Siegburg Volunteer Fire Department Helipad

Administrative Decommissioning. The helipad was not closed due to an accident, economic failure, or military conversion. The most likely reason is an administrative reclassification where its official status as a 'Sonderlandeplatz' (special landing site) was revoked. This often happens due to changes in emergency response protocols, redundancy with other facilities (such as dedicated hospital helipads), or a decision by the municipality that maintaining the official registration was no longer necessary.

The site is the active and fully operational main Fire and Rescue Station for the city of Siegburg ('Feuer- und Rettungswache Siegburg') located at Alleestraße 4. The physical area that was used as the helipad is now part of the station's grounds, likely used as a vehicle yard and training area. While it no longer holds an official ICAO designation, the open and secure space could theoretically be used for an emergency landing in a major incident, at the discretion of the pilot and emergency command.

The Siegburg Volunteer Fire Department Helipad (Sonderlandeplatz Freiwillige Feuerwehr Siegburg) was a special-purpose landing site, not a public airport. Its sole function was to support emergency services. It served as a designated, safe landing zone for air rescue helicopters (such as the ADAC's 'Christoph 3' from the nearby Cologne/Bonn base) and police helicopters. The primary operation was to facilitate the rapid transfer of emergency doctors and paramedics to ground ambulances or to transfer critically ill or injured patients from ambulances to the helicopter for transport to a specialized hospital. It was an important logistical link in the emergency medical service (EMS) chain for the city of Siegburg and the surrounding Rhein-Sieg-Kreis.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening or re-registering the site as an official helipad. The modern air rescue system in Germany relies on a network of strategically located air rescue bases and direct landings at major hospitals. The nearby Helios Klinikum Siegburg has its own modern helipad, making a separate landing site at the fire station largely redundant for patient transfers. Therefore, there is no operational need to reinstate its official status.