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A close-knit community: Fire brigade board member Martin Strasser (l.) and commander Alexander Jung (r.) with those honored and promoted at this year's general meeting in the auditorium of the secondary school.
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The Gauting fire department was called to more operations in 2023 than ever before.
The 150th anniversary celebrations are approaching - two years late.
Gauting
– Last year, the Gauting Volunteer Fire Department recorded a record number of operations and hours of service to the community.
As Commander Alexander Jung announced at the annual meeting, the 82 active members were called to a total of 242 missions.
This represents a significant increase compared to the previous average of 160 operations per year. 25 fires alone - including the serious fire in the Hanrieder stationery store in May - as well as 80 storm operations challenged the emergency services.
According to Jung, the hours that the men and women spent on missions, exercises and further training amount to 14,000.
Another 1,500 hours are spent on administrative work, events, public relations and other activities at the fire department association.
Board member Martin Strasser described the past year as “challenging and fulfilling”.
In addition to the operations, the fire department was present at 30 events.
He specifically mentioned the annual Christmas tree campaign with 718 trees collected.
Particular attention was paid to the youth group, which is represented on the board by youth spokesman Marius Worms.
Second mayor Jürgen Sklarek, district fire chief Klaus Ringhoff, flag mother Silvia Haller and Stockdorf's deputy commander Ludwig Gröber expressed their appreciation.
The community wants to do everything to ensure that the fire department is well equipped and satisfied, said Sklarek.
Nevertheless, there are also challenges to be overcome, as Commander Jung reported.
“Radio problems, blocked access roads and traffic-related delays in getting there are always obstacles,” the statement says.
There is also an urgent need for action in the construction of a new fire station, as the current building is increasingly showing deficiencies.
As reported, the old fire station is to be replaced by a new one at the same location on Münchener Straße.
“I hope that the planning will move forward quickly,” said Jung.
“There is an urgent need for action.”
Festival weekend in July
The year 2024 will be extraordinary for the Gautinger fire department - the oldest fire department in the Würmtal - because: The 150th anniversary, which should have been celebrated in 2022, will now be celebrated on July 6th and 7th.
In addition to a marquee, a children's zone and a vehicle exhibition are planned.
The fire department's membership grew by nine people in 2023, bringing it to a new high of 195.
On the evening of the meeting, the commander and board were able to welcome the new fire brigade candidates Leo Arons, Cajus Arons, Leonhard Deiring, Filip Jankovic, Louis Strasser, Niklas Zeitter and Frederik Zeitter as well as Ferdinand Gigler, Andreas Kammermeier, Simone Krist, Ismail Makroum, Lukas Seider and for the operations department Welcoming Sharam Salem Safi to the fire department.
Depending on length of service, promotions were also on the agenda.
Jakob Eisele, Sinani Vulnet, Benjamin Strasser and Benedikt Sieber were appointed firefighter candidates.
Amelie Harling, Regina Zagler, Alexander Heschley, Andreas Kammermeier, Sebastian Rappl, Jonathan Schneider, Lukas Seider, Marius Worms and Kilian Roßberger were promoted to fireman and firewoman, respectively, to senior firefighters Sonja Strenkert and Natalie Bey and to main firefighters Marco Inverso and Simon Schubert.
Martin Elsnitz and Finn Sittel are now fire extinguishing masters.
The deputy commander Roman Kernbach and the two district fire chiefs Maximilan Schmid and Bernhard Spazierer were appointed chief extinguishers.
There were also honors again.
Matthias Cischeck, Stefanie Elsnitz, Andreas Großmann, Christopher-Storm Kaluza were honored for ten years of fire service, Dominik Sütterlin, Stephan Wudy for 20 years and Bernhard Spazierer for 30 years.
Further honors went to flag bride Sophie Cischeck, flag mother and honorary member Silvia Haller and Benjamin Kellmann for ten years of club membership.
Leonhard Zettl was also honored for 30 years and Klaus Sieber for 40 years of active and passive fire service.
The former commander and fire department representative on the local council, Richard Eck, has been serving the fire department for 50 years.