Overview

• Polzin, a Hauptbrandmeister with the professional fire service, was fatally injured on 25 September 2025 in a Rohrbach underground garage and died at the scene.
• Authorities say the exact sequence and cause remain undetermined as the Verkehrsdienst leads the probe.
• An expert has been commissioned to reconstruct the incident and report findings to investigators.
• Polzin joined the volunteer brigade in 2003 and became a full-time firefighter in Heidelberg in 2019.
• Colleagues from the volunteer and professional services posted tributes and an official mourning notice, noting his role on ARD’s “Feuer & Flamme.”