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Fire letter from the Murnau fire brigades

2021-01-21T07:07:45.314Z


Fire brigade members from Murnau, Hechendorf and Weindorf address the public with an unprecedented cry for help. The volunteers seem worn down, demoralized by delays on the long way to the new Murnau fire station. You criticize the mayor and parts of the municipal council - and address urgent appeals to the decision-makers.


Fire brigade members from Murnau, Hechendorf and Weindorf address the public with an unprecedented cry for help.

The volunteers seem worn down, demoralized by delays on the long way to the new Murnau fire station.

You criticize the mayor and parts of the municipal council - and address urgent appeals to the decision-makers.

  • Murnau's fire brigades turned to the public with a fire letter on Wednesday.

  • The rescuers criticize, among other things, that they have the impression that the implementation of the new tool shed will be played for time.

  • Mayor Rolf Beuting wants to react and inform all fire fighters again about the current status of the project and how to proceed.

    He emphasizes that he is fully on the side of the rescuers.

Murnau

- There is no lack of commitment and missions.

The Murnau volunteer fire brigade usually goes out almost 300 times a year;

In 2018, the motivated team raised even more alerts.

However, external influences apparently affect the volunteers and the mood in the community.

"Resignation" prevails in the eyes of Deputy Commandant Michael Winkle.

“Optimism gives way to realism,” he says.

Murnau fire brigade sounds the alarm: Criticism of the "slow implementation" of the new building project

The active is driven by the endless loop in which, in their eyes, parts of the municipal council with Mayor Rolf Beuting (ÖDP / Bürgerforum) are at the forefront when it comes to realizing a modern tool shed, whose necessity has long been clear consist.

It goes so far that the rescuers themselves sound the alarm: In a public fire letter (see below) yesterday they pointed to the "sluggish implementation" of the new building project, which, following a decision by the municipal council in July 2019, was taking place on the old fairground on Kellerstraße should arise.

The construction costs were recently estimated at eight million euros.

The fire brigades are demanding that politicians finally implement their own vote.

But: "Since this decision has been checked again, reports are commissioned, discussions are held, new locations are being considered, and you keep going in circles," it says in the letter.

"We have the impression that they are playing for time here."

Murnau fire brigade: Old domicile no longer meets modern requirements - and there is not enough space

The fire department sends out an unprecedented public call for help.

Your old domicile no longer meets modern requirements, there is a lack of space;

Expertise denies the future viability of the location.

The practical problems have been known for twelve years, it is said - and apparently also harbor dangers for the people who go out day and night when others need help.

The difficult working environment became more explosive in 2016 when an active found a comrade unconscious after an exercise and surrounded by blood under the turntable ladder vehicle.

An insider describes that the man apparently fell out of one vehicle against the one that was parked right next to it due to lack of space.

He suffered a traumatic brain injury.

Winkle says: “It was pointed at the button.” Seasoned soldiers still tell today how much this incident shocked everyone.

Murnau tool shed: fire department advisor refers to a clear location decision

Michael Hosp (CSU), former commander and fire department advisor in the local council, addresses the commanders' responsibility for their people - and ultimately that of the mayor "as an employer".

Hosp emphasizes: "Our firefighters have the right to stay in the house without accidents." There is a clear decision for the new location.

He doesn't understand “why you keep doing a lap and unraveling everything completely.

You push and push and push and push ”.

This can no longer be properly conveyed to the active participants.

In Hosp's eyes, many people lack appreciation for the fire service - including “parts of the local council”.

The political bodies are called upon to finally take action.

Murnau Green parliamentary group brings back to the old location in conversation

Most recently, the Green parliamentary group broke up the issue of the fire station and brought up a possible stay at the cattle marketplace.

Previously, in October, difficult traffic issues at the old fairground sparked a fundamental debate.

Individual councilors expressed the fear that the new tool shed could block a future bypass to the west at this point.

Before that, there had been discussions about contaminated sites on the site, among other things.

Winkle urgently appeals to the local council "to implement its own resolution constructively and proactively".

So far he has not been able to recognize the absolute will to do so.

"That is a little sobering for us." He makes it clear: This is not about a dream project by the fire service, not about "getting a nice house".

It's about an object of general interest - a mandatory task of the municipality.

Mayor wants to inform firefighters about the current project status and how to proceed

Mayor Beuting wants to react and inform all firefighters again about the current status of the project and how to proceed.

That explains town hall spokeswoman Annika Röttinger on Wednesday when asked by the daily newspaper.

She refers to the fire brigade working group, which last met at the beginning of December - a committee that consists of executives from the fire brigade, members of the local council and the mayor.

In this “the current status and the further procedure will be discussed regularly”.

And as part of the budget consultation, says Röttinger, the construction of the fire brigade equipment house has been postponed.

Work is scheduled to start in 2023.

Beuting asserts: Stand fully on the side of the fire fighters

Beuting emphasizes that he is "fully on the side of the firefighters".

He, too, wants the new construction of the tool house "to be completed as quickly as possible".

It is "unfortunately a complex procedure with additional challenges, such as the waste and traffic problem".

The mayor emphasizes, however, that “despite everything, they want to stay at the location that has already been determined in order to be able to continue working on the fastest possible implementation.

We should keep this decision, once made ”.

Anything else could delay the implementation of the project, warns Beuting, as there are no easy-to-implement alternative locations.

“It is important to me to be able to rely on the decisions that have been made.

This would also be a very important sign for those affected. "

The firefighters' public letter in full:

"Alarm at the fire department:

We rescue, extinguish, recover, protect, and that on behalf of you, the citizens of Murnau.

We do this out of passion alongside our job, 365 days, 24 hours.

And yes, we enjoy this meaningful volunteering.

But what has clouded this joy for twelve years now is the slow implementation of a new fire station.

The old location at the Viehmarktplatz, assessed by an expert opinion as not sustainable and defective, a new location at the old fairground as suitable and sustainable.

A very serious accident during an exercise in 2016, which was also related to the cramped situation, only had organizational effects.

The municipal council voted in favor of the new location in July 2019.

Since this decision there has been another review, expert opinions have been commissioned, discussions held, new locations considered, and people keep going in circles.

We have the impression that they are playing for time.

The safety of the volunteer fire fighters must be the top priority for the community (mayor and market town council) and also for you, the citizens of Murnau.

This can only be implemented structurally with a new tool shed.

As the employer, the municipality is legally obliged to comply with the applicable regulations for safety in the fire service.

This slow implementation can and must be seen as organizational fault after twelve years.

We expect our mayor and local council to implement their resolutions proactively and to work across all political groups on a planned completion in 2025.

'Politics is the art of making what is necessary possible.' "

The fire service providers from Murnau, Hechendorf and Weindorf

Source: merkur

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