Dipl. Ing. Gerhard Greßlehner

General Manager

Education

• Completed university studies at the Graz University of Technology, Department of Industrial Engineering
• Civil Engineer (dormant)
• Judicially sworn expert for fire and explosion protection, security engineering and fire detection

Professional background

• 1993-2007: Deputy Brand Director of the professional fire brigade Linz
• Since 1993 officer’s patent with state examination according to the regulations of the ÖBFV
• July 2007 to 2013: Brand Director of the Professional Fire Brigade of Linz
• Head of Unit 4 – Preventive Fire and Disaster Protection of the ÖBFV, the CTIF, the NFPA and the fire prevention commission
• Foundation of the company FireX Greßlehner GmbH in 2004

Publications

• Standards and guidelines for preventive fire protection (ÖBFV-RL, TRVB, EN standards)
• Large-scale fishing events in the German fire brigade magazine vfdb (last event of 4 January 2008)
• Research assignment of the BMWA (use efficiency vs. propagation tract)
• Rescue train of the ÖBB (Technik & Mensch – use at the track area in tunnel constructions)
• Wood cluster “Wood as a combustible material in contradiction to the fire protection theory”
• ÖIAV “Emergency Fire Service Offices – Quality of a Key Figure”
• Lebensministerium “Requirements for the interim storage of heat-rich waste”
• Heating Curve Fire Fighting Special Cases – vfdb magazine 2013
• Application for the 2013 State Prize
• Escape route between standard craftsmanship and engineering – OIB Magazine 2014
• Escape path length> 40 m – methodology and characteristic values – OIB magazine 2015
• Special fire protection measures – FeuerTrutz 2018