Information about the munitions load

The hazard investigation / suspected ordnance (F046) is part of the “Preventive fire and hazard protection” department of the Hamburg fire brigade and is therefore subject to the Interior and Sports Authority. Due to the steadily growing city and the associated construction activity, around 10,000 applications for hazard exploration / aerial photo evaluation and examination of the suspected area cadastre are made and over 600 release reports from registered companies with a total of 450,000 m² are checked.
The GEKV uses around 30,000 aerial photographs from the holdings of the National Collection of Aerial Photography in Edinburgh and the National Archive in Washington, DC to classify areas. Every available pair of images is stereoscopically evaluated in order to identify a specific suspicion of ordnance. In addition, numerous documentaries following the war are analyzed.
Identified suspected areas can then be systematically examined by registered companies in accordance with Section 10 (2) Ordinance on Ordinance on Ordinance on Ordinance on Ordnance of Combat Ordinance using suitable measures in accordance with TA-KRD Hamburg 2017. If these companies come across ordnance, these are examined by the ordnance disposal service F045 and, if necessary, defused.

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