In addition to the honorary officers to be appointed, also present were the Chairman of the Committee for the Fire Service and Public Order Frank Miska and his deputy Otto Kracht, the Head of the Fire Service and First City Councillor Eric Neiseke, the City Fire Chief Detlev Söhler and his deputy Guido von Einem with other representatives of the City Command as well as the Head of the Salzgitter Professional Fire Service Arne Sicks and his deputy Torsten Preuß.

The appointment was based on the unanimous decision of the Salzgitter City Council at its meeting on June 12.

At the appointment, Lord Mayor Frank Klingebiel emphasized: "You, our comrades in the volunteer fire departments, are a very important part of our outstandingly well-functioning rescue and fire protection system in our city. Thanks to your work, our citizens can feel safe and protected. The floods at Christmas time last year, which still kept us busy at the beginning of this year, showed once again how quickly you are on the spot when you are needed. You all do this voluntarily, in your free time, without pay, but with deep inner conviction. By selflessly being there for the people in our city, even risking your own health and lives in rescue operations, you are living an exemplary life of charity. Your comrades have great confidence in your leadership skills and your personality. You have all been elected local fire chief or deputy local fire chief at your member meetings. And: you have accepted this prominent and particularly responsible leadership role with great pleasure and deep inner conviction. In doing so, you have shown how much heart and soul, dedication, competence, responsibility and passion you put into your voluntary local fire department and the people in our town. I would like to thank you very much for this and am very proud to be able to present you with your certificates of appointment today."

First of all, the local fire chiefs were appointed. They were appointed for a term of six years:

• Chief fire officer Sören Fulst as local fire chief of the Calbecht local fire department
• Fire chief Marcus Säglitz as local fire chief of the Osterlinde local fire department
• Fire Chief Udo Scharf as local fire chief of the Barum fire brigade and
• 1st Chief Fire Chief Kay Wagener as local fire chief of the Engelnstedt local fire department

This was followed by the appointment of the deputy local fire chiefs, whose term of service as honorary officers is also six years:

• 1st Chief Fire Officer Mario Hesse as Deputy Chief Fire Officer of the Calbecht local fire department
• 1. chief fire officer Dirk Knackstedt as deputy fire chief of the Osterlinde local fire department and
• Chief firefighter Maxim Kubitschek as acting deputy local fire chief of the Barum fire brigade group