A vehicle from Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe was also deployed to ensure the safety of the emergency services.

Coordinated by the professional fire department of the city of Salzgitter, they will primarily help the Goslar fire brigades by using pumps and sawing up fallen trees. The situation is still tense in the district, where a disaster alert was issued yesterday.

Salzgitter's First City Councillor Christa Frenzel thanked the emergency services on behalf of the Lord Mayor, the administration and the council for their efforts in the neighboring district: "Your commitment is priceless".

A day earlier, some of the personnel now deployed in Goslar had already been deployed to combat the flooding in Hildesheim and had volunteered for the new assignment.

On Wednesday, many rescue workers were also deployed in Goslar to evacuate a retirement home, as well as in the neighboring community of Baddeckenstedt, where the dyke of a retention basin was threatening to break.