Driven, perfectionist, open. I set goals for myself every day at work – and aim to reach them by evening. I give it my all during the day to make sure that happens.
I enjoy helping people, and the drills are fun too. We hold training exercises every four weeks: putting up ladders, extinguishing fires, cutting open vehicles.
I don’t really think about the cancer risk. They talked about it during basic fire service training, but it’s not something on my radar in my everyday life as a firefighter.
Elon Musk. I’d be interested in hearing where he found the self-discipline to achieve everything he’s built for himself.
Neither, nor for me. But it is fascinating how he started from nothing, becoming one of the richest men in the world with a great deal of influence.
I don’t really think about the cancer risk. They talked about it during basic fire service training, but it’s not something on my radar in my everyday life as a firefighter.
Käsespätzle (spaetzle noodles with cheese). I had that a lot as a kid.
Actually, I can cook anything.
More simple dishes like pasta or casseroles. And I bake. I have a sourdough that I feed regularly, and I bake bread two, three times a week. At the weekend, I usually make something sweet.
Sleeping in, enjoying a leisurely breakfast and working on the house. We have a large yard with a barn and garden. My wife would like a henhouse. There’s plenty to do.
Yes, I make everything myself. I did my master carpenter training while remodelling the house. But I wouldn’t do that again.
For my family, my wife Janina and my two daughters. And for the fire service. When the siren goes off, you have to drop everything.
To 2018, the year my first daughter was born. That changed everything.
Firefighter Chris stows a fire hose.
A hands-on kind of guy: Firefighter Chris stows a fire hose.
Chris in his carpenter outfit in the appliance room at the fire service.
Driven: Chris did his master carpenter training while remodelling his house.
Chris checks the firefighting equipment.
Is it all there? Chris checking the firefighting equipment.
Good in the field
It’s good to regularly perform drills and master the moves: putting up ladders, extinguishing fires, cutting open vehicles. It’s also good when rescue workers are aware of the risks of contamination on call-outs and follow their brigade’s hygiene design: before, during and after call-outs.
