Fire brigade on the way to normality. “The fire department was in a phase of chaos, which they got under control incredibly quickly,” says district chief Mathias Duensing.

Mediator Margarete Hascher-Kück from Grafrath now drew a positive conclusion. The aim is to bring the fire brigade back into the awareness of citizens, to arouse curiosity about the fire department, and ultimately to “make the volunteer fire brigade a matter of the heart again”