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A blaze burns down a brand-new fire station in Germany that lacked fire alarms (apnews.com)

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BERLIN (AP) — A brand-new fire station in Germany, which was destroyed in a fire, causing millions of euros in damage and destroyed equipment did not have a fire alarm system, local media reported Thursday.

The fire broke out early Wednesday morning at the Stadtallendorf fire station in Hesse and destroyed, among other things, the equipment hall and almost a dozen emergency vehicles, German news agency dpa reported. Initial estimates put the damage at between 20 million and 24 million euros ($21 million to $26 million). No one was injured.

Local officials told 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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[–] Emperor 4 points 1 month ago

experts had considered it not necessary

I can kind of see their point - a fire alarm is there to get the attention of someone who would summon the firemen. However, a fire station should have a few of them knocking about who could be relied on to put out a fire or two.