Members of the DLRG Merzig / Wadern told us, that operating crossing borders is very difficult. If there's an accident close to the border on French territory, German rescue teams are not allowed to help. The cooperation between Luxembourg and Germany is working well, sais the DLRG Wadern / Merzig, but also only in extreme situations.
Officialy, cooperation is only allowed in so-called disaster situations like for example if a Cattenom-meltdown ( Cattenom is a nearby French nuclear power plant) or a natural catastrophe occurs.

But there’s a close cooperation between the University hospital in Homburg and the Special hospital for burn injuries in Freyming/Merlebach(F).