Oil pollution alarmed fire brigade: Help for Ludwigslust and Grabow

Oil pollution alarmed fire brigade: Help for Ludwigslust and Grabow

Last week, the region around Ludwigslust and Grabow was alerted by two worrying missions: oil pollution on local waters caused a great effort from the volunteer fire brigades. On Tuesday evening, the fire brigade in Grabow was called to the port after an attentive walker discovered an oil film in the harbor basin. As reports [nordkurier.de] (https://www.nordkurier.de/regional/ludwigslust/ol- dirt-gahmetz-gahesser-in-grabow-und-ludwigslust-3712743), Gilbert Küchler, head of the police head area Ludwigslust, was forced to think that the oil could come from a boat. The fire brigade used a rubber boat to lay out oil barriers, but the emergency services could not find a cause.

The Lower Water Authority of the Ludwigslust-Parchim district and the water protection police were immediately informed to continue to assess the situation and support the determination. But that was not all: just two days later, on Thursday evening, another alarm for the Ludwigslust fire brigade followed. In the area of Kanalstrasse on the pedestrian bridge to Friedrich-Naumann-Allee, massive oil pollution in the Ludwigsluster Canal was found. Here, 15 comrades were used for several hours to contain the oil. In this case, too, the cause could not be determined, which resulted in an advertisement against unknown. The water protection police took over the further investigation.

alarm situation on the main

A similar scenario occurred on Wednesday evening when the Großkrotzenburg fire brigade was alerted to oil pollution on the Main. According to [Feuerwehr-grosskrotzenburg.de] (https://feuerwehr-grosskrotzenburg.de/einsaetze/oel pollution-auf-dem-main/), the pollution was in the area of a lock and extended about 200 meters in a lock chamber and underwater. In coordination with the water protection police, additional units from Hainburg, Hanau and Maintal as well as the Staudinger fire brigade were brought in. An oil lock was interpreted with a total of four boats and the oil was absorbed with special fleece. The entire mission lasted around four hours and proved to be personnel and time-consuming.

protective measures and prevention

But how do the fire brigades proceed in such emergencies? After all, emergency measures have high priority on site. According to denios.de, the success of the measures depends on the previous risk assessment. This assesses which aids are needed and how the situation is best to handle. After the discovery of an oil leak, the fire brigade will be alerted immediately, which will then inform all defined areas. This includes not only the water authorities, but also operators of sewage systems and water supply companies if their systems are affected.

First, life -saving measures are taken, followed by the accident site. Thereupon the evaluation of the type, amount and danger of the fabric begins to stop the leak and prevent the expansion of the damage. These preventive steps are crucial to protect the environment as quickly as possible and minimize consequential damage.

The incidents in Ludwigslust and Grabow as well as on the Main are strongly reminiscent of the need to minimize risks in dealing with dangerous substances and to protect the waters of our region sustainably.