Sturmchaos in Hattingen: Fire brigade fights against impending danger!

due to strong gusts of wind and wind speeds between 70 and 100 km/h, on Monday, January 6, 2025, in the Ennepe-Ruhr district there was an increased number of operations by the Hattingen fire brigade. After the German Weather Service issued a corresponding warning, the fire brigade had to record around 35 missions that were distributed across the entire urban area.

The first alarms were received in Welper and the city center at 3:30 p.m. The volume of operations rose sharply from 4 p.m., whereupon all voluntary units were alerted. The operations were coordinated via the staff center in Hattingen. The main problems included uprooted trees and impending dangers from loose facade parts and roof tiles.

missions and locations

Important deployment sites were among others in Elfringhausen, Blankenstein, Holthausen and the city center. For example, a massive tree plunged into a commuter car park in the Bruchfeld and led to the first missions. In addition, loose parts on facades and roof tiles had to be removed in several places. In Blankenstein the area around the Ev. Church cordoned off because a weather cock threatened to crash.

The access to the youth education center in Welper was temporarily closed because trees had fallen on overhead lines. Care companies also had to intervene several times to create safe conditions for the emergency services. According to the fire brigade spokesman Herkströter, the aerial ladder could not be used everywhere due to the dangerous weather conditions.

All reported points of resorts were processed until early evening, the operational readiness in the tool sheds was lifted around 7 p.m. The next day, a few areas of application required rework by city operations or supply companies. During the strong wind, there were also reports in which the fire brigade did not work because there was no immediate danger on private property. The Situation in Hattingen was comprehensively from Ruhrkanal.news and presseportal.de documented.