H 024 - Search for a Missing Person in Winnweiler
| Incident Number: | H 024 |
| Date: | 06.02.2023 |
| Alarm time: | 22:33 |
| End of operation: | 00:53 |
| Incident keyword: | People Search |
Report
The police alerted the fire department to a search for a person in the Winnweiler forest. The search was for a missing person in the area of the Igelborner Hut. It was believed that the person needed urgent medical attention. Due to the sub-zero temperatures, the situation called for particular urgency.
Emergency responders from the fire departments of Winnweiler, Münchweiler, Imsbach, and Lohnsfeld, as well as eight search dog teams from the Federal Rescue Dog Unit, searched the area. Personnel from the Münchweiler and Winnweiler branches of the German Red Cross (DRK) were also on the scene, along with an ambulance from the disaster response team. A drone and a police helicopter equipped with thermal imaging cameras provided aerial support. The operations were coordinated by the command unit of the Winnweiler administrative district.
About an hour after the alarm was raised, the person was found by a joint search team from the Münchweiler branch of the German Red Cross (DRK) and the Imsbach Fire Department. With the help of additional emergency responders, the person was transported to receive medical care from the emergency medical services.
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