Overview
- Police in Celle reported multiple call-outs in recent days to people on frozen ponds and lakes despite public warnings.
- Officers in Northeim instructed a 19-year-old skater to leave a lake after a motorist reported him, and he was unharmed.
- Steinhuder Tourismus GmbH says the ice on Steinhuder Meer is not released for use, and firefighters in Steinhude conducted hovercraft drills on the partially frozen lake.
- DLRG teams in Hannover practiced ice rescues at the Dreiecksteich and advised bystanders to call 112 first and assist only from a safe position using reach tools.
- Separately, a man on Senftenberger See broke through the ice and was rescued with a lifebuoy dropped by a helicopter and a fire brigade boat, then taken to hospital with hypothermia as DRK Wasserwacht reiterated strict safety thresholds for ice thickness.