Balance sheet 2023

Fire departments with 12,418 deployments last year

Salzburg's fire departments had to respond to more incidents last year than in 2022. 17,000 members worked 1.3 million hours - that's a record!

The fire departments in the province of Salzburg had to respond to more incidents in 2023 than in the previous year. According to the deployment statistics evaluated by the Salzburg State Fire Brigade Association, a total of 12,418 deployments (+ 4.3%) were carried out in 2023.

At 1.3 million working hours, the time required for operations, on-call duties, training and other work was at a record level. The approximately 17,000 members of Salzburg's 124 fire departments were on duty practically around the clock.

3,393 classic fire operations
The majority of call-outs were for technical assistance. The firefighters had to respond 8,695 times to traffic accidents, oil spills, storms, severe weather and floods or to help neighbors.

There were also 3,393 fire operations with 26 major fires, 99 medium-sized fires and 469 small fires. In 91 cases, the fire had already been extinguished before the fire department arrived. A large proportion of the fire operations were due to false and deceptive alarms (2,292). 

Highest number of young firefighters
As at the reporting date of 31.12.2023, the number of active members was 11,322 (+ 163 people). In addition, there are 4,425 non-active members, 173 honorary members and 1,421 young people aged 10 to 15. The interest of girls in the fire department is also increasing, with 331 girls currently in training