Overview
- The annual report presented Tuesday, July 14, 2026, confirms 333,394 deployments in 2025, a small drop of 1,236 calls from 2024 driven by fewer storm incidents.
- Large fires classified as Großbrände rose from 16 to 24 in 2025, a designation used when more than three fire hoses are needed to fight a blaze.
- Fire fatalities increased to eleven in 2025, including four people who died in the June Marienkrankenhaus fire, reversing the prior year’s record low.
- The force expanded capacity with 3,729 staff (77 more than 2024), 5,561 volunteer members, the purchase of 68 vehicles worth about €30 million, and planned station projects funded partly by roughly €20 million in federal special funds.
- Officials say technical‑help missions fell to 22,595 because of fewer Unwetterlagen, daily demand remains high at about 913 deployments per day, and recruitment drives such as growing Minifeuerwehr groups aim to secure future volunteer capacity.