Horror scenario in St. Pölten: Fire brigade saves in dangerous exercise!

Horror scenario in St. Pölten: Fire brigade saves in dangerous exercise!

Landeshauptstadt, Österreich - In the St. Pölten district, a spectacular pollutant exercise was carried out in which 90 participants from various specialized units were involved. The exercise was organized by the pollutant unit of the St. Pölten-Stadt section in cooperation with the fire brigades from Herzogenburg, Neulengbach and Purkersdorf as well as the Red Cross and the decoration unit Melk. This exercise took place on the site of Stauss-Perlite GmbH and comprised a total of five demanding stations with realistic emergency scenarios, which challenged the entire specialist knowledge and skills of the emergency services, such as Noen reported .

dramatic scenarios and complex rescue actions

The exercise included various risks, including triggering chlorine gas, rescuing injured persons and the correct handling of dangerous substances. The use at a station was particularly challenging, where a worker had to be saved from a danger zone with an iron rod in the leg due to an accident. Rapid identification and securing of released chemicals was also of the greatest importance. Among other things, the recovery from a hobby laboratory simulated, where an unknown medium was released in a heart attack of an extras, such as Fireworld reported .

among the participants there was a tense but also motivated atmosphere, since every second counted. The exercise was praised by district fire brigade commander Georg Schröder, who emphasized the importance of such practical training: "It is crucial to train even the most difficult scenarios in order to be able to act quickly and effectively in an emergency." The professional decontamination of the injured after the rescue actions was also a central component of the exercise and emphasized the high responsibility of the emergency services, which also had to go into protected areas after use.