I wish all firefighters around the world a happy St. Florian's Day.

Thank you for your service! 

 

20 years of the website – some facts

Number of helmets online: 1000
Number of helmets in collection: 1300 (from 108 countries)

Visiting countries: 79

Visitors: around 1,400,000 (until September 8th, 2023)

So far, I have been able to welcome visitors from the following countries to my site (arranged alphabetically):

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guinea, Holland, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, India , Iraq, Iran, Ireland, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Laos, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Libya, Malaysia, Malta, Morocco, Macedonia, Mexico, Moldova , Monaco, Namibia, New Zealand (Aotearoa), Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Switzerland, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela, Vietnam (79)

By creating my website, I hoped to be able to present my collection to a wide audience.
I have now been online with the site for 20 years and I can safely say, that it was worth it, my expectations have been fulfilled!

The response from visitors is overwhelming, the countries, from which the site is accessed, are astonishing and the number of visitors per month is around 9,000 visitors.

I am particularly pleased about the variety of contacts, be it to get help in identifying the helmets oft he visitor, be it offers that enrich my helmet collection, or be it corrections to some of my helmet descriptions.
Through my manufacturer area/manufacturer link, I also have more and more inquiries from Germany and abroad, that I am happy to pass on to the manufacturers.

Thank you very much for your keen interest in my hobby.

Markus Bruchmann
Der Feuerwehrhelm
 

 

Peace to the people on earth (Lukas 2.14)
Angels in the Church of St. Martin, City of Olten, Switzerland

When we celebrate Christmas this year there will be places in the world where there is war, where there is fighting and where people are suffering and dying.

Christ came into the world at Christmas, an angel announced his birth and said:
Today a Savior has been born for you, who is Christ the Lord - peace on earth to those of his grace!

So at Christmas let us pray above all for peace in the world!

Merry and blessed Christmas to you all.

Markus - der feuerwehrhelm.de 

In memory of the victims of the terrorist raids in the United States of America.

Our memory particularly is for the 343 members of the FDNY and their families

-Last alarm 2023-
At the same time we commemorate the firefighters all over the world who was killed in action.

Thanks and appreciation for their contributions!  

More informations see:
https://www.esfi.org/smoke-alarms-save-lives/ 

Ladies and Gentlemen
It is with great sadness that we learned of the death of two firefighters from the Sankt Augustin (North Rhine-Westphalia) volunteer fire brigade who were fatally injured in a building fire in Niederpleis on Sunday, June 18, 2023. The fire brigades mourn together.
Even if we know that our actions are always connected with the risk of being hurt ourselves, this is no consolation in our hour of grief.
We ask that the emergency vehicles of the fire brigades in our country be provided with black ribbons from now until the evening of July 2nd, 2023.
Please forward this information to the fire departments in your area of responsibility.

With silent greetings

Karl-Heinz Banse
DFV-Präsident

Quelle:
https://www.feuerwehrverband.de/trauerflor-fuer-zwei-verstorbene-feuerwehrangehoerige-in-nordrhein-westfalen/ 

The state fire brigade day is the event for the fire brigades,
to present their service portfolio to the population
as well as to recruit junior staff.
At the same time, the State Fire Brigade Day is THE information platform, communication platform and networking platform.
(Source photo and text: State Fire Brigade Association)

"Webseite Landesfeuerwehrverband Baden- Württemberg" 

O holy Saint Florian with
pious sense we arrive.
Let your intercessor know us
in water shortage and fire hazards.
And when in the heart it ignites
the fire of heavy guilt and sin,
then extinguish the fire, help us
that God grant us his grace.
Is it one day to the last end,
make the heart burn in love
to the Father of Mercy,
who gives us eternal bliss.

(Song by Annette Thoma)
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Florian von Lorch was commander-in-chief of a fire fighting unit in the late 3rd century.
With today's Florianstag we commemorate all fire brigade members who selflessly campaign for others.
Thank you for your time, your enthusiasm and your commitment "!

(Source text and photo: German Firefighter Association - DFV) 

Open day.
Check out where your rescuers are trained. 

 

Interessanter Bericht im Feuerwehrmagazin 2/2023
19 Helmmodelle im Vergleich

"Zum Feuerwehrmagazin" 

You can call the European emergency number 112 free of charge from any landline or mobile phone anywhere in the EU.
You can go directly to the emergency services – police, rescue service, fire brigade.

In addition to 112, national emergency numbers are still in use.
But you can only reach emergency services in all EU countries by dialing 112. 

"Regionale Feuerwehr Übungsanlage füba"

The training facility was built by the city of Freiburg and the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald to educate and train their fire brigades.

The modern practice facility has its open day on May 7th, 2023.