In addition, he is also after the new elections chairman of the fire department association. He is assisted by the deputy commander sascha wagner, who has already been in office for one year and was elected for six years, and the deputy chairman of the association christian ullrich. He was confirmed as well as thomas hufner for six years in office. Confidence men are matthias zink (new) and patrick bohn (re-elected). Karsten kohlhepp was newly inducted into the active fire department with a handshake from commander thomas hufner.
In 2019, a number of group and rough training sessions were again held, during which various topics and scenarios were trained and practiced. Various training courses were also attended by the rupboden firefighters. That all this training and instruction is not in vain was particularly evident last year, when the rupboden fire department had to go out on ten real operations.
Also the children's fire department has made great progress in the past year. There are currently 33 children registered from the coarse municipality of zeitlofs. "Particularly pleasing is" according to commander thomas hufner "that ten of the children come from rupboden." the children's fire department meets monthly in various parts of the village.
The money earned from festivities such as pool parties and fun fairs was also well invested again. For by far the most time-consuming and costly project in 2012 was the refurbishment of the schoolroom in rupboden. The room was already very old and in urgent need of renovation. Mayor wilhelm friedrich praised the efforts of the firefighters for the village community of rupboden. His thanks went to the entire fire department team, especially for the successful renovation of the old school. He was very pleased about the newly founded and very active children's fire department in the municipality of zeitlofs.
The fire department has 35 active members, twelve honorary members and six passive members. In 2019, a total of 920 hours were worked, including 147 hours of active service and 659 hours of club service, including the school renovation with well over 500 hours. Not including hours of help at festive events in rupboden.