Overview
- Wasserwacht Miesbach and the Holzolling volunteer fire brigade held a three-hour exercise on Seehamer See with about a dozen participants, including firefighters acting as victims in roughly two-degree water.
- Organizers scheduled the drill only after confirming the ice would bear weight, with all rescuers secured as they approached the break-in site using a ladder and a rescue sled.
- The teams employed specialized gear including an inflatable ice-rescue sled, floatable ropes, water-rescue vests and dry suits to practice extraction techniques.
- In Markt Schwaben on January 6, a public exercise simulated a bystander falling through, a diver recovered a submerged dummy and responders began resuscitation as roughly 70 people looked on.
- The Miesbach unit noted its last comparable ice-rescue training was eight to nine years ago, with another session planned at Spitzingsee this coming weekend.