Landkreis Börde, June 22-23, 2023 - the rains / thunderstorms of the past hours, partly bad weather, in the Landkreis Börde were heavy

The control centre of the district of Börde triggered 27 alarms for fire brigades at night. “These were basically normal operations,” says Schumann. Particularly affected were the south and west of the district of Börde. “There was some flooding in the cellars and also in the streets. “And we had fallen trees, partly in the public transport area, which had to be removed. ” In Wefensleben a road was flooded. In addition, there was a temporary partial outage of the digital radio network. Schumann: “We will carefully analyse why this happened. ”

It is known from the town of Wanzleben-Börde that a local command and the local fire brigade were ordered by the mayor.

In the event of such severe weather events, the control centre of the district of Börde is informed by the German Weather Service with a time advance. The existing communication systems inform the municipal fire brigade chiefs and the fire brigade officials, the towns and municipalities in the district of Börde about the imminent danger situation. Usually by text message via the digital pagers. The communities then ensure that the comrades in the Volunteer Fire Brigades are prepared for possible deployments and are sensitized to the particular danger situation. In the event of the previous hour, the German Weather Service warned that extreme rainfall and sometimes severe thunderstorms could occur.

District councillor Martin Stichnoth takes the opportunity to thank all the forces deployed. “It is a piece of security for our people that we have many comrades who are involved in the Volunteer Fire Brigades. And that we have fire brigades who are there when they are needed. Thank you very much. ”