Tag: Red Cross
Red Cross Upper Austria – More than a quarter of the volunteers are 60+
Currently, about 27 percent of the approximately 7,200 volunteers at the Red Cross Upper Austria are older than 60 years. “We are happy when people in their prime decide to…
City of Salzburg – Salzach bank closed! hand grenade found
A passer-by discovered explosives on a gravel bank of the Salzach on Sunday. The lock on the Elisabethkai in the city of Salzburg was lifted after an hour. An unknown,…
Affected person tells – Volunteer paramedics: “We don’t need it”
“It’s a coincidence for us which crew, with which training, is sent to which mission,” says the volunteer, who can only maintain his authorization as an emergency paramedic – he…
Trees fell – thunderstorm drama in Lavanttal: two children dead!
Heavy storms fell over Carinthia on Thursday afternoon. The region around Lake Sankt Andräer in the Lavanttal was particularly hard hit. A number of trees could not withstand the strong…
Old farmer in the hospital – Thunderstorm incinerated Vierkanter and knocked over trees
The family of six – the old farmers (55, 60), the son (33) and the daughter-in-law (31) and their two children (1, 4 years) – fled from the flames. The…