New Dekon-P vehicle for Voßwinkel: Security for Arnsberg!

New Dekon-P vehicle for Voßwinkel: Security for Arnsberg!

Voßwinkel, Deutschland - On June 2, 2025, the Voßwinkel fire brigade in Arnsberg put a new emergency vehicle, the Dekon-P device car. The modern vehicle replaces a 25-year-old decon-P that was taken out of service. The new device was picked up on May 9, 2025 at Freytag in Elze, Lower Saxony. This procurement is part of a nationwide initiative of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, in which a total of 29 identical vehicles for fire departments were produced in North Rhine-Westphalia

The new emergency vehicle is stationed at the Voßwinkel fire brigade and is specially designed for use for ABC dangers (atomic, biologically, chemically). It enables the decontamination of emergency services that have come into contact with hazardous substances, which is particularly important to ensure the safety of fire brigade members. When the chemical, biological or radioactive substances are released, the emergency services must enter contaminated areas, whereby decontamination is required after leaving the danger area to prevent the risk of hazardous substances bbk.bund.de described.

technical details of the new device

The new device car is based on an off-road 18-ton chassis from Scania with 320 hp. It offers more space than its predecessor and is designed for a relay crew of six people. The arrangement of the equipment has been optimized to make the work more effective. The load is largely made of roll containers that have been modernized and are taken over by the old vehicle. In the week after the collection, the material at the Center for Fire Protection and Rescue system was reloaded to Meschede and made the vehicle ready for use.

The official commissioning of the new DEKON-P took place on May 20, 2025 after the machine operators were briefed. For the first time, the vehicle was already used in an industrial company in Müschede in the event of a hazardous substance accident, which demonstrated the urgency and efficiency of the new device. It can be alerted throughout Arnsberg in the entire district of Arnsberg.

equipment and possible uses

The Device Dekontamination Personal (GW Dekon P) device truck is equipped with a comprehensive decontamination system that meets the requirements of the fire brigade service regulation 500 (FWDV 500). This provides for a three -stage decontamination concept that provides for an emergency contamination for unprotected people, standard decontamination for emergency services in protective clothing as well as complete turning and hygienic showers. The system includes shower tents, dressing tents and a one -person dining cubic cable for size.

A fresh water pump provides warm water over a water instantaneous heater, which is fed from two 1000 liter stocks. The tents can also be heated and also offer useful uses as common rooms for disaster protection operations. In addition, contamination detection devices for measuring hazardous substances such as chemicals are on board. This also includes a photo Orionization detector (PID) that enables the continuous detection of fleeting organic compounds.

Overall, the standard decontamination is considered essential for each ABC use. When using personal special equipment, such as the contamination protection suit (CSA), this is stored at specially marked areas, whereby essential protective measures such as the absence of dirty water must also be observed in order to ensure safe decontamination, as explained on the website of ABC WUG ( abc-wug.de ).