Faster to the Scene: Immediate Alerting of the Vienna Water Rescue Now Available

Through a connection with the operational control system of the Vienna professional rescue service, it is to be ensured that in the future, as Rainer Gottwald, head of the professional rescue service, said, "additional experts are quickly and directly on the water." Corresponding devices have now been handed over, it was announced on Wednesday in a release from the responsible municipal department 70 (MA 70).

Automatic Alert in Drowning Emergencies for Vienna Water Rescue

"If one of our boats is manned, we report ourselves ready for action in this area," explained state leader Matthias Wurm. "If an emergency occurs nearby, we can participate in the operation and provide support more quickly with the direct alert."

In drowning accidents in Vienna, the professional fire brigade and the police will continue to be alerted alongside the professional rescue service. The professional fire brigade's rescue divers are then picked up by the Vienna rescue helicopter at their base and flown directly to the scene. Additional units arrive at the scene with vehicles.

(APA/Red)

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