At 6:23 p.m. this evening, residents of an apartment building in Mainz's Neustadt district made an emergency call after a smoke alarm was triggered. Attempts by neighbors to knock and ring the doorbell of the affected apartment had previously been unsuccessful.

The fire department was able to open the apartment door without force. Due to a small fire, slight smoke damage was detected. The small fire was quickly extinguished with a little water from the tap. The resident was found in the apartment and handed over to the emergency services. After the affected room had been ventilated, the fire department was able to return to the station.

A room fire could have developed just a little later. It's not only smoke detectors that save lives – attentive neighbors do too.

PS: The fire engine from Fire Station 2 had already been called out to another incident. A little later, we received a thank-you message on social media from a mother whose children were delighted to see the emergency services waving at them. That in turn made us smile. We would like to thank all the citizens of Mainz who look out for each other, keep their distance, and treat us kindly when we are on duty. Stay healthy!

Incident commander: Michael Thines
Vehicles BF: 3 BF
Personnel BF: 10 BF

The Mainz Fire Department was called to a traffic accident involving a car and a truck on the BAB 643 highway in the direction of Wiesbaden today.

A truck had collided with a car on the Schiersteiner Bridge. There was one person in each vehicle.

When the fire department arrived, the driver of the car was sitting in her vehicle with injuries. She received first aid from the fire department until the ambulance service arrived. After receiving first aid, she was carefully freed from the car by the fire department and ambulance service due to her injuries. The driver of the truck was also injured and was treated by the ambulance service.

Fortunately, the injured driver of the car was able to make an emergency call. Despite the heavy traffic, there were no first responders to take care of the two injured people, nor were there any callers who dialed the emergency number. Since the exact location of the accident was initially unclear, additional callers could have provided important information to the emergency services. 

The Mombach Volunteer Fire Department was alerted together with the Mainz Professional Fire Department. Shortly after the Mombach colleagues returned to the fire station, they witnessed another traffic accident between a car and a cyclist. The accident occurred at the intersection of Kreuzstraße and Am Lemmchen. The cyclist was given first aid by the Mombach fire department until the ambulance service arrived. In addition, the accident site was secured.

Sixteen members of the Mainz fire department were on duty on the Schiersteiner Bridge, along with an ambulance from Wiesbaden, an ambulance and an emergency doctor from Mainz, and the police from Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate.

In Mombach, six firefighters, an ambulance, an emergency doctor, and the police were on site.

Head of operations: Fire Inspector Andrea Zinn
BF/FF vehicles: 4/1
BF/FF personnel: 16/6