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	Fire Chief Thomas Jordan		Deputy Fire Chief Kester Weitze

Platoon Commander Michael Ließ

Deputy Platoon Commander Phil Kreibaum

Section One Section Commander: Matthias Hüsing Deputy Section Commander: Uwe Hammerbacher	Section Two Section Commander: Patrick Schwedt Deputy Section Commander: Mario Dekker	Section Three Section Commander: Antonio Rohde Deputy Section Commander: Thomas Feldmann

hazardous materials
	Section Commander Thomas Klemme		Deputy Section Commander Frank Marquardt

Junior Fire Brigade Youth Instructor: Karl-Friedrich Jürgens Deputy Youth Instructor: Michael Philipp	Senior Section Section Commander: Günther Möller

The Volunteer Fire Brigade Kirchohsen is the main fire service in the District of Emmerthal in the south of the County of Hameln-Pyrmont (Lower Saxony). Kirchohsen is with 3258 inhabitants the largest village of the district and forms together with the directly bordering villages Emmern and Hagenohsen the center of the district. The village has on two sides the rivers Weser and the Emmer, on the third side is the Federal Highway 83 from Hameln that runs to Holzminden. At opposite edge is the Valentinibridge over the river Weser this is convenient route between Hameln and Hehlen, which leads to the fact that despite by-pass road (B83) a high traffic volume in Kirchohsen prevails.

Several super markets are in the center of the village, which of many customers from the neighbouring villages use as alternative to the frequently overfilled town of Hameln. In addition several industrial companies are situated in the local area, with biological, pharmaceutical and chemical products.
The largest industrial concern however is the nuclear power station Grohnde, which lies approx. 1km upstream on the left of the river Weser.

The District Fire Brigade of Emmerthal consists of 17 village forces, which are distributed on 4 main bases (Kirchohsen, Amelgatzen, Börry and Grohnde). In addition there is a Works fire service (nuclear power station Grohnde) in the district.
In the year 1954 the County of Hameln Pyrmont opened a County Hose Care Establishment in Kirchohsen, which has developed into a modern Fire Brigade technical center (FTZ) with four technical employees. The FTZ is used by nearly all fire-brigades of the county for hose care, central storage depot, respiratory protection, pumps and radio repairs.
In addition the County of Hameln-Pyrmont has vehicles for special task stationed here, also a training facility for the technical training of the Fire Brigade members from the County of Hameln-Pyrmont.
Since 1971 the Fire Brigade Kirchohsen is accommodated at the FTZ, agreements between the District of Emmerthal and the County of Hameln-Pyrmont ensure that the fire-brigade Kirchohsen station is in the FTZ and that the special vehicles are manned by the comrades of the Fire Brigade Kirchohsen. From this constellation came the Hazardous Materials (HazMats) Platoon witch is strengthened by interested comrades of the Fire Brigades Hagenohsen and Emmern.

Today the Volunteer Fire Brigade Kirchohsen has 55 members, 52 men and three women. The senior section consists of seven comrades, who left the active service sections at the age limit of 62 years. In our youth department (Junior Fire Brigade) are 18 members (three girls) and are preparing at present for the service in the active sections, which they can enter at the age of 16. The Junior Fire Brigade has also young people from Emmern, Ohr and Hämelschenburg.
The personnel-strongest department is the sponsoring members, it has 150 members.

author: Michael Niehus (January 2008)
translated by: Christopher Hall