Fire brigade in continuous use: drama at the turn of the year in Hattingen!

Fire brigade in continuous use: drama at the turn of the year in Hattingen!

Hattingen (Germany): The turn of the year 2024/2025 brought a number of challenges for the Hattingen fire brigade. The fire brigade was employed with several missions until the early morning hours of New Year's Day. Among other things, garbage cans and hedges burned at a total of eight areas of work. The situation became particularly critical at around 2:30 a.m. when a fiery emergency call came in: around 100 round bales made of straw and hay burned on a open space on Bredenscheider Strasse. The numerous emergency services, both full -time and volunteers, were immediately mobilized to stop the fire spread. In order to ensure an effective deletion measure, over 100 meters of hose lines had to be laid to the next hydrant, while a private excavator helped to pull the bale apart in the extinguishing work to delete them, such as the website fireworld.at reported.

fight against the floods

Not only fire was a topic in Hattingen, but also massive amounts of water. Together with the Technical Relief Agency (THW) and the DLRG Hattingen-Süd, the fire brigade supported an assignment at the camping and mobile home square, where the water masses had risen sharply and threatened to penetrate into dormitories. To help residents, pumps were used in three places that pumped around 8,000 liters of water per minute. In order to transport the drained water, more than two kilometers of hoses were laid in order to promote the water to the Ruhr. Despite the challenges, the first successes are already evident, but the duration of the mission is still uncertain. The smooth cooperation between the aid organizations underlines the efficiency that is necessary in times of crisis, reported ad-hoc-news.de