Munich Fire Service holds careers information day for women and girls in Schwabing

Munich Fire Service has again invited women and girls to a careers information day, held at Fire Station 4 in Schwabing. The event showed participants the wide range of everyday work within the fire service.

The fire service said it repeated the event after an exceptionally positive response the previous year. According to the fire service, the day was well received by those who took part.

Dr Hanna Sammüller, head of the city's district administration department, said: "The careers information day is the perfect opportunity to get to know the many different job profiles at the fire service directorate. Participants have the chance to try everything out and ask questions. The careers information day at Fire Station 4, specifically for women and girls, is an excellent complement to the regular careers information day."

From the morning onwards, participants worked through a series of stations in groups. These included climbing a ladder, dragging a rescue dummy, walking through the mobile breathing apparatus training course, practical trade skills and basic resuscitation.

The groups also visited the integrated control centre, where they saw what has to happen behind the scenes so that emergency crews can help at the scene. Before leaving, participants received tips and advice on applying to the fire service directorate.