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.

  • andrewta@lemmy.world
    53·
    2 months ago

    By the title I figured it just wasn’t installed yet. It turns out that no they weren’t going to have one and had no intention of installing one.

    Whoops that’s an expensive mistake.

    • quafeinum@lemmy.world
      10·
      2 months ago

      That’s the baffling thing. Normally in Germany you have to have paper, permits and inspectors(and inspectors for the inspectors) before you are even allowed to think about doing something. This is nuts that someone green lit this

  • eskimofry@lemm.ee
    5·
    2 months ago

    It’s always the same story. A group/country/institution rises to popularity for being extremely careful and well-prepared. Then people on the outside want to be let in on the action. Then the people behind this rise move on/retire/kicked out because the new people actually don’t understand patience and diligence, preparedness were the reason for the original success. They dismiss it as “red-tape” or “waste of money”, “who needs so many regulations anyway?”. They want shortcuts to success. Result: Firestation burns down.