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Press release

Publication date: 2026-10-14T16:25

Successfully practiced Last Sunday, the Office for Fire, Civil, and Disaster Protection of the OBK conducted a disaster protection exercise on the premises of the company ABUS Kransysteme in Gummersbach-Windhagen.

Oberbergischer Kreis. With the support of the Red Cross, Malteser, personnel from the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, the Gummersbach District Hospital, the fire departments of Gummersbach and Radevormwald, the information and communication component of the Oberbergischer Kreis (ELW), the person inquiry office, the psychosocial emergency care (PSNV), the OBK emergency services, and other departments of the district administration, the treatment site 50 was practiced with a mass casualty incident (MANV).

The exercise aimed to practice and optimize communication between the involved entities. Patient dummies with dynamic, changing injury patterns were used.

The exercise, which involved 150 participants, was funded by the Ministry of the Interior of the State of NRW. “Thanks go to all the emergency personnel who participated in this exercise,” said District Fire Chief Julian Seeger.

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