Miniatur Wunderland Weekly Report
01.08.05 at 12:33 hrs
Weekly Report No 248, CW 30
From Monday, 25.07.2005 to Sunday, 31.07.2005While some members of the team had a vew days off ( not all of them though, because some could only work at night and thus earned their nickname as "night-owl"), we have a bit of time left to look back to one or the other event that had been neglected tha past few weeks.
To begin with, we took on a small excursion to the County Firefighter School in Hamburg. During the fire protection course, the "specialists" were tought one or two lessons in theory and practice.
In addition we held another seminar for all employees relating to "practices of fire protection - use of fire extinguishers and other means".
Included in the seminar was the correct use of fire extuingishers, in this case powder extuingishers. However, you won't have any contact with these extuingishers (which may be hazardous to your eyes and lungs).
In the layout area, we use only CO2-extuingishers which have the big advantage that they don't do any harm to human beings nor to electronics.
All other areas are equipped with water-extuingishers.
Apart from tackling a fire alone
(somebody is always the first to arrive)...
... combined efforts in a team
(which truly promise a higher efficiency) were trained...
and also the rescue of persons was given special attention (delicious fries originate from a pot filled with lots of hot oil).
Since we have the pleasure to welcome more than 800,000 guests a year, we consider it extremely important that our associates are capable to fight any danger befoer it becomes too serious. Apart from the sprinklers which are highly efficient but also very harmful to our layout, we installed more than 70 fire extuingishers in our exhibition hall.
As soon as one of the 380 fire-/smoke detectors goes off, not only the fire brigade but also our team is automatically alarmed. This alarm - chain and the learned know-how should enable us to fight even the smallest incident before actual damage is done and thus minimize the dangers for our guests and the layout.
Early in the morning, our parking lot saw a bit unusual activity:
Another training for "Practiced fire protection- Correct use of fire extuingishers and blankets".
The same program as previously in the fire fighters school was exercised,
just shortened to the practice lessons.
After the final briefing (a big "Thank you!" to the Hamburg fire fighters from here),
we should now be fit to meet any incident.
Oh yes, this training will be repeated on a regular basis as will be the first aid trainings which the Johanniter Unfallhilfe held for our team.
Well, after this quite serious topic, let's have a glance at Scandinavia.
Here are a couple of wonderful nightshots of the "North-East Sea".
