Schwerin (dpa/mv) – Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania’s citizens can now find out online about the planning status for heat islands in their community. In the event of a longer power or heating failure, these are intended to offer the population a temporary heated place to stay. “So far, the municipalities have planned more than 600 such facilities in our state for such an emergency, which can always occur, regardless of the current situation regarding the challenges on the energy market,” said Interior Minister Christian level (SPD) on Saturday. What it looks like in the respective municipalities can be viewed on the website of the responsible state office.
“The planned heat islands support general disaster control and municipal services of general interest for the coming years, in which, for example, an unusual onset of winter or a blackout as a result of a storm cannot be ruled out,” said level. In addition to the heat islands, the website also lists around 530 “lighthouses” from which emergency calls can be made in the event of a fixed or mobile network failure. However, level emphasized: “Both the heat islands and the emergency call centers are intended for those who cannot get the help they need in any other way.” In principle, every household should be equipped with provisions and warm clothing.
According to a report by Ostseewelle Hit-Radio Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, however, the weekly test alarm for fire and disaster protection obviously does not yet work uniformly. Although it has actually been set at 12 noon on Saturdays since the beginning of the year, according to a survey, the cities and counties kept it different, the broadcaster reported. The sirens wailed in the north of the Vorpommern-Greifswald district on Fridays at 6 p.m. and in the south on Wednesdays at 3 p.m. In the Hanseatic city of Rostock and the district of Rostock, there are also significantly fewer siren tests. Rostock tests its sirens twice a year apart from warning days, and the district always on the first Wednesday of the month at 5 p.m.
