{"id":19427,"date":"2025-02-25T16:56:14","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T15:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2025.mining-report.de\/english\/?page_id=19427"},"modified":"2025-02-25T16:57:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T15:57:07","slug":"rescue-from-mini-excavator-hemer-fire-brigade-practises-in-quarry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/rescue-from-mini-excavator-hemer-fire-brigade-practises-in-quarry\/","title":{"rendered":"Rescue from Mini-Excavator: Hemer Fire Brigade Practises in Quarry"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"tie-dropcap \">S<\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0pt;\">tricker &amp; Weiken GmbH &amp; Co KG operates a quarry in Hemer (Becke)\/Germany and is an experienced specialist in the field of mining and processing Devonian mass limestone. There are quarries not only in Hemer, but also in many other places in the nearby Sauerland region. Basalt, greywacke, sandstone, dolomite or limestone are mined in a number of local companies. In total, there are about 800 quarrying companies in Germany. From the point of view of sustainability and responsible use of the resource limestone, a 100<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0pt;\">\u2009<\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0pt;\">% philosophy is not only aspired to, but also practised. This also includes occupational health and safety for employees.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n\t\t<hr style=\"margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\">\n\t\n<p><strong>Author\/Autor: <\/strong>Stricker &amp; Weiken GmbH &amp; Co. KG, Hemer\/Germany<\/p>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n\t\t<hr style=\"margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\">\n\t\n<figure id=\"attachment_19428\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19428\" style=\"width: 1063px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/2025.mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/ISSA_1_rettung_minibagger.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19428 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/2025.mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/ISSA_1_rettung_minibagger.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1063\" height=\"649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/ISSA_1_rettung_minibagger.jpg 1063w, https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/ISSA_1_rettung_minibagger-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/ISSA_1_rettung_minibagger-1024x625.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/ISSA_1_rettung_minibagger-768x469.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/ISSA_1_rettung_minibagger-600x366.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1063px) 100vw, 1063px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19428\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fig. 1. The volunteer fire brigade of Hemer during the exercise in the quarry of Stricker &amp; Weiken in \u00adHemer. The exercise involved rescuing an accident-stricken machine operator from a mini-excavator. \/\/ Bild 1. Die Freiwillige Feuerwehr Hemer bei der \u00dcbung im Steinbruch der Firma Stricker &amp; Weiken in \u00adHemer. Geprobt wurde die Bergung eines verunfallten Maschinenf\u00fchrers aus einem Minibagger. Photo\/Foto: Stricker &amp; Weiken<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a large-scale exercise, the volunteer fire brigade (FFW) of Hemer\/Germany, simulated a realistic operation in collaboration with the quarrying company Stricker &amp; Weiken in Hemer. The focus was on rescuing an operator from an overturned mini-excavator (Figure 1).<\/p>\n<p>The exercise was initiated by Fabian Flocke, an employee of Stricker &amp; Weiken and a member of the Hemer fire brigade. Flocke, who also regularly works with mini-excavators, emphasised the importance of such exercises: \u201cIt is crucial that we can react quickly and effectively in an emergency. This exercise has shown that the cooperation between the fire brigade and the company works smoothly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the exercise, an old mini-excavator was deliberately placed to one side to make the rescue scenarios as realistic as possible. The fire brigade practised handling the vehicle involved in the accident and rescuing a dummy that had previously been placed in the excavator. After about 2 hours, the excavator was able to be put back in an upright position.<\/p>\n<p>Managing Director Andr\u00e9 Thiel was very satisfied with the way the exercise went: \u201cThe safety of our employees is our top priority. We are grateful for the good cooperation with the Hemer fire brigade. We are always ready to support further exercises, e.\u2009g., pumping water out of a pond or rescuing people at height on our steep slopes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stricker &amp; Weiken thus emphasises its open attitude towards cooperation with the fire brigade and authorities. A few months ago, a special squad of the criminal investigation department was in the quarry to carry out explosions on safes in order to gain insights into how to combat ATM crime.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n\t\t<hr style=\"margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\">\n\t\n<p><strong>Author\/Autor: <\/strong>Stricker &amp; Weiken GmbH &amp; Co. KG, Hemer\/Germany<\/p>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n\t\t<hr style=\"margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\">\n\t\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stricker &amp; Weiken GmbH &amp; Co KG operates a quarry in Hemer (Becke)\/Germany and is an experienced specialist in the field of mining and processing Devonian mass limestone. There are &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[119],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19427","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-issa-mining"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rescue from Mini-Excavator: Hemer Fire Brigade Practises in Quarry - MINING REPORT<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/rescue-from-mini-excavator-hemer-fire-brigade-practises-in-quarry\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rescue from Mini-Excavator: Hemer Fire Brigade Practises in Quarry - MINING REPORT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Stricker &amp; Weiken GmbH &amp; Co KG operates a quarry in Hemer (Becke)\/Germany and is an experienced specialist in the field of mining and processing Devonian mass limestone. There are &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/rescue-from-mini-excavator-hemer-fire-brigade-practises-in-quarry\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MINING REPORT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-25T15:57:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/2025.mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/ISSA_1_rettung_minibagger.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"ScholarlyArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mining-report.de\\\/english\\\/rescue-from-mini-excavator-hemer-fire-brigade-practises-in-quarry\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mining-report.de\\\/english\\\/rescue-from-mini-excavator-hemer-fire-brigade-practises-in-quarry\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Redaktion\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mining-report.de\\\/english\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/50dbf1509042c13292b2b695bfa519a0\"},\"headline\":\"Rescue from Mini-Excavator: Hemer Fire Brigade Practises in Quarry\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-25T15:56:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-25T15:57:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mining-report.de\\\/english\\\/rescue-from-mini-excavator-hemer-fire-brigade-practises-in-quarry\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":481,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mining-report.de\\\/english\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mining-report.de\\\/english\\\/rescue-from-mini-excavator-hemer-fire-brigade-practises-in-quarry\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/2025.mining-report.de\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/ISSA_1_rettung_minibagger.