Behind the emergency services on the Isar and on the lakes in the city and in the district of Munich lies a busy summer.
According to the water watch, the volunteers worked a total of 31,250 hours between May and September.
District - The water rescue service provided first aid 337 times - from bee stings to cuts to circulatory problems.
These were the highlights of the mission: A guest at Heimstettener See suffered a seizure.
The quickest way to help was to take a boat across the lake.
An emergency doctor who had been alerted was flown in by helicopter and the patient was handed over to the rescue service after initial medical treatment.
Meanwhile, a youngster wanted to swim under the influence of alcohol in the lake at Lußsee and went under again and again due to his condition.
Fortunately, the youngster was rescued on an air mattress by other swimmers and was first supplied by the water rescue service.
One lady ran out of strength
An elderly couple got into trouble when a lady in Feldmochinger See ran out of strength.
Her husband wanted to come to her aid, but could not bring his wife to shore on his own.
Thanks to an attentive SUP driver, both could be brought to the bank undamaged, where the water rescue service first took care of them.
In addition to the first aid services, 19 alarms from the rapid response groups came according to a press release.
Alerted to many different emergencies in and around Munich, such as an injured skater in January, a car in the Mühlbach, a search for missing persons on the water or a capsized canoe with canoeists who were stuck on an Isar island.
Stations no longer occupied
At the beginning of October, the last station of the Munich water rescue service ended its watch duty. This means that the water watch stations are no longer manned. However, the rapid response groups of the water rescue service are still on the alert for seven days, 24 hours a day, in order to be able to move out in the event of a water emergency.
The ten water watch stations are manned by volunteers from nine local groups on weekends and public holidays in summer, when the weather is bathing, so that they can intervene quickly in an emergency.
Regardless of whether it is a water rescue or first aid service, the trained helpers are ready to help.
The water monitoring stations are located in Feldkirchen (Heimstettner See), Lerchenau (Lerchenauer See), Lohhof (Unterschleißheimer See), Munich-Mitte (Marienklause / Flaucher), Munich-North (Feldmochinger See), Munich-Riem (Riemer See), Munich- West (Langwieder Seenplatte), Unterföhring (Feringasee), Unterhaching (outdoor pool).
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