Honouring deserving firefighters

City Treasurer Berthold Brehm will honour 26 members of volunteer fire brigades in the Chemnitz city area for their many years of dedicated service at the festive event in Chemnitz City Hall: one firefighter for 60 years, five for 50 years, six for 40 years and eleven for 25 years of service in the volunteer fire brigade.

In addition, one member of the Chemnitz professional fire brigade was awarded the Medal of Merit of the Saxony State Fire Brigade Association and two members of the Chemnitz professional fire brigade were honoured with the Silver Fire Brigade Badge of Honour.

Honoured and awarded:

Chief Fire Officer Günter Fischer, 60 years of loyal service, Siegmar Fire Brigade

Chief fire officer Dieter Börner, 50 years of loyal service, Erfenschlag fire brigade

Chief Fire Chief Brunhilde Richtsteiger, 50 years of loyal service, Grüna fire brigade

Fire chief Peter Grausche, 50 years of loyal service, Rabenstein fire brigade

Chief firefighter Ingeborg Förster, 50 years of loyal service, Röhrsdorf fire brigade

Chief fire officer Rainer Eiselt, 50 years of loyal service, Stelzendorf fire brigade

Chief fire officer Peter Löwe, 40 years of loyal service, Euba fire brigade

Chief firefighter Ullrich Kleditzsch, 40 years of loyal service, Grüna fire brigade

Senior firefighter Erika Gierke, 40 years of loyal service, Röhrsdorf fire brigade

Chief firefighter Jürgen Pfeifer, 40 years of loyal service, Röhrsdorf fire brigade

Master firefighter Hartmut Weber, 40 years of active service, Kleinolbersdorf-Altenhain fire brigade

Chief fire officer Jochen Schirmer, 40 years of active service, Siegmar fire brigade

Senior firefighter Ute Käbisch, 25 years of loyal service, Grüna fire brigade

Chief firefighter Ulli Uhlmann, 25 years of active service, Einsiedel fire brigade

Fire chief Oliver Jungnickel, 25 years of active service, Glösa fire brigade

Firefighter Volker Käbisch, 25 years of active service, Grüna fire brigade

Captain Kai Köhler, 25 years of active service, Klaffenbach fire brigade

Chief firefighter Ralph Gläser 25 years of active service, Mittelbach fire brigade

Fire chief Silvio Graube, 25 years of active service, Rabenstein fire brigade

Chief firefighter Ronny Narr, 25 years of active service, Rabenstein fire brigade

Chief firefighter Thomas Schulze, 25 years of active service, Rabenstein fire brigade

Firefighter Andreas Gleixner, 25 years of active service, Wittgensdorf fire brigade

Firefighter Carmen Straube, 25 years of active service, Wittgensdorf fire brigade

Firefighter René Roscher, fire brigade badge of honour as a silver cross, Klaffenbach fire brigade

Fire Chief Viola Büttner, Fire Brigade Badge of Honour in the form of a Silver Cross, Glösa Fire Brigade

Fire Chief Uwe Pilz, Medal of Merit of the State Fire Brigade Association of Saxony,
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Note for the media:

If you would like to introduce one of these firefighters in more detail, the Chemnitz fire brigade would like to suggest Mr Günter Fischer, who can be contacted on 0371/852898.

Chief Fire Officer Fischer has been a member of the Chemnitz-Siegmar Volunteer Fire Brigade since 26 June 1953 and will be honoured with the "Cross of Honour for 60 Years of Loyal Service to the Fire Brigade" on Thursday evening. Over the past six decades, Günter Fischer has completed all stages of fire service training as a volunteer member of the Chemnitz-Siegmar fire brigade and has held the responsible positions of squad leader and first deputy fire chief. Mr Fischer is highly respected and valued by his colleagues as an expert and role model in the fire service.

Contact for the media: Gerd Peukert, Head of the Civil Defence and Disaster Protection, Training and Volunteer Fire Brigades Department, call 0371/488-3752.