FW Bocholt: International honours and promotions in the Suderwick fire brigade

FW Bocholt (ots) -

Last Saturday afternoon, 09.11.2024, the operational department and the honorary department of the Suderwick fire brigade as well as the youth fire brigade of the Bocholt volunteer fire brigade - Suderwick group - accompanied the St Martin's procession and helped to secure the route.

Following the St Martin's procession in Suderwick, the Suderwick fire brigade held its St Martin's evening in the fire station in Suderwick.

Dirk Arping and Marco Heisterkamp from the Bocholt fire brigade presented the following honours and promotions:

For 25 years of active service in the fire brigade, Chief Fire Officer Simon Derrez received the Fire Brigade Badge of Honour of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia in silver.

The certificate of honour of the Association of Fire Brigades in NRW for 40 years of membership in the fire brigade was awarded to
the former head of the Bocholt fire brigade, fire chief Thomas Deckers, and sub-fire chief Jörg Straatman.

The certificate of honour of the Association of Fire Services in NRW for 10 years of membership in the fire service was awarded to
Chief firefighter Maite Fisser.

Martin Kamperschroer was promoted to chief firefighter, Maite Fisser to chief firefighter and Joel Boehnicke to senior firefighter.

There was a very special promotion that evening:
Dutchman Damon Tebeest was promoted to firefighter. As there was no youth fire brigade in the municipality of Dinxperlo, Damon joined the Bocholt Suderwick youth fire brigade in 2019. Damon then began his basic training as a firefighter in January 2024. Damon has now been part of the Suderwick fire brigade's operational unit since June 2024.
Such a CV is unique in NRW. We are delighted to welcome Damon Tebeest, the first Dutch adult to join the Bocholt fire brigade.

Transfers to the honour department:

After 48 years of active membership in the Bocholt fire brigade, Ludger Boland has transferred to the honours department.
Ludger was very active in the operational department until the end and was a highly valued colleague and very good machine operator.
We would like to thank Ludger most sincerely for his tireless commitment to operational and training duties.

Marc Bruckmann has also transferred to the Bocholt fire brigade's honorary department due to career changes.
Marc has left Bocholt for professional reasons, but is still actively involved in the Bremerhaven fire service.

Things continued on an international level when the fire service performance badges were awarded. For two years now, the
district performance test of the fire services in the Borken district, colleagues from Dinxperlo and Suderwick have been taking part with a joint group.
The "Dinxperwicker" group performed outstandingly at the performance test in Epe in September 2024.

The following performance levels were achieved:
Brandweer Dinxperlo:
1st participation "Bronze"
Daphne Kleinhesseling, Torsten Klug, Charlotte ten Heppe.

2nd participation

Ralf Bluemink, Mark Bongers, Dewi Tebeest, Andre Wienholts

Suderwick fire brigade:

1st participation "bronze", Damon Tebeest
3rd participation "Silver", Louisa Schumacher
6th participation, Anika Vienenkötter, Lukas Brink
8th participation Markus Enk
10th participation "gold with blue background" Jennifer Palitza
12th participation Florian Sickmann
14th participation Philipp van Hummel, Nico Vienenkötter
17th participation Elmar Döink
19th participation Björn Hormann
28th participation Robert Klaassen
29th participation Carsten Brünninghoff

Please send any queries to:

Bocholt Fire Brigade
Michael Burhoff
Telephone: 02871 2103-0
Fax: 02871 2103-555
E-mail: michael.burhoff(at)bocholt(dot)de
www.bocholt.de/feuerwehr


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