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THW Dachau helps in the disaster area

2021-07-25T15:53:49.530Z


After the devastating floods, every helping hand is welcome in western Germany. The THW Dachau is now sending specialists with heavy equipment.


After the devastating floods, every helping hand is welcome in western Germany.

The THW Dachau is now sending specialists with heavy equipment.

Twelve emergency services from the Dachau technical aid organization made their way to Rhineland-Palatinate on Saturday evening.

At noon, the THW Dachau received the request to help with heavy clearing equipment and manpower in the disaster area after the flood.

Equipment, material, vehicles and crew had to be packed together within a few hours.

Construction dryer for the disaster region

The district office of Dachau has received an urgent call for help from the Aachen region, which is also marked by the consequences of the flood. The municipal councilor Dr. Tim Grüttemeier turned to other districts with an urgent request: “While the rough clean-up work is in full swing, countless houses need to be dried as quickly as possible so that they are habitable again. What is missing are building dryers. ”The District Office is now asking for help:“ Every single professional building dryer helps, ”says press spokeswoman Sina Török. Construction companies or other companies as well as private individuals who can provide one or more construction dryers temporarily should contact the district office by Tuesday at 12 noon tomorrow at the latest; either by telephone on 0 81 31/74 207 or by email to bdl@lra-dah.bayern.de with details of the location and the dehumidification line.


Should a relevant number of building dryers come together, the district office will organize the transport to and from the device together with the Dachau district fire brigade association. dn

In the evening, the entire THW specialist group on rooms with wheel loaders including all attachments, the two Dachau THW tippers, swap-loader vehicle with AB THL, supply truck including lighting and emergency power trailers and numerous equipment moved towards the Nürburgring meeting point.

Dachau District Administrator Stefan Löwl also wished the Dachau helpers good luck.

In the next few weeks, the focus of operations will be in the Ahrweiler district, where the Dachau team will help together with forces from the THW OV Munich-West, as announced by spokesman Sven Langer.

The main task is to create driveways and entrances to areas that are still cut off in the area and to help the flood victims with the clean-up work.

The commitment for the THW Dachau will drag on over a longer period of time, a replacement team is already ready, says Langer.

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Source: merkur

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