This Fund's goald has been achieved - thanks a million to all its contributors. If you're interested to support the mountain rescue cause further, please check out this other Fund: https://vmware.brightfunds.org/funds/rescue-station-renovation The mountain rescue vehicle of a team from the Munich Mountain Rescue chapter suffers from poor lights, which it needs to upgrade to allow safe handling in rough terrain, and working near and around the vehicle. They obtained a quote from a specialist for 2,000€ which would allow them to add supplemental headlights, search lights, and nearfield surround lights. At this time, their headlights barely show the way ahead and they drive in rough terrain at night a lot. Your contribution would make the lives of our first responders safer! We are a charity supporting various mountain rescue organisations, mainly the Munich chapter and are collecting these funds for the lights upgrade.

Supporting charities involved in first aid (training courses), mountain rescue first responder and volunteer fire brigade & rescue organisations I am personally involved in. NEW PROJECT: The station crew "DH Latschenkopf" from the mountain rescue organization Munich chapter plans the purchase of modern a Side-by-Side All Terrain Vehicle, with a patient cage in the rear bed. This will allow us to fast transport emergency responders to difficult locations from where they can start their climbs as well as allow us to transport patients off the mountain in difficult terrain and all weather conditions (particularly when no helicopters can fly, which is more often than not). The overall cost is quoted at 60k€, which is a huge aspirational target, but would be a grand relief for both summer and winter rescue missions as the Side-by-Side runs on both wheels in summer and tracks in winter. We are engaging crowdfunding, our own charities, mountain rescue own assets and all friends who can help. I hail to my VMware family and hope you'll help to support our cause by donating to either the Alpine Rettungswesen, e.V. , our registered charity (also registered on VMware Foundation), or to this fund. All the best, and be safe out there - always!

A small but highly trained band of medical and technical rescue experts, The "Latschenkopf" mountain rescue team's rescue station (built in 1934), has aged somewhat. Despite the valiant efforts of countless hours invested by every team member over several generations, some structural changes now need to be made: - Fire safety regulations stipulate a second emergency exit and a new staircase - Our wood fired oven (for both heating and cooking) is entirely rusted and broken down - The hallway's floor is poor, old concrete and needs a new concrete layer and tiles - A shower is direly needed with increasing numbers of rescue missions, which leave us rather sweaty every time, with no time for proper hygiene. - Additional medical gear demands its space and we need to renovate our office/wardrobe area to make space for additional backpacks Please help us in collecting the required funds, to enable us to provide our rescue services in a very busy hiking area and ski resort