Fire Engines Photos

TD 1 is one of two technical rescue and special logistics support fire stations in Berlin. When I last visited, it had no less than 54 different fire and rescue units, including vehicles, container carriers, containers and special purpose trailers. This equipment responds along with specially trained crews to incidents which require equipment and knowledge which is not generally available at the average city fire station. These include complex rescue incidents, hazmat situations, fires requiring foam or other special extinguishing media, tunnel and basement fires, chemical plant fires, major accidents, explosions or other disasters, and large fires requiring water relays.

The station also has a "normal" allocation of rescue pumpers, ambulances, ladders and command units.

Added by Rob Johnson on 22 April 2024.

TD1 Charlottenburg-Nord FS
TD2 Marzahn FS

Added by Jacques Peter on 22 April 2024.

I remember being told TD2 has around 25 pieces of equipment and roughly half of the staffing level of TD1. Most of its units duplicate items which are also to found at TD1. Many of the other 33 full time fire stations do of course also have one or more specialist trucks, including a third rescue squad unit. Some of these are jump-crewed, as they are called out relatively infrequently. In addition, some specials are assigned to a few of the numerous additional volunteer fire stations in the city. These number over fifty, of which around 20 are combined with full time stations, while the majority stand alone. The rationale for this profile is mainly driven by speed of response, as of course it would be very problematical for all specials to be based at only two locations.

Added by Rob Johnson on 23 April 2024.

Rob yes correct. Both TD are located strategically on the opposite sides of the city. East and West (with no reference to the past Berlin history)

Added by Jacques Peter on 24 April 2024.

BSPP follows a similar structure, with one large and very well equipped fire station with lots of specials in each of its three regional command groups. Some other large cities follow a different philosophy, with Amsterdam for example spreading its fleet of special purpose containers and transporters across around half of their 21 fire stations. Oddly, FDNY concentrates most of its special operations personnel and equipment at a single rathe inaccessible location on Roosevelt Island in the East River, although each of the five boroughs has a rescue company and one or two squad companies.

Added by Rob Johnson on 25 April 2024.

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