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Fire brigade practices in Branitzer Park: fighting fires to protect cultural assets!
On September 27, 2025, the fire department in Branitzer Park, Cottbus, will practice emergency scenarios with a focus on protecting cultural assets.
Fire brigade practices in Branitzer Park: fighting fires to protect cultural assets!
A spectacular operational exercise will take place in Branitzer Park in Cottbus on Saturday, September 27, 2025. Around 50 firefighters from professional and volunteer fire departments, as well as from the Fürst Pückler Museum Foundation, will train in realistic emergency scenarios. How Niederlausitz Current reported, the focus of these exercises is primarily on firefighting, rescuing people and protecting historic buildings. The event runs from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and will involve increased vehicle and staff deployment in the park and at the castle.
What does this mean for visitors? Don't worry, the park and castle remain accessible during the exercise. However, it is strongly recommended that you respect the barriers and not hinder the work of emergency services. Such training is important in order to optimally prepare the emergency services for an emergency.
The emergency association for the protection of cultural assets
This exercise is part of the emergency association for the protection of cultural property, which was founded on June 26, 2024 in Branitz Castle. Members include the city of Cottbus and the districts of Spree-Neiße, Forst (Lausitz), Spremberg and Guben, as on Lausitz Forest is explained. The aim of this association is to pool resources for the protection of cultural property and to provide solidarity-based help in crisis situations. These can include floods, floods, fires, vandalism and even violent conflict.
It is interesting that the emergency association is the first in Brandenburg to take all areas of cultural property into account. Basics have already been developed for drawing up emergency response plans and conducting training, which is an important preventive measure. Users of the new risk ranking tool on the association's website can even create individual risk lists to better prioritize the issues that concern them, as shown on the site notfallverbund.de is to be read.
Overall, it is clear that the emergency network and the upcoming exercise in Branitzer Park are extremely important in protecting the region's cultural heritage and being prepared for future challenges. Multi-institutional collaboration and public involvement in this important process are essential to building a stronger, more resilient community. Visitors are warmly invited to get an idea of the military exercises on site - and maybe they won't be spared a little history lesson!