Feuerwehr und Zivilschutz St.Gallen

Name

Feuerwehr und Zivilschutz St.Gallen

Legal name

Feuerwehr und Zivilschutz St.Gallen

Website

https://fwzssg.ch

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fire and Rescue Services

NAICS

Fire Protection (922160)

akta.pro primary industry

Fire & Rescue Services (Fire Suppression, Rescue) (BPAIAGAB)

Keywords

• Fire emergency services
• Civil protection services
• Emergency rescue operations
• Firefighter training courses
• Disaster response

Headquarters

HQ city

Sankt Gallen

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Public Service Funding: Government-funded emergency services funded through municipal taxes and public budgets. Additional revenue from training courses (PAFARI) and service center operations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Feuerwehr und Zivilschutz St.Gallen is a modular municipal service organization providing fire protection, emergency rescue, and civil defense services for the City of St.Gallen, Switzerland. It operates a professional fire department that handles roughly 1,000 operations per year, a 200-person volunteer militia fire department, and civil protection units that support police and fire forces during extraordinary events and maintain wartime infrastructure.

Product overview

Feuerwehr und Zivilschutz St.Gallen is a modular organization for the protection of the population, environment, and property. The organization consists of three main service areas: the professional fire department (Berufsfeuerwehr) handling approximately 1,000 operations annually, the volunteer militia fire department (Milizfeuerwehr) with about 200 members organized into three companies, and civil protection (Zivilschutz) units. Additional offerings include the PAFARI mental resilience training course and a web shop for firefighting equipment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Berufsfeuerwehr (Professional Fire Department) Round-the-clock professional firefighting and rescue service covering the city of St.Gallen, handling approximately 1,000 operations per year with its own resources. Serves all residents, businesses, and visitors within the city requiring fire, rescue, or emergency response.
• Milizfeuerwehr (Volunteer Militia Fire Department) Approximately 200 volunteer militia firefighters organized into three companies that reinforce the professional fire department when additional capacity is required. Provides surge capacity for large-scale incidents and mutual aid with neighboring fire services.
• Zivilschutz (Civil Protection) Civil protection units that support fire and police forces during extraordinary events and maintain the city's wartime infrastructure. Operates in coordination with the regional civil protection coordination center RZSO (Rettungszentrum St.Gallen-Ost).
• PAFARI Mental Resilience Training Course Two-day mental resilience training program for firefighters using the PAFARI Box to expose participants to stress under realistic conditions while wearing respiratory protection. Teaches stress management techniques and decision-making under pressure. Priced at CHF 970 per participant including catering; led by licensed PAFARI instructors from the professional fire department; available to interested fire departments.
• Feuerwehrshop SG (Fire Department Webshop) Online shop offering firefighting and rescue equipment including personal equipment, respiratory protection, rescue and pioneer materials, technical equipment, hoses and fittings, and oil defense / oil spill response materials. Available to fire services and related buyers.

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• RZSO (Rettungszentrum St.Gallen-Ost)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRZSO is the civil protection coordination center for St.Gallen region. Feuerwehr und Zivilschutz St.Gallen collaborates with RZSO for civil protection operations and the website rzso-sgb.ch is linked as the civil protection portal.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Direct peers

• Berufsfeuerwehr Zürich: Professional fire department of the City of Zürich, Switzerland's largest municipal fire service. Direct peer: provides professional firefighting, rescue, and civil protection under a similar statutory municipal mandate, with a larger force but the same operating model as St.Gallen.
• Berufsfeuerwehr Lausanne: Professional fire department of Lausanne serving a French-speaking Swiss urban population. Direct peer in statutory municipal fire service delivery, with comparable organizational structure and bilingual national context.
• Berufsfeuerwehr Basel-Stadt: Professional fire department of the Canton/City of Basel-Stadt. Direct peer to St.Gallen as another Swiss municipal fire service combining professional firefighters, volunteer militia, and civil protection responsibilities under public funding.
• Feuerwehr Stadt Luzern: Municipal fire service of Lucerne. Comparable in size and service mix to Feuerwehr St.Gallen, providing fire suppression, rescue, and civil protection duties to a Swiss urban population of similar scale.
• Berufsfeuerwehr Bern: Professional fire department serving the Swiss capital. Direct peer in scope of services (fire suppression, technical rescue, civil protection) and in operating as a municipal government department with mixed professional/volunteer staffing.
• Feuerwehr Winterthur: Municipal fire service of Winterthur, a mid-sized Swiss city comparable in scale to St.Gallen. Direct peer providing fire and rescue services under a cantonal/municipal mandate using a similar professional-plus-militia model.

Regional players

• Schutz & Rettung Zürich: Combined municipal emergency services organization for the City of Zürich, integrating fire, rescue, and ambulance under one structure. Broader scope than Feuerwehr St.Gallen but comparable municipal mandate and Swiss-German operating context.

Broad incumbents

• Feuerwehr München: Major municipal fire department for the City of Munich. Larger and broader incumbent providing fire suppression, rescue, and civil protection — relevant as a scaled reference point for a mid-sized municipal service like St.Gallen.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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