Viehhofen Volunteer Fire Fighters
Mission
For a long time now, our local fire department has been involved in far more than "just" fighting fires. Since its founding more than 100 years ago, a wide variety of responsibilities have been added, especially emergency deployment in the event of natural disasters such as flooding, storm damage, landslides etc.
Chronicle of the Viehhofen Volunteer Fire Fighters
1901 Founding
Founding Members: Senior Forester Alois Wallhofer (1st fire captain), Johann Wilhelmstätter, Nikolaus Epp, Alois Breitfuss (Hecherbauer farm), Johann Fürstauer (Rehrenbergbauer farm) as well as 15 other unnamed local citizens. The first uniforms (blue shirt, tam and belt) were purchased out of the pocket of the members themselves. The first equipment consisted of a hand-pump, some C hoses, 2 nozzles and climbing harnesses.
1911 Construction of the first fire station with training tower.
1930 Purchase of the first portable fire pump.
1950 New fire station at the village hall.
1963 The first fire vehicle - a Land Rover - is purchased.
1973 A VW bus is bought as a second emergency vehicle.
1977 The old VW bus is replaced by a new one.
1981 Construction begins of a new fire station at the entrance to town.
1989 Purchase of a fire truck
1997 Construction of a training room.
2000 Purchase of 15 pagers.
Commander of the Town Fire Department :
Richard Ronacher, phone: +43 (0)664 420 6991
