Overview

• Volunteer fire brigades and clubs continue to post short proof videos after being nominated to plant a sapling within a week or buy a Brotzeit if they miss the deadline.
• In the Traunstein district, most of the roughly 80 fire departments have already planted trees, according to the county fire chief.
• Some groups are opting out of new plantings and declining to pass on nominations, citing long‑term care and site issues.
• Recent examples include Feuerwehr Nornheim donating €112 to the Kartei der Not instead of planting and Holzkirchner Faschingsgesellschaft De Damischen giving €500 each to three local organizations.
• Creative clips are fueling the spread—such as a mock Wilderer skit by Feuerwehr Kempfenhausen and a staged ‘tree rescue’ by Wasserwacht Ammerland—while there is no central tally, with local reporting suggesting plantings likely number in the four digits across Bavaria.