{"id":5817,"date":"2025-11-07T08:12:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T08:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ruthmann.de\/safe-operations-at-great-heights-gerken-supports-the-bochum-fire-department-with-a-72-meter-ruthmann-steiger\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T11:33:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T11:33:14","slug":"safe-operations-at-great-heights-gerken-supports-the-bochum-fire-department-with-a-72-meter-ruthmann-steiger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ruthmann.de\/en\/safe-operations-at-great-heights-gerken-supports-the-bochum-fire-department-with-a-72-meter-ruthmann-steiger\/","title":{"rendered":"Safe operations at great heights: GERKEN supports the Bochum Fire Department with a 72-meter RUTHMANN STEIGER\u00ae"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Bochum last week, quick action was needed: Following severe storms, the 48-kilogram metal ball on the steeple of Melanchthon Church was in danger of falling. The Bochum Fire Department arrived with more than 20 firefighters to defuse the dangerous situation\u2014but several attempts to secure the sphere initially failed due to a lack of reach <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"924\" height=\"616\" src=\"https:\/\/ruthmann.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GERKEN_Feuerwehr_Einsatz_RUTHMANN_STEIGER_T720HF_05.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ruthmann.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GERKEN_Feuerwehr_Einsatz_RUTHMANN_STEIGER_T720HF_05.jpg 924w, https:\/\/ruthmann.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GERKEN_Feuerwehr_Einsatz_RUTHMANN_STEIGER_T720HF_05-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ruthmann.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GERKEN_Feuerwehr_Einsatz_RUTHMANN_STEIGER_T720HF_05-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 924px) 100vw, 924px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was only after deploying a 72-meter truck-mounted aerial platform from the Essen branch of the rental partner <a href=\"https:\/\/gerken-arbeitsbuehnen.de\/\"><strong>GERKEN<\/strong><\/a> provided the solution with its <strong>GL 72 G<\/strong>. Using the Ruthmann <strong>STEIGER\u00ae T 720<\/strong> aerial work platform, the fire department was finally able to reach the sphere, secure it, and bring it safely to the ground. After about eight hours, the operation was successfully completed.  <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"924\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/ruthmann.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GERKEN_Feuerwehr_Einsatz_RUTHMANN_STEIGER_T720HF_02.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ruthmann.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GERKEN_Feuerwehr_Einsatz_RUTHMANN_STEIGER_T720HF_02.jpg 924w, https:\/\/ruthmann.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GERKEN_Feuerwehr_Einsatz_RUTHMANN_STEIGER_T720HF_02-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ruthmann.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GERKEN_Feuerwehr_Einsatz_RUTHMANN_STEIGER_T720HF_02-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 924px) 100vw, 924px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This incident clearly demonstrates the importance of large truck-mounted aerial work platforms in disaster response and rescue operations\u2014especially when height, reach, and precision are critical.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Bochum last week, quick action was needed: Following severe storms, the 48-kilogram metal ball on the steeple of Melanchthon Church was in danger of falling. The Bochum Fire Department arrived with more than 20 firefighters to defuse the dangerous situation\u2014but several attempts to secure the sphere initially failed due to a lack of reach [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":5816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[190,168],"class_list":["post-5817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-ruthmann","tag-steiger"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruthmann.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruthmann.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruthmann.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruthmann.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruthmann.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5817"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ruthmann.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5818,"href":"https:\/\/ruthmann.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5817\/revisions\/5818"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruthmann.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruthmann.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruthmann.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruthmann.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}