Kapfenberg-Diemlach fire brigade: A look back at a heroic year!

Kapfenberg-Diemlach fire brigade: A look back at a heroic year!

Kapfenberg, Österreich - Kapfenberg (STMK)-A look back at an intensive year for the Kapfenberg-Diemlach volunteer fire brigade: On February 1, 2025, the fire brigade assembly took place, in which the 61 members looked back on their remarkable record of 119 missions in the past year. Particularly noteworthy are the 23 fire operations and 96 technical operations, some of which were required by disasters such as the forest fires in Wild Alps and the storms in Deutschfeistritz and Hartberg. A total of 5 people and 6 animals were saved in these missions, which illustrates the enormous challenges of the firefighters in recent months, such as fireworld.at reported.

The Kapfenberg-Diemlach fire brigade was not only active in fires, but also in exceptional operations such as flood inserts in Leibnitz and pollutant inserts in drives. During the flood periods, several fire departments were on site to look after the decontamination. In total, the 62 comrades of the weir performed over 20,000 voluntary hours, which underlines their commitment and cohesion, such as impressively. The introduction of new base containers for forest fire inserts will also continue to optimize the operational readiness in the Bruck region.