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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20985097

A fire alarm system wasn't installed in the building because experts did not consider it necessary.

A new fire station in Germany that was destroyed in a fire, causing millions of euros in damage, did not have a fire alarm system.

The fire broke out early Wednesday morning at the Stadtallendorf fire station in Hesse and destroyed the equipment hall and almost a dozen emergency vehicles, according to local media.

Initial estimates put the damage at between €20 million and €24 million. No one was injured.

Local officials told the German news agency dpa that no fire alarm system was installed in the building because experts had considered it not necessary — much to the astonishment of many observers now that the station has burned down.

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[–] Sundial@lemm.ee 75 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Local officials told the German news agency dpa that no fire alarm system was installed in the building because experts had considered it not necessary — much to the astonishment of many observers now that the station has burned down.

Lol wut? Aren't there formal requirements for the presence of fire alarms in any kind of building?

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago (2 children)

There are, but do you know who checks that a building is OK? Take a guess.

[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] waz@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago
[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 16 points 1 month ago

Requirements often depend on the type of building occupancy and the chance of fire spread to neighboring buildings.

[–] needanke@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago

There are but from what I've read none were required for this building, because it was only used as storage.

[–] Crumbgrabber@lemm.ee 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

+1 for German sense of play

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 16 points 1 month ago

It's also wordplay. "Brand" means "fire"_

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This "experts" should be held accountable for once.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[–] Nastybutler@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

I hope those "experts" have their feet held to the fire over this

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

I'm thinking 🤔 maybe that's okay because the fire department lives in the building. You know so they should be able to put out the first?

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

self examination should be job 1 when working for the community