Fire safety
Flame effects on stage, welding work during normal operation, a fire alarm system that fails overnight: then you need people who know fire risks from everyday operations. Our fire watch crews are trained firefighters – and perfectly coordinated with our event medical services.
Guide price: from €27.50 net/hr · all prices and examples
At a glance
Fire watch in Berlin & Brandenburg with trained firefighters: events, pyrotechnics, hot work, fire alarm system failure.
As at: November 2026
Trained firefighters who know pyrotechnics, stages and industrial plants from practice.
Staffed interim measure often on the same day – so that your building does not have to be evacuated.
One incident command, one radio channel, one invoice – the Berlin Fire Brigade information sheet requires exactly this kind of cooperation.
Scope of services
A quote that includes everything the licence conditions require – and nothing you don’t need.
References: Finch at Alte Försterei, stadium concerts with pyrotechnics, industry and construction sites
Occasions
Four situations in which operators, organisers and site managers call us – and what we take on in each.
For stages and performance areas, open flames or a high fire load, the licensing authority or fire service requires a Brandsicherheitswache (preventive fire watch). The basis is the Betriebs-Verordnung in Berlin and the Versammlungsstättenverordnung in Brandenburg; the strength and duration of the watch are set out in your conditions.
We are on site before doors open, check escape routes and firefighting equipment, and stay until the audience has left.
If the fire alarm system fails or is switched off for maintenance or refurbishment, the operator must ensure monitoring by other means. Our Brandwache (fire watch when the alarm system is down) carries out patrols of the affected areas, alerts the fire service in an emergency and documents every round – in shifts, until the system is running again.
More on this: Fire alarm system down – what operators must do now
Welding, cutting, soldering or roofing work with an open flame: the hot work permit generally requires a Brandwache (fire watch) during the work and a follow-up check afterwards. The permit specifies how long the follow-up check lasts.
We provide the fire watch with extinguishing equipment at the workplace and hand over the follow-up check log to you.
Stage fireworks, flame projectors or special effects on a film set need a watch that knows the effects and speaks with pyrotechnicians, stage managers and the production manager. Our fire service personnel are in direct radio contact with the event medical services.
Also available: Fire extinguisher hire · Set Medics
Process
Service area
We provide fire watches across Berlin – in Mitte, Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Pankow, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Spandau, Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Neukölln, Treptow-Köpenick, Marzahn-Hellersdorf, Lichtenberg and Reinickendorf. In Brandenburg we operate in Potsdam and the area around Berlin, with other locations on request.
If you need it fast: Express service for short-notice assignments.
The Pandemedics standard
We plan, staff and document your event medical services and fire safety so that the authority approves, your guests are safe and you can focus on your event.
Binding, with a fixed price and a clear breakdown of staff, materials and vehicles.
Berlin Fire Brigade or Maurer scheme – transparently calculated and justified in writing.
We write the event medical services concept and agree it with the licensing authority and fire brigade. Queries and small concepts are free of charge; larger ones are a fixed item in the quote.
One contact person from the first call to dismantling – no forwarding, no call centre.
AED coverage within four minutes, marking as “event medical services”, radio and digital patient documentation.
Number and type of assistance provided, special incidents, recommendations for next year.
Process
Guides
When a fire watch is required: events, fire alarm system failure, hot work. With a checklist for operators in Berlin.
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If the fire alarm system fails, the building usually needs an interim measure. The steps for operators – and when a fire watch is necessary.
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For welding, cutting and soldering work, the work permit usually requires a fire watch with a follow-up check. Duties, duration and typical mistakes.
Read more →When the licensing authority or fire brigade requires it – typically for stages and performance areas, pyrotechnics, open flames or a high fire load. For hot work, the work permit usually requires a fire watch; if the fire alarm system fails, it is often the prescribed interim measure.
Competent persons with fire brigade training. In our case, these are trained firefighters from professional and volunteer fire brigades.
Call us straight away. In many cases we provide the replacement watch on the same day.
The Brandsicherheitswache (preventive fire watch) is provided as a precaution, especially at events: it is meant to prevent fires and step in immediately in an emergency. Brandwache (fire watch) is the term for monitoring after a fire, during hot work or when the fire alarm system is down. In everyday use the two terms are often used interchangeably – we cover both.
Yes. For longer fire alarm system outages or construction work lasting several days, we staff the fire watch in shifts, including nights and weekends.
We charge by the hour per member of staff. You can find the current hourly rate on our prices page; for your assignment you receive a fixed-price quote.
For concerts, sports, city festivals and corporate events – sized to the scheme, agreed with the authority, documented in the incident report.
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Driving licence, workplace first aiders, fire safety assistants – at our venue or on your premises.
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The more we know, the more accurate the quote. For detailed information, use the detailed enquiry.