What does the Dirty Dozen got to do with Germany besides a Great War Movie? Well, in February of 2006 we got word that an 18 year veteran of the LZ-Hackenbroich Fire Company of Dormagen, Germany is working here in the States and wishes to join our company. However, Gerold Dirks is more than just an 18 year veteran, prior to coming here he was serving as a Deputy Fire Chief.
Dormagen Fire Company is made up of 9 companies and is located approx. 350 miles east of Berlin. The department consist of 242 volunteer members and 45 paid firefighters. You can visit Gerold's German company online at: www.ff-dormagen.de Gerold's home company Station 3,  Hackenbroich is a village within Dormagen and has 3 pieces of apparatus, 2 engines and a squad.
  Gerold Dirks  
 
Thanks to Gerold, we have some photographs of our German Brothers in action.
    Hackenbroich Fire Company Station 3    
       
Hackenbroich Fire Company Station 3 apparatus
Our German Brothers in Action