Trauchgau - the main meeting point for this year's annual general meeting of the fire brigade was the election of a new board.
Leo Christa replaced the previous Chairman Kurt Pfeiffer, who no longer stood for election after 18 years.
Michael Romeder is the second chairman.
In addition, Martin Niggl succeeded Andreas Enzensberger as secretary.
The new treasurer is Christoph Weise, who succeeds Stefan Schweiger.
Schweiger now acts as an assessor.
Other assessors are Thomas Scholz and Gerhard Pfeiffer.
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The members of the Trauchgau fire brigade, Paul Lang (from left), Dirk Schwarz, Hubert Christa, Franz Grieser, Paul Oswald and Thomas Köpf (from left), honored for their longstanding membership and loyalty to the association.
© Michael Straub
Commander Thomas Etschmann then looked back on the past year of operations and reported on six missions and one room fire.
Despite the difficult circumstances caused by Corona, the active firefighters completed courses and training, including breathing protection courses and performance tests, in order to ensure the safety of the population.
Mayor Johann Gschwill thanked all those active on behalf of the community for their commitment.
His thanks also went to the previous board members for their work and he wished the new one a good hand.
Afterwards, secretary Andreas Enzensberger and treasurer Stefan Schweiger read their reports.
The voluntary fire brigade currently has 358 members.
Outgoing Chairman Kurt Pfeiffer also thanked everyone for the good cooperation.
He then honored merited members together with district fire chief Dirk Schwarz.
He made Paul Lang an honorary member and awarded him the golden pin and a certificate.
Georg Niggl and Albert Romeder were honored with a gold pin and certificate for 50 years of association membership.
For 40 years of active service, the SWefehrers Paul Oswald, Hubert Christa and Franz Grieser received the Golden Fire Brigade Sign and a certificate from the Bavarian Minister of the Interior, Jochen Hermann.
Dominik Heringer and Thomas Köpf received the silver pin of honor and a wooden plate from the club for 25 years of loyalty to the club.