Power failure in Neuruppin: Disaster protection is ready!

Power failure in Neuruppin: Disaster protection is ready!

Neuruppin has been in the dark for several hours. The city in the Ostprignitz-Ruppin district hit the regional substation and left all users without electricity. Shops remain closed, heaters fail their service, and the mobile phone and internet area have been completely canceled. "It is really critical, people can't even make emergency calls," reports Mayor Nico Ruhle. Cell phones run on the last groove, and that's more than tricky. The mayor proposes to facilitate the path to emergency care.

In order to create a central point of contact in this emergency, the city has set up a disaster control center in the sports hall of the Karl-Friedrich-Schinkel-Gymnasium. Here, those affected receive first aid, access to drinking water and mobile stations connected to the power grid. The rush is large and the offers of help come at exactly the right time. Heating devices for warm dishes and drinks are also available so that the cold shocks are prevented. In addition, digital radio and satellite phone were provided to ensure a communication path that is currently hardly available in any other way.

ready for emergencies

Preparations for such a crisis situation are no coincidence. "The establishment of our disaster protection lighthouses is a general preventive measure," emphasizes Ruhle. A total of 18 disaster protection lighthouses have been set up in the district, which were financed by the state of Brandenburg with over 2.3 million euros. Neuruppin and Wittstock each have three points of contact, while other municipalities have to make do with only one or two. The costs for the equipment of the Neuruppin locations alone amounted to 390,000 euros, but the municipalities will be responsible for ensuring maintenance.

The lighthouses and contact points will soon be presented to the population, certainly for the nationwide warning day on September 11th. Such contact points are important, because such power failures can not only be observed in neuruppin. According to the Stromausfall.org, there have also been reported failures in recent years - be it in the form of several shorter interruptions or long -lasting problems.

The dangers of a long -lasting failure

The consequences of a large -scale power failure are hardly imaginable at first glance. The studies by the Office for Technology Assessment at the German Bundestag warn that the areas of communication, health care and food supply in particular can be massively impaired. The Federal Office for Population Protection and Disaster Aid (BBK) shows that the dependency of the critical infrastructures increases every year. Who would have thought a few years ago that so much depends on the electricity?

The scenario of a nationwide, long -lasting power failure is unlikely, but it cannot be excluded. It is all the more important that every citizen meets and is informed of what to do in an emergency. The current situation in Neuruppin makes it clear: it is never wrong to be prepared for an emergency and do everything to protect yourself and fellow human beings. In this situation it turns out that the correct information supply is worth gold.