Large deployment in Hameln: Fire brigade in the clinic alerted due to false alarm

Large deployment in Hameln: Fire brigade in the clinic alerted due to false alarm

Hameln, Deutschland - On June 17, 2025, a massive fire alarm occurred in the Sana Clinic in Hameln, which took on alarming dimensions. At 1:16 p.m., the automatic fire alarm system triggered an alarm that resulted in the second highest alarm level (fire level 3 of 4), such as dewezet.de The fire brigade was immediately alerted and moved with full-time and volunteer forces to quickly master the situation.

Feuerwehr vehicles were strategically positioned at three locations, including Ruthenstraße, Reimerdeskamp and Rohrsen. In order to offer the emergency services optimal support, additional local weirs from Afferde, Klein Berkel, Holensen, Hastenbeck and Wehrbergen were also alerted. An ambulance was also sent to the clinic. Fire inspector Marc Zobel went to explore the situation with an attack group who wore heavy respiratory protection.

critical situation and rapid all -clear

The alarm had been triggered when the smoke detector in the elevator shaft of the so-called "steri" elevator, which connects the sterilization system with the operating room. Fortunately, after intensive exploration, it turned out that the alarm was triggered due to a technical defect during a test - there was no fire, which made it possible to have a quick all -clear.

The incident did not occur for the first time in the Sana Clinic: A similar incident on August 14, 2021 led to millions of millions, but the preventive fire protection systems were able to prevent a worse thing in this current case-a fact that expressly praised the clinic manager Marco Kempka and the operations management on site.

experiences from the past and fire protection measures

The importance of effective fire protection measures cannot be emphasized enough, especially if you look at the general situation in German hospitals. In 2024, according to secupedia.de , 74 fires in hospitals and 148 injured. The most common causes of fire are negligent arson and technical defects that make up over 70% of cases. This shows the high risk that people in need of protection in particular are exposed to in such institutions.

A further aspect of fire fighting and fire fighting is the use of sprinkler systems. Although the implementation of sprinkler systems is already widespread in some countries such as Great Britain and the USA, German hospitals often lack these important security measures. These systems have proven to be extremely effective in order to significantly lower the number of fatalities and injuries.

In the current situation in the Sana Clinic, medical and organizational support was quickly provided, so that no relocation of patients was necessary. However, the emergency room had to be closed for the night and patients had to be moved to the ambient clinics, which luckily happened without incidents. The cooperation between the fire brigade, emergency services and the clinic staff went smoothly.