Salzburg professional fire brigade inspires young people – salzburg.ORF.at
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The rush at the open day at the professional fire brigade in Salzburg was great. For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, the emergency organization was able to reopen to interested parties, and that too on their anniversary: the Salzburg professional fire brigade is celebrating its 75th anniversary.
Technical operations, fires, accidents and special services such as the height rescuers – the field of activity of the professional fire brigade is large. Visitors to the city of Salzburg were able to experience and marvel at some of them up close on Saturday. The interest is great, says Reinhold Ortler, fire director of the Salzburg professional fire brigade: “We were lucky with the weather in the morning and then organized a great vehicle parade.”
The fire brigade wants to arouse the interest of young people
As in many areas, the search for members is becoming increasingly difficult for the professional fire brigade, according to the fire director: “It is becoming increasingly difficult. We have also become aware of this. Today we also had a call for tenders where only 50 percent responded compared to the previous year. But the range of services was very dense, which means we took on a good number of employees at the beginning of September.”
The new firefighters complete a four-month special program as basic training and then switch to rotation.