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In Germany, die Feuerwehr is primarily organized on a per-town basis, but there are national norms for firefighting equipment, trucks and tactics. Due to the lesser usage of wood in homebuilding, accident rescue is an even more common task than fire fighting.

The most common types of vehicles (which come in different sizes and local variations) are

• ELW - Command vehicles, ranging from sedans to omnibuses.
• TSF, KLF - Small fire trucks; most german villages have at least one of these.
• LF - Fire engines carrying a crew of 9, traditionally without a water supply, though modern types do carry one.
• TLF - Fire engines with larger water tanks but smaller crews.

• RW - Standardized rescue trucks for accidents and other technical aid.
• GW - Specialised equipment carriers for Hazmat, SCUBA equipment, divers, etc.
• DL - Ladder, common norm: 23 meters above ground at 12 m from center
• SW - Hose carrier. This tends to be the only vehicle with "american-style" pre-coupled hoses that can be deployed while driving
• RTW - Ambulance. Medical services are not provided by the fire departement everywhere, although this arrangement is common in cities with 100,000 inhabitants or more, which are required to maintain a full-time fire fighting force.

The number of standardised vehicle types has recently been reduced to 11, but the local variations probably will always exist. Most common of these variants is to combine hydraulic rescue and firefighting equipment in a single vehicle.

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