The mountain rescue service in Baden-Württemberg is confronted with numerous accidents. In the Corona winter, these are more demanding than usual.
The Mountain guards in Baden-Württemberg have had their hands full in the last few weeks. Sometimes the volunteers were called several times a day to free people who had an accident from unhealthy situations. But even if the Accidents may be more unusual than in other years – the Dishes are well prepared how echo24.de* reported.
Baden-Württemberg: Numerous sledging accidents – mountain rescue services held in suspense
“The father of the family injured himself Sledging“, „Sleigh driver drives against a tree ”or“ children at Sledding crashed “- the Calls the Mountain rescue service Württemberg from January 10th alone leave a pattern with the Accidents detect.
Mountain rescue service in Baden-Württemberg
In Baden-Württemberg, the Württemberg mountain rescue service and the Black Forest mountain rescue service take care of operations in difficult terrain, among other things. In winter, after accidents, the focus is on rescuing skiers, sledgers and snowboarders who have had an accident.
–
“We already had over 30 missions in 2021. Most of the time Sledging accidents“, Explains Raimund Wimmer, press spokesman for Mountain rescue service Württemberg across from echo24.de. So they would have Dishes about three times more often than in the same period in 2020. Wimmer: “The Bergwacht Pfullingen, for example, has been on duty every day since the New Year.”
Toboggan accidents: Mountain rescue services Württemberg and Black Forest kept in suspense
In the Corona winter, people are loud Mountain rescue service Württemberg more often with the Sledge on road. “The lifts are closed,” says Wimmer, “people are giving way Sledding out”. Accidents can then not be avoided.
In the current snowy winter * numerous people are drawn to nature. On the Stocksberg * near Heilbronn and in the northern Black Forest, there had recently been chaotic conditions due to overcrowding *. The police had to crack down on snow tourists and day-trippers.
Toboggan accidents in Baden-Württemberg: “Be careful and don’t underestimate the risk”
“People then drive over a hub – and it happens,” explains Raimund Wimmer. The list of after Sledging injured is now long. So recorded the Mountain rescue service Württemberg after Accidents including severe facial injuries in a child, an ankle injury in a family man and back damage in two women.
The Württemberg mountain rescue service has to be deployed more and more this winter.
© Raimund Wimmer / Bergwacht Württemberg
–
On Facebook she asked Mountain Rescue Pfullingen is therefore already “paying attention to all people who understandably are drawn to winter sports and outdoor activities in the heights of the (Swabian, editor’s note) Alb hazards not to be underestimated. “
Baden-Württemberg: Many sledging accidents in the Corona winter
It looks a little different with the Black Forest mountain rescue service out. Here, the number of deployments is rather lower than in other years due to the corona measures. Only in the northern Black Forest might there be more to do. “But the Calls are more labor-intensive and more difficult, ”explains Judith Joos, press spokeswoman for the Black Forest mountain rescue service echo24.de-Inquiry. The reason is that the Dishes would often take longer to get to the Injured because the slopes are closed. Otherwise, the helpers would come to departures more quickly.
But even if in this Winter there is more to be done one way or another – that Mountain Rescue in Baden-Württemberg is well positioned. “We positioned ourselves differently during the Corona period,” says Wimmer. “But we were always able to help.” The press spokesman does not believe that it could be even more violent than recently. “The police have now adjusted to it.”
For Tobogganers, who are out and about in nature despite closed access roads, has the Mountain rescue service Württemberg Understanding and helping Accidents competent and happy. “That’s what we’re here for,” says Wimmer. “We don’t see any culpable behavior on the part of the people.” Nevertheless: having fun and being careful is probably also in relation to Sledging currently the motto. *echo24.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network.
List of rubric lists: © Raimund Wimmer / Bergwacht Württemberg
–
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gruponacion/XDZ3MPNKVFE35I2HJQSRI5SD4Y.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1)
