Large alarm in Meißen: Fire brigade practices fictional forest fire drama!

Large alarm in Meißen: Fire brigade practices fictional forest fire drama!

In the early morning hours of June 15, 2025, the time had come: The Moritzburg fire brigade was called to the major alarm. But don't worry, it was a fictional disaster protection exercise that took place in the Meißen district. This benefit use, which was carried out as part of a three planned training days, had the goal of preparing the emergency services more effectively for real challenges. Under the motto "Disaster protection in an emergency", the composition and coordination of the various emergency services should be practiced. The site was the Grossenhain airfield, where the operational control car (ELW) was requested at 9:15 a.m. to coordinate the exercise. All disaster protection trains of the district were actively involved and were able to demonstrate their skills, reports diesachsen.de.

The main task of the exercise was to combat a fictional forest fire in Stölpchen, a municipality in Thiendorf. The Moritzburg fire brigade received responsibility to conduct the assigned forces and to document all the means used carefully. Such exercises are not only important for training the emergency services, but also offer opportunities to improve cooperation among the various units.

new extinguishing technology for forest fires

The exercise could not take place at a more suitable time, because Saxony has been enormously prepared for the forest fire season in recent years. Three years ago, devastating devastating forest fires devastated large areas in the National Parks Bohemian and Saxon Switzerland. In response, the Saxon government revised the protection concept and invested an impressive 30 million euros in new extinguishing technology. This includes, among other things, the new "3000 Forest" Type tank trucks, which can hold a volume of 4,000 liters of extinguishing water. A separate system for the self-protection of the vehicle ensures that the team is protected in an emergency, explains [TAG24.de] (https://www.tag24.de/thema/naturkatastrophen/waldbrand/moritzburg-berit-sich-auf--naechste--naechste-waldbauf In view of the climate changes that bring longer dry periods and make forests more susceptible to fires, this investment makes sense. Researchers have found that urbanization and the decline in rural areas also influence the amount of fuels in the forest. This dynamic helps that the threat from forest fires are increasingly increasing in cold -approved climate zones, as the experts from Fraunhofer emphasize. They believe that integrated forest fire risk management is important to bring all relevant actors together, such as forestry and agriculture, fire brigades and the population to better manage the risks.

together against the danger

what takes place in Moritzburg is only a small part of a comprehensive, international topic. Dealing with forest fires is also important at European level, and more and more measures to prevention and reaction to fires are being developed. The Firelogue project, which runs under the European Green Deal, integrates important innovations and technologies into risk management in order to act more effectively against this growing threat, Fraunhofer is an active member in this effort.

The coming months will show whether the measures taken actually have an effect. In any case, the exercise in Moritzburg shows that you are ready to take the challenges of tomorrow seriously. And maybe next year, entire forest fire rescue units will continue to strengthen the next year, so that a catastrophic scenario does not even occur. The course are set and together you will face the challenges - knowing that hand in hand has to be worked in hand to secure the future of the forests.