Overview

• Officials confirmed that messages and images shared in a private Jugendfeuerwehr chat were incompatible with the fire service’s values.
• The Extremism Officer is involved alongside other internal and external bodies as the content and context are examined.
• The case concerns the Jugendfeuerwehr Charlottenburg-Nord, and spokespeople declined to discuss specifics during ongoing internal investigations.
• Press reports, which authorities have not verified, allege circulation of Nazi imagery and racist slurs in the chat and describe a separate incident involving three youths at a professional station.
• The department said such behavior will not be tolerated and pledged to strengthen reporting channels, sensitization, prevention, and values education across its youth work.