page_title: German fire services
section_title: Identification
hierarchical_section_title: German fire services / Dispatching and alerting / Identification
caption_attribution_description: English: Alphanumeric Pager
context_page_description: The Feuerwehr is a number of German fire departments. The responsible bodies for operating and equipping fire departments are the German communities and cities. By law, they are required to operate fire-fighting forces. In cities, this is usually performed by the Fire Prevention Bureau, one of the higher-ranking authorities.
  There are three kinds of recruiting firefighters in Germany: the predominant number of Germany's 1,383,730 firefighters are members of voluntary fire brigades, a lesser number working in professional fire brigades and at least the drafted members of a Compulsory Fire Service, established just in a few places nationwide.
  Professional fire brigades are usually operated as
  Berufsfeuerwehr of a municipal body counting over 100,000 citizens, such as the city of Berlin as a full-time city department
  Werkfeuerwehr of a larger company, for the needs of the company operating them by law e.g. refineries or chemical industry production facilities
  Betriebsfeuerwehr of a larger company, that does not need to run a Werkfeuerwehr by law, but if it is required for the insurance coverage
context_section_description: Radio identification names consist of five parts:
  Name of the organisation, i.e. "FLORIAN" for the fire services
  Name of the city or county the brigade is based, e.g. "MAGDEBURG"
  Two digits referring to the specific area or station, e.g. "01"
  Two digits referring to the type of vehicle, e.g. "33" for a ladder (Tiller truck)
  Two digits referring to which one it is, e.g. "01" for the first vehicle of its type.
  For example, the radio identification "Florian Magdeburg 01-33-01" would describe the first ladder of station 1, operated by the Fire department of the city of Magdeburg.
  Although not in accordance with the respective service regulation ("Dienstvorschrift"), these identifications are sometimes shortened for the sake of fast radio contact and when there can be no doubt that the vehicle is unique. For example, the ELW currently on scene may simply refer to himself as "1-11" or "Florian 1-11", instead of using the whole sequence when the crew is certain that there are no other companies involved.
  Because the German Fire Services are terms of the federal states like Bavaria, Hessen or Berlin this may vary from state to state.  The radio identification name for the same ladder in Bavaria can be "Florian Geretsried 30/1" for example.
caption: Unication Alpha Legend Dual for emergency services