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die Feuerwehr (-en)
   fire department, fire brigade

In Deutschland und Österreich gibt es Freiwillige Feuerwehren (FF) und Berufsfeuerwehren (BF).
In Germany and Austria there are Volunteer Fire Departments (FF) and Professional Fire Departments (BF).
Rufen Sie bitte die Feuerwehr!
Please call the fire department!
(Tel. 112 in Germany and most of the EU)
Am 16. Januar 1851 wurde Ludwig Carl Scabell zum Leiter der ersten Berufsfeuerwehr Deutschlands (in Berlin) ernannt.
On January 16, 1851 Ludwig Carl Scabell was named head of Germany's first professional fire brigade (in Berlin).

Related:
der Feueralarm fire alarm
der Feuerwagen fire engine
die Feuerwehrfrau firefighter (f.)
der Feuerwehrmann firefighter (m.)

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