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One for all, all for one. Gerd M\u00fcller laughs and corrects himself: \u201cone for all, all for the team!\u201d He has been involved in FireFit since the very beginning and is an integral part of the HAIX WILD 50s. The men by his side are Ralf Sikorra, Dietmar Kirsch, Heiko Gehrke and Magnus Hirschfeld, who has replaced founding member Andreas Schr\u00f6der. Together, they are the team with which HAIX entered the world of FireFit sponsoring eight years ago.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

They always say that 46 is too old for sport. But Ralf Sikorra has other ideas when it comes to the athletic prowess of the HAIX Wild 50s: \u201cSuddenly, this bunch of fifty-year-olds showed up and outran competitors twenty years younger.\u201d They are virtually undefeated in their own age range, regularly take the top spot in competitions and collect titles and medals like others collect stamps or air miles. European champion, world champion, world record holder. Every single one of them holds a title, gained either in individual or team competitions.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"Gerd<\/div><\/div>

Stronger together<\/h2>\n

If you think the Wild 50s adhere to the Olympic motto, you\u2019re wrong. We\u2019re sitting in Magnus Hirschfeld\u2019s clinic in Seesen, Germany. In the background, Gerd M\u00fcller is running on the treadmill, fully decked out in his firefighting gear. His first target is the twelve-hour distance world record, then he cracks the 24-hour one. \u201cFireFit meets records\u201d is the motto of this event, which the team initiated themselves. As many as 13 world records are cracked this weekend. All donations and proceeds from cake sales go to charity. Physiotherapist, chiropractor and naturopath Magnus looks after his teammates\u2019 physical and mental well-being. To keep Gerd motivated, Ralf regularly joins him on a parallel treadmill for an hour at a time. Later, Gerd will say the following about his Wild 50s: \u201cAs long as one or two make it through the competition, the whole team wins.\u201d Their teamwork and fighting spirit in the \u201ctoughest two minutes in sports,\u201d as the FireFit competitions are known, is what makes the Wild 50s so unique, along with their uncompromising loyalty to one another. With their exemplary attitude, they are excellent role models for all generations of their community. All for the team \u2013 this is just as important in the fire department as it is in the police and the rescue services. And competitive sport is a perfect way of reinforcing and practicing it.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"Gerd<\/div><\/div>

Loyalty, Trust, Respect<\/h2>\n

\u201cThose are the values we aim to live by,\u201d says Ralf Sikorra. Once, during a competition in Poland, the referees made a mistake. Although he had been the faster competitor, they gave the top time to Dietmar. \u201cIf it had been someone else, I would\u2019ve been quite annoyed,\u201d the Leverkusen native admits. \u201cBut this way, it stayed within the team.\u201d The Wild 50s are all firefighters. All five of them are completely dedicated to the job, volunteers as well as full-timers. Ralf, who has been working for Bayer for eons, started out as a metalworker. He applied to the fire service of the company, then still called Bayer Industry Services, and worked his way up the ladder. His new job is at the safety center of Currenta GmbH, where he is responsible for keeping the three factories in Uerdingen, Leverkusen and Dormagen safe. Ralf\u2019s teammates sometimes call him \u201cthe politician\u201d, as he always makes an effort to understand everyone. He explains that living by these values is not always easy, but they are essential for him and his team.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Completely reliable<\/h2>\n

Before his age forced him to retire, Gerd M\u00fcller, a professional chef, spent 35 years as a firefighter at the US air base in Spangdahlem, Germany. The former district chief still works on the base. Today, he holds the position of supply technician for the 52nd Logistics Readiness Squadron, and he is a volunteer firefighter to boot. \u201cGerd is our action man,\u201d Ralf explains. It was Gerd who came up with the idea of the Wild 50s in 2013. Dietmar Kirsch is a high-ranking member of his local fire department. The supervisor at the fire department of the German Armed Forces in Warnem\u00fcnde was the first team member to become an individual world champion. Heiko Gehrke is a professional firefighter and paramedic working with the Neubrandenburg fire department. Magnus Hirschfeld is the only team member whose career is unrelated to firefighting. Whenever the volunteer brigade of his home town of Seesen is called out to a fire, he joins them. The platoon leader and head of the fire prevention committee is responsible for eleven fire departments in the town association. Even though the five team members are scattered across the country, they frequently get together for competitions. The team works well because every member knows that they can completely rely on the others. Many others appreciate this integrity in the men: their friends and close acquaintances all over the world, their supporting fans, and their sponsors, who identify with their values. These old boys are certainly on the same wavelength. \u201cThree from the west, two from the east\u201d, as they say, all bound together by unwavering loyalty.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One for all, all for one. Gerd M\u00fcller laughs and corrects himself: \u201cone for all, all for the team!\u201d He has been involved in FireFit since the very beginning and is an integral part of the HAIX WILD 50s. The men by his side are Ralf Sikorra, Dietmar Kirsch, Heiko Gehrke and Magnus Hirschfeld, who has replaced founding member Andreas Schr\u00f6der. 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