Safe annual change: fire brigade and police in Bottrop

The fire brigade Bottrop recorded a total of 14 missions on New Year's Eve 2024/2025. These mainly affect small fires in garbage cans and hedges. The fire brigade itself described the turn of the year as "typical", without special occurrences. The emergency services were also frequently needed and had to move out 40 times, often due to increased alcohol consumption and drugs. It should be reported positively that no surgical emergencies were registered in connection with fireworks and there were no attacks on fire brigade or emergency services.

The police worked on New Year's Eve with an increased presence in the area of ​​responsibility of the Recklinghausen police headquarters. In addition, a video observation system was installed on the "Red Square". This decision on camera surveillance was made after a legal examination in September and was attributed to events from the two previous silver nights. Police President Friederike Zurhausen emphasized the successful measures to prevent larger riots.

individual operations by the fire brigade

On New Year's Eve at 10:45 a.m., a kitchen fire was reported on Zeppelinstrasse. The Bottrop fire brigade quickly came on site and gave the all -clear because a neighbor had deleted the resulting fire with water. The cause of the fire was a triple socket that had caught fire. The fire brigade then carried out short ventilation measures so that the tenant could quickly return to her apartment.

Another commitment took place at 8:50 p.m. when a burning hedge was registered in the Döckelhorst street. This could already be deleted by the residents' own initiative. From 0:30 a.m. there were several garbage can and hedge fires in the urban area. All fire could be deleted with little effort, whereby a underground container had to be opened for one of the fires. The voluntary fire brigades old town, Boy and Fuhlenbrock were on standby and supported the professional fire brigade.

The emergency services also had a typical turn of the year without major events, and recorded a total of 20 ambulances on New Year's Eve. In addition, at 9:00 p.m., a frightened dog was picked up on the Daeglichsbeckstrasse and quickly handed over to its owner.