Munich mayor thanks volunteer first responders at the Oktoberfest

Munich's Lord Mayor, Dominik Krause, is handing out Oktoberfest hearts to registered first responders as a thank-you for their work. The handover is scheduled for 1pm on 22 September at the Oktoberfest, in front of the Wiesnwache, the festival's police station.

Krause is patron of the initiative Munich Saves Lives (München rettet Leben). He will be joined by Beatrix Zurek, head of the city's health department.

The gesture was initiated by the Working Group for Emergency Medicine and Rescue Services (Arbeitskreis Notfallmedizin und Rettungswesen e.V.), a partner organisation of Munich Saves Lives.

Since 2021, the initiative has provided a smartphone app that alerts trained first responders who happen to be near an emergency. They can then begin urgently needed resuscitation at the scene before the ambulance arrives.

More information is available at www.muenchen-rettet-leben.de.