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2022-12-30T16:15:35.791Z


Good preparation is everything Created: 12/30/2022, 5:07 p.m By: Hanna von Prittwitz The Hochstadt volunteer fire brigade has been storing one of the district's large power generators since the 1990s. In the event of a blackout, for example, it can supply power to fire stations. He is in the best of hands with (from left) Philipp Götz, Michael Dimitrijevic, Thomas Dambier and the commanders Flo


Good preparation is everything

Created: 12/30/2022, 5:07 p.m

By: Hanna von Prittwitz

The Hochstadt volunteer fire brigade has been storing one of the district's large power generators since the 1990s.

In the event of a blackout, for example, it can supply power to fire stations.

He is in the best of hands with (from left) Philipp Götz, Michael Dimitrijevic, Thomas Dambier and the commanders Florian Autenrieth and Christoph Dambier.

© Andrea Jaksch

Is it coming or not, the blackout?

Nobody knows. The district and municipalities, however, have been making provisions for months.

So that the citizens are also informed, the municipality of Seefeld has now launched a direct mailing.

There she appeals to everyone's personal responsibility.

District

- Seefeld's citizens have not only received Christmas greetings these days, but also serious mail from the municipal administration.

In addition to a letter from Mayor Klaus Kögel, the envelope contained information on the subject of “basic knowledge in the event of a blackout” from the emergency and crisis manager Dr.

Sandra Kreitner from the Society for Crisis Prevention, as well as a brochure from the Bavarian State Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Forestry on the subject of stockpiling.

"We deliberately do not want to stir up panic," writes Kögel.

"But we think it's important to use education, personal responsibility and foresight to lay the foundations that make a blackout scenario more manageable and ensure your protection." /or the municipal websites to inform the citizens.

The people of Wessling will also receive mail next week: "We will send the information together with the water bill," Mayor Michael Sturm announced yesterday.

Wörthsee Mayor Christel Muggenthal prefers to keep the ball flatter, the people of Wörthsee can find the information on the municipal website and in the calendar of events.

"We have coordinated with the municipality of Inning and decided that we will approach the matter pragmatically.

I think the citizens are reasonable enough," says Muggenthal.

"I see it like my colleague," confirms Innings Mayor Walter Bleimaier.

People would be informed on the municipal website and in the municipal newspaper, but not explicitly in a letter.

The municipalities of Herrsching and Andechs also want to do the same.

"This is also a recommendation from the district administrator," says Herrsching's mayor Christian Schiller.

In his letter, Kögel emphasizes - and this applies to all municipalities - that the municipalities and the fire brigades will not provide an emergency power supply for private households.

This also applies to the supply of food.

In the event of an emergency, the contact points are the fire stations.

Emergency calls can also be made from there.

There are so-called beacons for the citizens to help each other: These are mostly located in the gymnasiums and town halls, but in Inning they can also be found, for example, in the fire stations.

"We keep the school gym for this," says Christel Muggenthal from Wörthsee.

Rainer Schnitzler from Pöcking, spokesman for all mayors in the district, remembers discussions about the blackout issue at the mayor's meeting.

"But the focus was on the energy supply of the critical infrastructure and the communication between the authorities."

"Everyone does it differently."

Kögel does not assume that writing will worry people.

On the contrary, it is particularly important that people are well prepared.

"That's why we printed out the documents and had them distributed to 3,700 households in Seefeld by post." That way, the citizens would also have the information from the letter at hand in the event of a blackout.

Because if the power goes out, the computers and later the cell phones will also go on strike.

“It is important to me that citizens act on their own responsibility.

No one can say they didn't know anything anymore," emphasizes Kögel.

"The community has no capacity to offer a soup kitchen in the event of a blackout."

Source: merkur

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