Smoke alarms, power cuts and support for young people

Volunteer firefighters from Bornholms Brandvæsen were out in Nexø and Allinge on Saturday to check smoke alarms and install new ones where they were missing. Threefor acknowledges that communication failed when around 1,200 households in northern Bornholm lost power at 20:45 on Friday. Bornholms Regionskommune is entering into a new partnership with the Genklang advice service for children and young people growing up in families affected by substance misuse.

Volunteer firefighters install free smoke alarms

5 volunteers from Bornholms Brandvæsen (the local fire service) visited various flats in Nexø and Allinge on Saturday morning to inspect fire safety. They recorded how many homes already have smoke alarms installed and, if there are problems or the alarm is completely missing, the smoke alarm patrol offers to install new ones free of charge.

The initiative is backed by Brandbevægelsen and Trygfonden, with help from the local fire brigades. One of the volunteer firefighters says that many homes do not have a smoke alarm and that the task can in reality save lives. According to him, it will take many more years before the initiative has reached all of Bornholm. TV 2 Bornholm

Trefor acknowledges errors in communication during power outage

At 20:45 on Friday, around 1,200 households on Nordbornholm were without power. For most, the electricity returned about 1 hour later, but none of the affected residents were told what had caused them to lose power.

Trefor, which is responsible for maintaining Bornholm's electricity grid, acknowledges that communication with customers did not go as planned. According to the electricity supply director, the cause of the outage was an earth fault in the grid and a fault at the 60/10 kilovolt station in Olsker, which had only recently been commissioned. TV 2 Bornholm

New partnership to help children and young people from families affected by substance abuse

Bornholms Regionskommune (the municipal authority on Bornholm) is entering into a new partnership with the counselling service Genklang. Genklang offers free counselling around the clock and will supplement the municipality’s own services for children and young people who grow up in an unstable home marked by alcohol and drugs.

Genklang is a free, nationwide counselling and support programme for young people aged 12-24 who are growing up – or have grown up – in families with alcohol or drug problems. The service requires neither referral nor assessment and does not require attendance in person, and young people can begin anonymously via chat or phone. According to Børns Vilkår, only 2 percent of children and young people growing up with alcohol or drug problems in the family receive specialised help. TV 2 Bornholm

Contact council seeks inspiration in Mallorca

The contact council for Bornholm’s public transport service has just returned from a 3-day visit to Mallorca, where, as on Bornholm, there is both publicly supported and commercial transport service. The visit focused on the ferry’s and the airplane’s conditions, meaning price, capacity, frequency and crossing times.

Following the visit, the council will take a closer look at the so-called ‘Mallorca model’, which is based on an open PSO model (Public Service Obligation) with good discount arrangements for local residents. The contact council is now examining the upcoming ferry tender for Bornholm and is to attend a meeting with the urban, rural and transport minister on 11 November. TV 2 Bornholm

Wine grower at Lille Gadegård looks ahead after fire

On Saturday morning, there were still clear traces of Friday's fire in the production hall at Lille Gadegård in Pedersker. According to the wine grower, they had been in the production room in the morning to measure the acidity of some wine, and the fire was discovered when an employee said that smoke was coming out through the door.

It is still unclear what caused the building to go up in smoke and flames. Bornholms Politi (the police on Bornholm) has told TV 2 Bornholm that an investigation into the cause of the fire will be launched next week. The wine grower expects that this year's entire production has been totally destroyed, so there will be no 2026 vintage, and the 2025 vintage was also totally destroyed by frost. On the 14th, branches will be cut from the grapevines. TV 2 Bornholm

Brief news

• Sunday begins with temperatures of around 2 to 3 degrees, with good chances of sunshine on Bornholm, and temperatures rise to 6 to 7 degrees, while the wave height falls from 0.7 metres in the morning to 0.2 metres in the evening. TV 2 Bornholm
• Bornholm Cycle Club held the Bornholm gravel championship for the 6th time in Almindingen on Saturday, with 12 laps on a 4.4-kilometre course and 70 metres of elevation per lap, and the winners completed it in 1:41:43 among the men and 1:51:04 among the women. TV 2 Bornholm
• NB Bornholm lost the team's last match of the year 2-1 to Gentofte-Vangede and were in fourth place in the Danish League before the match, but where the team ends in the table is still unknown. TV 2 Bornholm