About FeuerTrutz

FeuerTrutz

FeuerTrutz is the leading German trade medium for preventive fire protection, published by the Rudolf Müller Mediengruppe of Cologne. As the official organ of the Deutsches Institut für vorbeugenden Brandschutz (DIvB) and the Vereinigung der Brandschutzplaner (VdBP), the magazine delivers in-depth specialist knowledge on structural, systems-based, and organizational fire protection — in print, digital, and through the combination of congress and trade fair that makes FeuerTrutz the industry's largest professional event, the annual gathering where Germany's fire-protection community meets. With 5,500 print copies and a monthly online reach of around 47,700 sessions, it serves the high-calibre readership that plans fire safety in German buildings.

Overview

FeuerTrutz positions itself as "Ihre Bühne für den vorbeugenden Brandschutz" — the stage for preventive fire protection — with the triad "Sicherheit. Wissen. Reichweite." (Safety. Knowledge. Reach.). The magazine is the official organ of the DIvB and the VdBP, delivering specialist knowledge with depth across all questions of structural (baulich), systems-based (anlagentechnisch), and organizational fire protection.

The readership is high-calibre: specialist planners (Fachplaner), architects, civil engineers, fire-protection officers and experts, plus staff of authorities and fire-protection offices. They rely on FeuerTrutz for current standards, solutions, developments, and products in fire protection — the readership that writes the fire-protection concepts, approves the building permits, and inspects the installations. The 2026 media data reports a print run of 5,500 copies, an average of 47,681 sessions and 73,175 page views per month online (September 2024–August 2025, Google Analytics), and a newsletter with 17,526 recipients at a 27.55 percent open rate — strong engagement figures for a B2B specialist title, reflecting a readership that reads professionally rather than casually.

History

The FeuerTrutz story begins in 1995 with the founding of the FeuerTRUTZ Network GmbH in Cologne — Germany's leading media house for practical specialist information on preventive fire protection, founded at a time when the reunified Germany's construction boom was creating enormous demand for fire-protection planning knowledge. In 2005 the company became a 100-percent subsidiary of the Rudolf Müller Mediengruppe. The heart of the program was and is the "Brandschutzatlas," the multi-volume reference work with over 6,000 pages of planning aids for fire-protection design — the standard work that sits on the shelves of fire-protection planners across the German-speaking world.

The brand's event business grew alongside the media: the FeuerTRUTZ Brandschutzkongress has taken place annually since 2007, and the FeuerTRUTZ trade fair in Nuremberg since 2011 — together forming the industry's largest professional gathering for preventive fire protection, the annual meeting point where planners, authorities, and manufacturers exchange knowledge. Since 2014 the event program has been expanded with seminars and conferences on special fire-protection topics, plus the "FeuerTrutz Brandschutztage" regional event series, which brings state-specific updates — the respective Landesbauordnung, the introduced VV TB, the special-building regulations — to specialist planners, architects, and authority representatives in one-day conferences tailored to each federal state. The FeuerTrutz Award honors outstanding fire-protection achievements; the 2025 edition was announced in January 2025 with the backing of sponsors including Hekatron, ZAPP-ZIMMERMANN, Xella, HOBA, and Ei Electronics, and cooperation partners DIvB, VdBP, VBBD, and ZVEI.

Coverage and Content

The magazine's editorial scope covers the full spectrum of preventive fire protection: structural fire protection (fire-resistant construction, compartmentation, escape routes), systems-based fire protection (fire-detection and alarm systems, sprinklers, smoke extraction), and organizational fire protection (fire-protection concepts, officer duties, operational measures). Planning aids, problem solutions, and insider knowledge are tailored precisely to the needs of specialist planners; current practice projects illustrate fire-protection concepts and innovative detail solutions — the magazine's signature format, showing how abstract requirements become built reality in concrete projects.

The congress program — three stages, twelve congress blocks, over forty presentations at the 2026 edition — addresses the industry's current questions: digitalization in fire protection, regulatory updates, performance testing, and new construction standards. All presentations are recorded, and the presentations plus the digital proceedings are available for download after the congress — extending the event's knowledge transfer to those who couldn't attend. The trade fair (June 24–25, 2026, at the Nuremberg Exhibition Center, with around 300 exhibitors and more than 7,000 visitors) offers live demonstrations indoors and outdoors, letting attendees assess new technologies firsthand.

The newsletter "FeuerTRUTZ Brandaktuell" and the digital software solutions — such as the FeuerTrutz Composer for creating fire-protection concepts — extend the magazine's practical mission into the planner's daily workflow: from reading about a solution to applying it in the next project, the brand accompanies the entire planning process. The reader call "Brandschutz wirkt!" (fire protection works!), inviting success stories with photos for publication in the magazine, exemplifies the title's community engagement — the profession documenting its own life-saving impact, with a 50-euro voucher for the baufachmedien.de online shop as a thank-you for published contributions.

Organization and Ownership

FeuerTrutz is a brand of the Rudolf Müller Mediengruppe, Cologne (Stolberger Straße 84, 50933 Köln; phone +49 221 5497-0) — one of Germany's leading specialist publishers for the construction industry, whose program spans the building trades from architecture to civil engineering. The FeuerTRUTZ Network GmbH, founded in 1995, has been a wholly owned subsidiary of the group since 2005. The program manager for fire protection is Nicole Lammerich; corporate communication is led by Justina Kroliczek (presse@rudolf-mueller.de, +49 221 5497-350) — the contacts for the industry's press and partnership inquiries.

As the official organ of the DIvB (Deutsches Institut für vorbeugenden Brandschutz) and the VdBP (Vereinigung der Brandschutzplaner), the magazine's editorial authority is anchored in the profession's institutions — the institute and the planners' association lend the title their credibility, and the title gives them their public voice. The economics combine magazine subscriptions and advertising with the event business (trade fair, congress, regional event days), the Brandschutzatlas reference work, specialist books, software, and corporate services — a diversified fire-protection media house in which the magazine is the editorial flagship and the events are the commercial engine. Circulation figures beyond the stated print run and financial details are not publicly confirmed.

Digital Presence

The magazine's website, feuertrutz.de, is the digital hub of the brand, averaging 47,681 sessions and 73,175 page views per month. The newsletter reaches 17,526 recipients with a 27.55 percent open rate — strong figures that document the readership's engagement. A WhatsApp channel complements the newsletter, reaching the planners where they are: on the construction site, in the office, on the move. The media data documents the full digital marketing toolkit: the trade fair's digital and printed catalogs (with bronze, silver, and gold upgrade packages), guided tours that lead participants to exhibitors' stands, and the congress's recorded presentations with digital proceedings available for download after the event.

The LinkedIn presence (3,246 followers) carries the event and editorial communication into the professional network, where the industry's planners, engineers, and authority specialists follow the brand's updates. For a B2B brand whose core product is planning knowledge — the Brandschutzatlas, the Composer software, the magazine's planning aids — the digital strategy is workflow integration: the information must reach the planner's desk, the construction site, and the authority's office. In a field where a planning error can cost lives, FeuerTrutz's combination of magazine depth, reference-work authority, and the industry's largest professional gathering makes it the German fire-protection profession's central medium — the title that has accompanied the preventive Brandschutz from the 1995 founding of the FeuerTRUTZ Network to the digitalized, regulated, and increasingly complex fire-protection landscape of today.