# Austria license plate: Government fire

> The Austria government fire license plate: format FW-999LL, for example FW-690NV, 2002 to today, car, van, truck, bus, and trailer.

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Part of [Austria license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/austria) (18 registration series).

![Austria license plate, Government fire (2002 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/at/at-government-fire/austria-license-plate-government-fire.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `FW-999LL` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 2002 → today |
| Class | government |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, trailer |
| Plate size | 520 × 120 mm |
| Other sizes | 300 × 200 mm: Muster III |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #000000; band #003399 on the left |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `at-government-fire` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/austria/government-fire) |

FW is the Feuerwehr, and the serial runs backwards: digits first, district code last — FW-123 GU is a Graz-Umgebung fire engine. It is the sole official serial allowed letters at all, and the only Austrian plate wearing a corps badge instead of arms.

| Code | Stands for | English |
|---|---|---|
| `FW` | Feuerwehr | fire brigade |

Sources:

- [§ 26 Abs. 4 lit. i (FW) and Abs. 6 Z 1 lit. b (two or three digits followed by the Anlage 5d code of the Sprengel of registration) — expressly carved out of the digits-only rule in lit. a.](https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/NormDokument.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=10011385&Paragraf=26)
- [§ 49 Abs. 4: the Feuerwehr-Korpsabzeichen replaces the Land arms.](https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/NormDokument.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=10011384&Paragraf=49)
- [§ 48 Abs. 4: fire-brigade vehicles carry the sachlicher Bereich in place of the authority code.](https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/NormDokument.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=10011384&Paragraf=48)

## About this plate

It is the ONE exception § 26 Abs. 6 Z 1 lit. a carves out of the digits-only rule for official plates, and it inverts the whole jurisdiction's geometry: two or three digits first, then the district code, so "FW-123GU" is a Graz-Umgebung fire appliance and the geography is at the END. It is also the only Austrian plate whose emblem is a corps badge rather than arms. Flagged as a vocabulary gap.

## Region code notes

THE DISTRICT CODE IS A SUFFIX HERE, NOT A PREFIX. This is the only Austrian series in which the geography sits at the end of the string, and a parse API that assumes prefix-decoding will read it backwards.

## How numbers are issued

§ 26 Abs. 6 Z 1 lit. b, verbatim: fire-brigade Vormerkzeichen "müssen mit zwei oder drei Ziffern beginnen und es folgen ein oder zwei Buchstaben". Two or three digits, then the district code.

## Other government plates here

- [Government](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/austria/government) (2002 to today)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/at/at-government-fire.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/austria?series=at-government-fire
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/at` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "at-government-fire"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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