Chemnitz honours deserving firefighters
Mayor Sven Schulze will be honouring long-serving firefighters on 9 November 2017 at 6 p.m. in the City Council Chamber of Chemnitz Town Hall, members of the fire brigade.
Whether for fires, floods or road accidents - firefighters are on hand all year round. The members of the Chemnitz professional fire brigade are supported in their operations by volunteers from the 15 volunteer fire brigades. Many members of the volunteer fire brigades have been dedicating their free time to the safety of the city for decades. Day, night and at weekends, whenever they are called out, they are ready to rescue, avert danger and minimise damage. So that they can do this successfully, they also spend their free time undergoing further training.
Every year in November, the city of Chemnitz takes this commitment as an opportunity to honour members of the professional fire brigade and long-serving comrades from the volunteer brigades.
Mayor Sven Schulze honoured 22 members of the volunteer fire brigades and the Chemnitz professional fire brigade for their many years of dedicated service on Thursday evening in the city council chamber of the town hall. 17 of the honourees will be attending the ceremony in person.
One member of the fire service is celebrating 50 years of service this year, eight firefighters are being honoured for 40 years and six for 25 years of service in the volunteer fire service.
The following will be honoured:
Chief Fire Officer Bernd Uhlig, 50 years of loyal service, Stelzendorf fire brigade
Fire Chief Eberhard Feilke, 40 years of loyal service, Adelsberg fire brigade
Senior firefighter Heidrun Rodig, 40 years of loyal service, Adelsberg fire brigade
Chief fire officer Ingrid Steiner, 40 years of loyal service, Adelsberg fire brigade
Firefighter Thomas Hänel, 40th anniversary of service, Glösa fire brigade
Fire Chief Manfred Lorenz, 40 years of loyal service, Siegmar fire brigade
Senior firefighter René Möbius, 25 years of loyal service, Grüna fire brigade
Chief fire officer Mathias May, 40 years of active service, Grüna fire brigade
Fire Chief Thomas Pöge, 40 years of active service, Kleinolbersdorf-Altenhain fire brigade
Chief fire officer Harald Päch, 40 years of active service, Wittgensdorf fire brigade
Chief fire officer Detlef Weißer, 25 years of active service, Einsiedel fire brigade
Chief fire officer Andreas Barthel, 25 years of active service, Erfenschlag fire brigade
Chief firefighter Markus Ahnert, 25 years of active service, Erfenschlag fire brigade
Senior firefighter Kerstin Börner, 25 years of active service, Erfenschlag fire brigade
Senior firefighter Michael Nothnagel, 25 years of active service, Glösa fire brigade (unavailable for work)
Chief firefighter Sylvio Roscher, 25 years of active service, Grüna fire brigade (unable to work)
Platoon leader Robert Hanke, 25 years of active service 25th MTF-C treatment platoon (unable to work)
Fire Officer Thomas Jacob, German Fire Brigade Cross of Honour in Gold, Professional Fire Brigade
Firefighter Uwe Dietrich, German Fire Brigade Cross of Honour Level 1, professional fire brigade
Media representatives and photographers are invited to attend the award ceremony and to report on the event.