Black smoke over Fuhlen: Large of the fire brigade!

Black smoke over Fuhlen: Large of the fire brigade!

On Sunday evening, two alarming fires occurred in the area around Fuhlen and Segelhorst, which the fire department kept up. At 8:34 p.m., black smoke suddenly rose near the church in Fuhlen. The fire brigades from Fuhlen and Heßlingen were immediately alerted to pursue the matter. Operations manager Lars Tönsgöke quickly found that the flames were not visible in the rectory, but near the Streekenweg. Further forces were immediately consulted with the keyword "surface fire". The volunteer fire brigades from Hessisch Oldendorf, Bensen, Fischbeck, Haddessen and Hemeringen as well as the drone relay of the district fire brigade moved out to support. An ambulance from the DRK guard Hessisch Oldendorf was also in action, but was not needed because no people were injured.

The fire brigade was able to extinguish the fire quickly with 4000 liters of water, which were tapped from a fire engine and a tank fire engine. During the investigation, it turned out that a 56-year-old man had sparked a campfire on a meadow, which unfortunately attacked a tractor trailer with garbage. The trailer burned down completely, only the steel parts remained. The man was heavily drunk and was brought to the guard to be blocked in an outgrowth cell.

second fire in Segelhorst

A second fire caused excitement shortly afterwards in a quarry in Segelhorst. A 20,000-volt transformer station had caught fire here. The fire brigade initially waited for an electric master to switch the system in a powerless manner before opening the doors and could start with the extinguishing work. A two-part extinguishing attack with carbon dioxide gas and water was initiated, while a high-performance fan was used to push poisonous fire gases out of the building. A total of around 60 volunteers were alerted to this commitment.

fire brigade in focus

The recent missions illustrate the central role and the challenges with which the fire brigade is confronted. There are around 48,100 fire brigades in Germany, with the volunteer fire brigades the largest share. These have over a million members and moved out about 229,000 missions for fires and explosions in 2022. The number of violent incidents against firefighters is also increasing, so that almost half of the active members have been insulted or threatened in the past two years. This highlights the conditions under which these brave volunteers have to act. After all, in 2022 333 deaths were reported by smoke, fire and flames, which illustrates the importance of their work.

Today's events in Fuhlen and Segelhorst are memories of how quickly a situation can change and how important prudent action is in such crisis moments. In terms of the security of the community, it is essential to deal with fire responsibly and to always support the fire brigade in its brave commitment.

For further details on the incidents and the role of the fire brigade in Germany, you can report the reports on dewezet.de href = "https://www.feuerwehrmagazin.de/presseblog/urteil-nach-trunkenheit-etheit-lahrt-123219"> Feuerwehrmagazin.de and Statista.de Read.