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Brand-new fire station in Germany burns down as it had no fire alarms (www.euronews.com)

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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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Building inspectors

[–] waz@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Geoff?

[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 16 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] needanke 1 points 2 weeks ago

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