Overview
- Nuremberg staged its biggest civil‑protection exercise since the war to rehearse a citywide power loss with about 950 responders.
- Klinikum Nürnberg Campus Süd cut power for about two and a half hours to test backup generators after informing patients in advance.
- The city detailed 43 emergency “light beacons” that would let people place emergency calls and get official updates if phone networks fail.
- Top officials praised the exercise as prudent planning despite Bavaria’s generally reliable electricity supply.
- Bannewitz near Dresden ran a two‑day cyberattack blackout drill with fire crews, police, the Red Cross and THW, and it kept real power on to avoid risk.