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More missions for the rescue service at Christmas

Düsseldorf
The fire and rescue services reported an increase in the number of operations compared to 2019. That also has to do with Corona.

On the Christmas days, the Düsseldorf fire brigade moved to 53 fire reports and
technical assistance. The ambulance service cared for 704 sick people and
Injured, in 149 cases an emergency doctor was also used. A human was at
injured so badly in a fire in the Holthausen district that he had to be transported to a hospital for further medical treatment.

In the apartment on Eichenkreuzstrasse in Holthausen, at noon on Christmas Day (1:17 p.m.), an Advent arrangement had caught fire. The residents recognized the fire early on and put it out before the fire brigade arrived. However, one man had inhaled too much smoke when he was extinguishing the fire, so that he had to go to the hospital after receiving initial medical attention. The fire brigade then freed the apartment with a high-performance fan
Smoke. Greater damage is caused by the early intervention of the residents
has been prevented, according to the fire department report.

Doors had to be broken into eight times

Over the Christmas holidays, the fire brigade in Düsseldorf arrived
in the period from Christmas Eve 7 a.m. to midnight on the second
Christmas holidays to a total of 26 (2019: 17) fire reports. Were there
four inserts can be traced back to burning Advent arrangements or fir trees. In addition, the firefighters deployed 27 (2019: 31) technical assistance services in the same period. In eight cases, apartments had to be opened because neighbors were worried or calls for help from residents who had had an accident suggested something worse. In two cases, the city rescue service transported the residents to a hospital after initial medical treatment.

The ambulance service had an increase in the number compared to the previous year
To report stakes. Overall, the paramedics moved away
Fire brigade, Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund, German Red Cross, Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe and Malteser-Hilfsdienst on 394 (2019: 365) emergency operations. An emergency doctor provided on-site support in a total of 149 (2019: 105) cases. There were also 262 (2019: 246) patient transports. 82 of these ambulances were related to suspected or confirmed coronavirus infections.



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