A life in the service of the general public, to which the new honorary commander kaul horst and the new honorary chairman willi roppelt had dedicated themselves for many years for the fire department of gosberg. Horst kaul held the office of deputy commander for 20 years. Willi roppelt presided over the association as second chairman for twelve years. They were honored at the annual meeting of the gosberg firefighters association.
The meeting began with a memorial service, which was celebrated by father roberto with great care. Commander andreas greif spoke about the current status of the leadership ranks as well as the 576 hours of education and training and the total of 14 operations in 2018 (five fire, six THL, two volunteer activities, one security guard). There was also an outlook on the planned training sessions in 2019.
Daniel brutting, the outgoing youth leader, could look back on a busy year with his youth. In addition to the christmas tree campaign, a visit to the respiratory protection course in ebermannstadt and the german youth performance championship in grafenberg, the team qualified for the district youth performance march for the second time in a row with a third place in the youth olympics of the district of forchheim.
Jennifer kaul, supervisor of the "loschzwerge", reported on the construction of wooden fire engines, scavenger hunts, emergency call exercises, the summer vacation program and an end-of-year party. The highlight was the tenth birthday of the loschzwerge, which was celebrated with 70 children around the geratehaus. The rescue dog squad of forchheim was also a visitor.
Markus derfub, harald emmert and christian kraus were honored for 25 years of club membership. Willi roth was honored for an incredible 70 years.
Commander andreas greif thanked daniel brutting, who had resigned from his position as youth director for professional reasons, with a gift basket for his many years of dedicated work.
Andreas greif then appointed two new youth coaches, celine klaus and nico kaul.
After greetings from the municipality and the district fire inspectorate and some minor suggestions from the members, stefan stohr closed the meeting and the pictures of the past year, compiled by second chairman raphaela stohr, rounded off the meeting.