Fire Department

If you ever needed the help of the helmeted people in their very loud red vehicles with blue flashing lights, you will feel forever grateful when you see them. Nearly everyone is fascinated by the mixture of equipment use, talent for improvisation, team spirit and the willingness to get down to work. And hardly no one can escape the insignia that make up the microcosm of the fire brigade: water and fire, sweat and waiting, acting and knowing what you are doing. I tried to get to the bottom of this fascination and, as far as possible, remove myself from the catastrophe-sensation show.

editorial photography: A photo series about the Stuttgart fire brigade. In the hose store, the regularly maintained C-hoses are waiting for the next use.

At the fire brigade, coiled C-hoses wait in the hose store for the next deployment.

Hoses in the fire station.

editorial photography: A basement window through which smoke is pouring. Such scenes are often seen by firefighters on arrival at a scene.

A basement window through which smoke is pouring is a common sight for firefighters when arriving at a scene.

Place of action basement fire.

Editorial photography: A firefighter goes through the smoke in a basement vent. You can hardly recognize him.

A firefighter walks through the smoke in a cellar exit.

A fireman in smoke in a basement vent.

Firefighters practice the rescue of injured occupants of a crashed car. The photo is taken vertically from above.

Firefighters practice the rescue of injured occupants of a crashed car.

Editorial photography: Fire drill in the backyard of a tall residential building. A vehicle is lying on the roof and the occupants are to be rescued.

Fire drill in the backyard of a tall residential building. There's a vehicle on the roof.

Fire drill in the backyard of a tall residential building.

A firefighter in uniform in one of the dormitories of the fire station.

Firehouse bedroom.

editorial photography: A puppet depicting a fire victim on the stage of the fire station. She was left over after TV recordings for a crime thriller in which the fire brigade had participated.

A puppet depicting a fire victim on the stage of the fire station. She was left over for a crime thriller on TV recordings.

A puppet who played a burn victim in a TV crime thriller.

Aerial and Drone photography: editorial photography: Two firefighters in their fire engine on the nightly drive with blue lights.

Two firefighters in their fire engine on their nightly drive with blue lights.

Two firefighters on the nightly drive with blue light.

editorial photography: A firefighter, after being relieved during his extinguishing mission in a burning house. Sweat covers his head.

A sweaty firefighter after his extinguishing mission in a burning house.

Fireman in a house fire with sweat.

Editorial photography: Firefighter extinguishing a fire in a burnt out attic of a residential building. Everything is black charred and also all the furniture is destroyed.

Firefighter extinguishing a fire in a burnt out attic of a residential building. Everything is burnt black.

Firefighter extinguishing the fire in a black charred attic of a residential building.

editorial photography: A fireman steers the open jet pipe in the basket of a turntable ladder. In the blue sky behind it is the crescent of the waning moon.

A fireman in the basket of a turntable ladder steers the open jet pipe in front of a blue sky with a crescent moon.

A fireman in the basket of a turntable ladder.

editorial photography: Firefighter helmets are hanging on a wall. They glow green in the dark. On the paint you can see the traces of past operations.

Fire helmets glow green in the dark. On the paint you can see the traces of past operations.

In the dark green glowing, scratched fire department helmets.

editorial photography: Two firemen attach a standpipe to a hydrant in the ground, to which fire hoses can then be connected. Water splashes.

Two firemen attach a hose connection to a hydrant in the floor.

Two firemen at a hydrant.

editorial photography: A professional fireman from Stuttgart monitors the Cannstatt Volksfest at night from a pulpit in the neighbouring fire station, while the fireworks are ignited there.

A professional fireman from Stuttgart monitors the fireworks at the Cannstatter Volksfest at night from a pulpit in the neighbouring fire station.

A fireman from Stuttgart supervises the fireworks at the Cannstatter Volksfest.

editorial photography: A squad of firefighters goes to the rescue train, which can be deployed in the event of a rail accident and is intended to facilitate operations in tunnels in particular.

Firefighters on their way to the rescue train, which can be deployed in the event of a rail accident.

Firefighters on their way to the railroad rescue train.

editorial photography: Three airport firemen hold a fire hose nozzle into the blazing kerosene flames during an aircraft fire drill.

During an exercise, three airport firemen hold a fire hose nozzle into the blazing kerosene flames.

Airport fire department holding a fire hose nozzle during a fire drill.

editorial photography: During a major exercise at the airport, firefighters spray water into the dummy of an aircraft turbine after a flame explosion has risen from there.

During a large-scale exercise, firefighters spray water directly into the dummy of an exploding aircraft turbine.

During a large-scale exercise, firefighters spray water directly into the dummy of an aircraft turbine.

editorial photography: During an exercise at a gas distributor, three firefighters in silver heat-protective clothing go with tools forward, while above them an extinguishing monitor brings water to the assumed source of the fire.

During an exercise at a gas distributor, three firemen in silver heat protection clothing and with tools go to the assumed source of the fire.

Fire drill at a gas distributor.

editorial photography: Two neighbours watch a fire brigade operation in the house opposite from their hairdressing salon.

Two neighbours watch a fire brigade operation from their hairdressing salon across the street.

Two neighbors are watching a firefighting operation.

editorial photography: Exercise of the fire department height rescuers at the Stuttgart television tower. From the bar in the tower, you can see the boots of a rescuer abseiling from a height of about 180 metres.

Exercise of the fire brigade height rescuers at the Stuttgart television tower in front of the window of the bar in the tower. You can see the rescuer's boots outside.

Exercise of the fire brigade height rescuers at the Stuttgart television tower.

editorial photography: Firemen on their way to their vehicles. In a fire station, a slide leads from the common rooms down to the garage.

Firemen on a slide from the common rooms to their vehicles.

Firemen on a slide to their vehicles.

editorial photography: Firemen at night. The signal stripes on the jackets and helmets reflect brightly while the faces remain in the dark.

The firefighters' clothing reflects the light at night.

Firefighters in their signal dress at night.

editorial photography: In the garage of a fire station, the firefighter

In the garage of a fire station, the emergency clothing hangs on the open vehicle doors and the boots are standing directly in front of it. A small toy rabbit hangs on a jacket as a lucky charm.

A small toy bunny as a lucky charm on a fireman's jacket.