Helicopter-based water rescue
As a helicopter-based water rescue (including air-sea rescue or Air-Assisted sea rescue and air ambulance or air ambulance ) refers to a special application form of the water rescue . Air-Rescue-Specialists (ARS) ( lifeguards or water rescuers ) are flown to the area of operation in a helicopter and can thus quickly rescue people who have had an accident from the risk of water.
construction
At the water rescue, the air rescue group is a specialist group of the water rescue train and consists of a group leader and four water rescue air steppers. In the event of an emergency, they manned helicopters of the German armed forces , the police or the federal police and thus quickly reached the scene. A working group was founded in 2005. The professional fire brigades, the German Life Rescue Society ( DLRG ) and the DRK water rescue service were involved . There are currently locations all over Germany where DRK water rescue and DLRG members are active. If necessary, the units work nationwide.
tasks
The most important task of helicopter-assisted water rescue is the quick evacuation of people affected by a water hazard, for example in the event of a flood . In addition, she supports the other sub-units of the water rescue train.
The Federal Ministry of the Interior has by decree after the Elbe floods cooperation by the service, the federal police with the water rescue from different organizations (water rescue, DLRG, firefighters features). Through regular training in cooperation with the individual squadrons of the Federal Police, a set number of helpers is specially trained to be able to assist with B. to be used primarily for rescuing people in flood situations and in disaster control. There are different scenarios for how the emergency services can be deployed. Various procedures are carried out for rescue from running waters. In addition, it is also planned to deploy forces on buildings enclosed by the water in order to rescue people or to look after and care for medical services. Due to lead and standby times, this is not a matter of quick immediate measures such as B. drowning accidents.
The terms air rescuer and air rescue unit are misleading, as they are covered with different content in German air rescue, but they are increasingly used especially in the Bavarian water rescue service.
history
After the flood of the century on the Elbe , an air rescue working group was formed in the autumn of 2002 in cooperation between the Bavarian Water Rescue and the Air Transport Squadron 61 of the German Armed Forces. The first result of this working group was the development of a training plan for the air rescuer . Since the end of 2005, air rescue units have also been trained at the German Life Rescue Society (DLRG) .
education
In the meantime, training to become an air rescuer has become an additional qualification for trained water rescuers . It is standardized nationwide and is carried out jointly by the participating organizations. This training is divided into four sections.
- River training
- Basic helicopter training
- Mission training
- Psychological care
literature
- Hubertus Bartmann: Luftrettung am Wasser , ecomed Sicherheit in the Hüthig Lehle Rehm publishing group, 1st edition, Landsberg / Lech 2005. ISBN 3-609-66928-4
- Hubertus Bartmann; Klaus Graf: "Modern water rescue from the air", Gentner Verlag, Stuttgart 2009. ISBN 978-3-87247-729-3
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Air rescue in the Federal Republic of Germany: The competence to regulate ... by Johannes Stindt , accessed on October 8, 2012