On Wednesday, between 07:00 and 14:00, a number of organisations participated in a full-scale exercise to test the Grouft Tunnel on the A7 motorway in Luxembourg, the "Autoroute du Nord", between Lorentzweiler and Waldhof.
The exercise took place without traffic. It was organised by the Administration des ponts et chaussées in collaboration with the Grand Ducal Police, the Administration des services de secours, professionnal fire-fighters, regional fire-fighters, with the Inspection du travail et des mines as an observer.
The purpose of this exercise, needed prior to the opening, was to test equipment and functionality of the tunnel and give the emergency services, fire, police and the Ponts et chaussées, the possibility to familiarise themselves with the work of tunnel under real conditions.
The following entities were involved in the organisation and conduct of the exercise:
Inspection du travail et des mines
Administration des ponts et chaussées : Direction, DTN, DGT, CITA, CIEA Mersch, SEM
Administration des services de secours : CSU112
Police grand-ducale : CIN113, DOP, UCPR, CI Mersch
Entreprises : TUV Rheinland, PWF, Hitec, Freelens, Post
Groupes d’intervention des pompiers de la région Centre: SP Lorentzweiler, SP Lintgen, SP Steinsel, SP Walferdange, SP Mersch, SP Niederanven-Munsbach, BF Luxemburg
Groupes d’intervention des pompiers de la région Est: SP Junglinster
Centres de la protection civile: BNS Lintgen (région Centre), Ettelbrück (région Nord), Junglinster (région Ost)
ELW (Einsatzleitwagen) BNS Lintgen et Pompiers professionnels Luxemburg.
