Relief for emergency services after storms
For example, a small torrent in the Felbertal valley next to the Unterrieselreithof turned into a raging river this week, a force of nature that simply swept away a unit weighing several tons, as farmer Michael Sedivy describes: “You can’t describe it, an act of seconds and one very gray violence. The device, weighing tons, just crashed like that.”
Great gratitude to the injured
The willingness to help after such natural disasters is also indescribable, according to the mountain farmer: “I can only say thank you. The excavator driver wrote to us all night. Many Thanks!”
Mittersiller Michael Pfeiffer volunteered as a fireman for the operations. He has passed this commitment on to his two children since his youth: “I explain it to them like this: If something happens to us, and nobody comes. That simply does not work. It needs the helpers. Civil and social courage must also be conveyed to the children.”
His wife Theres Pfeiffer is used to her husband driving to work during the day or at night: “I’m used to him suddenly being gone. It is important that my husband leaves the beeper at home, because then I know how long it takes.”
Lots of tasks in addition to the hard day job
An operation can last longer, especially with the Mittersill local fire brigade commander. That can also be difficult because Roland Rauchenbacher started his own business a year ago: “You need team-oriented employees who also understand when the boss is away.”
Rauchenbacher also thinks of the fire brigade when he’s at home – especially when the weather is bad: “If you know it’s close to the limit, you don’t sleep so well. Then the woman says, now you can rest, lie down and sleep. But that’s just the way it is with the emergency services.”