Support for the purchase of fire water tanks

Vegetation fires - for the fire departments, this term means a forest or a field on fire and, last but not least, an immensely high burden for the emergency services. Again and again areas get on fire due to harvesting work or also by intention. Due to the drought of the past years, not only the frequency of operations increases, but also the required strength to be able to control such events.

From the experiences of the year 2018 and 2019, an increased need for technology and material equipment was recognized and implemented by the state in a funding program. In addition to the procurement of tank firefighting vehicles for vegetation firefighting, mobile fire water tanks are also acquired with the support of the state. In the event of an operation, these serve to fill extinguishing tanks on helicopters, as a buffer when transporting water over long distances, and are also intended to enable shuttle traffic with tanker fire-fighting vehicles.

A total of five such reservoirs can be procured for the Börde district within the scope of this funding. These have a size of 15 - 53 m³. The procurement takes place in such a way that these are already usable with the beginning endangerment in the summer 2021.

The total value amounts to approx. 42,000 €, of which 90% is subsidized by the state of Saxony-Anhalt.