney in central Berlin, a spokesman said on Thursday. The fire brigade was alerted to the emergency after ...

Photos purporting to show a device that sprays a firefighter with a shower of water for protection have been shared online for decades. In fact, the device has been discussed in print — usually as a ...

Fire brigades in Germany are preparing for a busy New Year's Eve, with increased callouts expected due to the use of fireworks. Karl-Heinz Banse, president of the German Fire Brigade Association, told ...