Fire brigade Kirchweyhe saves day: Schornstein threatens to rush!

The Kirchweyhe fire department was called for urgent technical assistance on Wednesday at 2:31 p.m. The site was on Lüdenscheider Straße, where a newly assembled chimney threatened to fall off the roof after breaking up a bracket. Fire brigade spokeswoman Danica Kosch gave information about the rapid reaction of the emergency services, who dismantled the chimney with an abortion stage made of Leeste.

After about two hours, the operation was successfully completed without further damage or injuries. The fire brigade has once again demonstrated its operational readiness and contributed to the safety of the residents. A detailed overview of the Kirchweyhe fire brigade's operations shows that a total of 38 missions had to be mastered in 2019, including 17 technical assistance and several fire operations, such as Feuerwehr-kirchweyhe.org reported.

deployment statistics and membership numbers

At the annual general meeting of the Kirchweyhe fire department On January 10, 2020, an annual report was presented, which was presented by local fire chief Norbert Kuhlmann. He announced that the volunteer fire brigade worked over 410 hours in 2019 and that the total defense had 141 members at the end of the year, including 40 active members, 30 in the children's fire brigade and 16 in the youth fire brigade. In addition, it was pointed out to the importance of young talent in the voluntary fire departments, which particularly emphasized city fire chief Axel Ziegeler.