Germany: The German Federal Agency for Technical Relief, Technisches Hilfswerk (THW)

The German Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW) is participating in the BOTC exercise No. 1 in Weeze with one of its eight High Capacity Pumping – Modules.
These modules were designed – according to the general requirements and factsheets within the framework of the European Community Civil Protection Mechanism – to perform a sufficient pumping of water in flooded areas and to provide water for fire fighting.
THW already has a broad operational experience in the area of High Capacity Pumping on a national as well as on an international level (e.g. 2003 floods in southern France, 2005 Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans / USA). In the EU-exercise FloodEX 2009 four THW HCP modules were exercised.

Date of participation in the modules field exercise:

16 – 18 December 2011, Weeze, Germany

Number of modules members that will participate in the exercise:

18 persons

Equipment:

One THW-HCP-module consists of the following components:
-    1 x Pump „DIA“, 15.000 Liter / min. (on trailer)
-    2 x Pumps “Hannibal / Börger” with each 5000 Liter / min. (on trailer)
-    several additional equipment, such as submersible pumps, hoses, foldable containers, lighting kits, tool kits etc.
-    several vehicles / trucks

Contact person for planning the exercise:

Dr. Susanne Wacht

E-Mail:             Wacht@thw.de

Phone:              +49 228 940 1809

www.thw.de