Is anyone on the engine a EMT? I thought that in Germany, similair to Holland, the Ambulances and Fire-Departement were seperate?

(Fire-fighters in Holland only get a basic first-aid course. Well, I'm 16 and I know more than that!)

If you have 9 people in a engine, wich men has wich task?

In Holland there are 6 people:

In a fire:
Commander
Driver/pump operator
1+2: attack/rescue/recon-team
3+4: Water-supply team.

In a MVA/ other rescue:

Commander
driver/ hydraulic motor
1+2 :extraction team/ tools
3: safety-guy : warning signs/ remove sharp objects, etc
4: First-aid man: giving first-aid, assisting paramedics

In Holland, we fight small fires with/ without casualties in a offensive way. If there's a big fire and no victims, we use defensive techniques. (you guy's in America tend to go in with all th people of the ladder compagnie and use primarely offensive methodes.)

Also, US techniques tend to be more offensive than in Holland.
You, for example break open walls and ceilings to check for fire.
We use heat-camera's and only break what we have to.

The normal responds to a fire is a engine and ladder-compagnie (who carry only a ladder and 3 man team)
Ladder-truck: http://www.kazernemijnsherenlaan.nl/voertuigfotos/ladderwagen.jpg

engine with a 2000 ltr water tank:
http://www.brandweerspijkenisse.nl/images/Voertuigen/TS%2065-2.jpg

For a accident or HazMat a engine and a rescue truck
Rescue truck: (mva's)

http://www.brandweerkampen.net/images/materieel/67026.jpg

Ambulance:

http://members.lycos.nl/alwinw/Ambulance.JPG

A single American engine makes more sound (siren's) than a whole platoon in Holland! (and has more chrome)

BTW: why do American fire-fighters have such helmets? We use some that are probably more protective. They have a face-heat shield and safety glasses and braces so that you can mount your breathing mask without removing your helmet:

http://sites.hsij.nl/aba01/helmets/gallet2.jpg