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"ISSA Mining\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mining-report.de\\\/english\\\/rescue-from-mini-excavator-hemer-fire-brigade-practises-in-quarry\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mining-report.de\\\/english\\\/rescue-from-mini-excavator-hemer-fire-brigade-practises-in-quarry\\\/\",\"name\":\"Rescue from Mini-Excavator: Hemer Fire Brigade Practises in Quarry - MINING REPORT\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mining-report.de\\\/english\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mining-report.de\\\/english\\\/rescue-from-mini-excavator-hemer-fire-brigade-practises-in-quarry\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mining-report.de\\\/english\\\/rescue-from-mini-excavator-hemer-fire-brigade-practises-in-quarry\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/2025.mining-report.de\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/ISSA_1_rettung_minibagger.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-25T15:56:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-25T15:57:07+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mining-report.de\\\/english\\\/rescue-from-mini-excavator-hemer-fire-brigade-practises-in-quarry\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/mining-report.de\\\/english\\\/rescue-from-mini-excavator-hemer-fire-brigade-practises-in-quarry\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mining-report.de\\\/english\\\/rescue-from-mini-excavator-hemer-fire-brigade-practises-in-quarry\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/2025.mining-report.de\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/ISSA_1_rettung_minibagger.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/2025.mining-report.de\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/ISSA_1_rettung_minibagger.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mining-report.de\\\/english\\\/rescue-from-mini-excavator-hemer-fire-brigade-practises-in-quarry\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mining-report.de\\\/english\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Rescue from Mini-Excavator: Hemer Fire Brigade Practises in Quarry\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mining-report.de\\\/english\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mining-report.de\\\/english\\\/\",\"name\":\"MINING REPORT\",\"description\":\"english Edition\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mining-report.de\\\/english\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mining-report.de\\\/english\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mining-report.de\\\/english\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Mining Report\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mining-report.de\\\/english\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mining-report.de\\\/english\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mining-report.de\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2015\\\/05\\\/logo-mning-report.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mining-report.de\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2015\\\/05\\\/logo-mning-report.jpg\",\"width\":830,\"height\":198,\"caption\":\"Mining Report\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mining-report.de\\\/english\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mining-report.de\\\/english\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/50dbf1509042c13292b2b695bfa519a0\",\"name\":\"Redaktion\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mining-report.de\\\/english\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/herrwolfgang\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Rescue from Mini-Excavator: Hemer Fire Brigade Practises in Quarry - MINING REPORT","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/rescue-from-mini-excavator-hemer-fire-brigade-practises-in-quarry\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Rescue from Mini-Excavator: Hemer Fire Brigade Practises in Quarry - MINING REPORT","og_description":"Stricker &amp; Weiken GmbH &amp; Co KG operates a quarry in Hemer (Becke)\/Germany and is an experienced specialist in the field of mining and processing Devonian mass limestone. There are &hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/rescue-from-mini-excavator-hemer-fire-brigade-practises-in-quarry\/","og_site_name":"MINING REPORT","article_modified_time":"2025-02-25T15:57:07+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/2025.mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/ISSA_1_rettung_minibagger.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"ScholarlyArticle","@id":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/rescue-from-mini-excavator-hemer-fire-brigade-practises-in-quarry\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/rescue-from-mini-excavator-hemer-fire-brigade-practises-in-quarry\/"},"author":{"name":"Redaktion","@id":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/50dbf1509042c13292b2b695bfa519a0"},"headline":"Rescue from Mini-Excavator: Hemer Fire Brigade Practises in Quarry","datePublished":"2025-02-25T15:56:14+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-25T15:57:07+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/rescue-from-mini-excavator-hemer-fire-brigade-practises-in-quarry\/"},"wordCount":481,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/rescue-from-mini-excavator-hemer-fire-brigade-practises-in-quarry\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/2025.mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/ISSA_1_rettung_minibagger.jpg","articleSection":["ISSA Mining"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/rescue-from-mini-excavator-hemer-fire-brigade-practises-in-quarry\/","url":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/rescue-from-mini-excavator-hemer-fire-brigade-practises-in-quarry\/","name":"Rescue from Mini-Excavator: Hemer Fire Brigade Practises in Quarry - MINING REPORT","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/rescue-from-mini-excavator-hemer-fire-brigade-practises-in-quarry\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/rescue-from-mini-excavator-hemer-fire-brigade-practises-in-quarry\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/2025.mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/ISSA_1_rettung_minibagger.jpg","datePublished":"2025-02-25T15:56:14+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-25T15:57:07+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/rescue-from-mini-excavator-hemer-fire-brigade-practises-in-quarry\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/rescue-from-mini-excavator-hemer-fire-brigade-practises-in-quarry\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/rescue-from-mini-excavator-hemer-fire-brigade-practises-in-quarry\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/2025.mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/ISSA_1_rettung_minibagger.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/2025.mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/ISSA_1_rettung_minibagger.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/rescue-from-mini-excavator-hemer-fire-brigade-practises-in-quarry\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Rescue from Mini-Excavator: Hemer Fire Brigade Practises in Quarry"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/","name":"MINING REPORT","description":"english Edition","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/#organization","name":"Mining Report","url":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/logo-mning-report.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/logo-mning-report.jpg","width":830,"height":198,"caption":"Mining Report"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/50dbf1509042c13292b2b695bfa519a0","name":"Redaktion","url":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/blog\/author\/herrwolfgang\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19427"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19431,"href":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19427\/revisions\/19431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}