What to do in an emergency in nature?
The mountain rescue service helps!
If you need emergency assistance on your tours in the Donaubergland, the mountain rescue service is there for you!
Call the Europe-wide number:
112
DRK Mountain Rescue Württemberg
What is the mountain rescue service and what does it do?
The mountain rescue service is part of the German Red Cross (DRK).
The rescue teams are specially trained for rapid deployment in the field. They support the emergency services all year round in summer and winter, especially in the great outdoors.
In the Donaubergland region, these are primarily the Donau-Heuberg mountain rescue service based in Fridingen, which is responsible for the district of Tuttlingen, and the Sigmaringen Mountain Rescue Service based in Inzigkofen-Dietfurt, which is also deployed in the Danube valley.
Both belong to DRK Bergwacht Württemberg together with 17 other mountain rescue teams. In 2021, over 1,300 active and inactive members of mountain rescue services were involved in the Württemberg area, including 423 active mountain rescuers, 13 air rescuers and 21 doctors.
The mountain rescue service informs
So that it doesn't have to be used in the first place...
“There are many reasons for falls, such as overconfidence or carelessness,” says Raimund Wimmer, spokesman for the DRK Bergwacht Württemberg, “but a lack of fitness, the wrong equipment or even selfies too close to the slope can also be the cause of accidents (…)
Good and well-considered preparation can help to avoid or at least support such missions. This applies above all to equipment and clothing that is suitable for the weather, and hiking poles, sufficient food and a first aid kit in your rucksack are often also helpful.”
How can you support the mountain rescue service?
The DRK mountain rescue service is constantly dependent on donations to help finance its expensive equipment and rescue vehicles.
The mountain rescue teams are on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week, all year round. What few people know, however, is that the members of the mountain rescue service work on a voluntary basis.
And since most people spend their leisure time at the weekend hiking on narrow paths, cycling off-road or climbing on rocks, this means above all an increased presence and deployment at the weekend.
The volunteer emergency services see it as their task and duty to be there to help in emergencies in their free time.
