News from HÖRMANN Warnsysteme

INTERSCHUTZ, the world's leading trade fair for fire brigades, rescue services, civil protection and safety has now been postponed for the second time and is not scheduled to take place again until 2022. HÖRMANN Warnsysteme will definitely be there. Until then, the new products and siren systems will be presented in a different setting, including a digital trade fair folder and an intensive online consulting, because the need for advice is greater than ever.

In mid-October, the fire station in Hörby, Sweden, was ablaze. Everything was destroyed. Only the siren control center, part of the nationwide population warning system, was still operational. The consistent implementation of the strict customer specifications by Hörmann Warnsysteme during the construction of the siren control center ensured that neither the PC with the siren control software nor the cabinet with the electronics were damaged by fire, ash and heat.

Covid-19 may partially paralyze the economy, but natural disasters do not prevent the virus. The need for electronic sirens from HÖRMANN Warnsysteme remains little affected by this crisis. The team of the siren pioneer continues to supply and support customers as before the crisis. After all, if sirens are needed, they must be delivered quickly and once they are installed, they must work. The bigger problem for the company is the shortage of staff.

The Brazilian mine operator Vallourec has equipped its iron ore mine near the Brazilian town Brumadinho with a modern outdoor siren warning system from HÖRMANN Warnsysteme GmbH. The electronic sirens are designed to warn employees and the population in good time of dangers such as a possible dam breach. In January 2019, an accident in another mine in this area caused hundreds of people to die in a mudslide. The warning system is said to have failed. For this reason, Vallourec decided to use the electronic sirens from HÖRMANN Warnsysteme, which are installed in numerous countries around the world and known to be extremely reliable. For the German manufacturer, this was the first installation in Brazil.

Since yesterday, the municipality of Bolzano has been using a mobile siren from HÖRMANN warning systems to enforce the curfew on the population. They were not deterred by the horrific reports of thousands of dead and tens of infected people. The people had to be taken off the streets as quickly as possible. A mobile siren with announcement function was urgently needed. HÖRMANN Warnsysteme pulled out all the stops to deliver the siren to the South Tyrolean capital as quickly as possible.