As of: February 25, 2024, 3:07 p.m
By: Clara Wildenrath
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Lots of space: Hans Walleitner, head of the Ascholdinger Fire Department Association, in the new equipment house including the new fire engine (right).
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A second fire engine has recently been added to the Ascholdingen fire department's fleet and a new equipment shed offers more space.
Dietramszell
- The ventilation doesn't work yet, the stair railing is missing.
But the most important thing is there: the new fire engine.
The timing was perfect.
Around five weeks after the Ascholding fire department moved into its new fire station, the second emergency vehicle arrived.
The twelve-ton truck was the main reason for building the large vehicle hall on the state road: it would not have fit in the previous house from 1909.
A separate locker for all 60 firefighters
“Now the changing room is as big as the entire fire station,” says club chairman Hans Walleitner.
Finally all 60 active firefighters have a locker and enough space to change clothes;
There is a separate area and their own toilets for female members.
In the airy equipment hall, there is space next to the two vehicles for the hose drying system - “a purely in-house design,” as Walleitner emphasizes.
The hoses are already hanging on the hydraulically operated lifting frame.
The space-saving system, which replaces the classic hose tower, has not yet been in operation.
“But we are confident that it will work.”
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The 150 club members put around 2,500 hours of work into building their tool shed.
“We took on all the painting work, the paving work in the hall, on the parking lot and in the driveway, the tiling work and the wooden cladding on the outside,” says Walleitner.
The 53-year-old club boss is very pleased with how willing everyone was to help.
“When there was a work call, there were always enough people there.”
With great attention to detail
The training room on the upper floor, which is also used for club celebrations, was built entirely by ourselves.
Chairs and tables made of light solid wood radiate coziness;
The floor, doors and the bar also have a wood look.
The attention to detail is evident everywhere: a discarded fire hydrant found a new purpose as a tap, water pipes with red handles serve as curtain rods.
The Floriansjüngers bought the kitchen counter on Ebay for little money and made the cabinets and tables themselves.
The material costs were raised through a donation collection in Ascholding, reports Walleitner.
But the whole village didn't just help together financially; many people outside the club also helped out.
Every now and then he has to interrupt the tour of the house to choose the material for the curtains, which three local seamstresses provide.
It should be fire engine red – of course.
The energy concept is also well thought out: a 60-kilowatt photovoltaic system on the roof produces much more electricity than the fire station needs.
The surplus is fed into the neighboring kindergarten.
It also heats up the huge buffer storage tanks that are installed on a balcony inside the vehicle hall.
“Using the ventilation system, we get the training room decently warm within five minutes,” explains Hans Walleitner.
The first plans for the new building were drawn up ten years ago
He and his Ascholdinger Wehr had made the first plans for a new building ten years ago.
It was foreseeable that the second largest district with around 1,000 inhabitants, an industrial area and a kindergarten would need a second fire engine.
Various properties were discussed, but none turned out to be suitable.
When a large local supplier was planned on the outskirts of the town, the community had the opportunity to purchase an ideally located building site.
Despite the various current delivery difficulties that repeatedly delayed construction progress, the showcase project was ready for occupancy almost a year and a quarter after the groundbreaking ceremony.
The large car, which has been standing in the airy vehicle hall that smells of fresh wood since mid-February, was taken over by the Ascholdingen Wehr from our colleagues in Dietramszell.
It was decommissioned there after ten years of service.
Not only is it much larger and more modern than the portable pump car, which is over 30 years old, but it is also equipped with respiratory protection equipment that the Ascholdingers did not have before.
The classic car is expected to be replaced by a new vehicle in 2028, says Walleitner.
He is pleased that his defense force is now so well equipped.
“With the new car, we will also be called to operations in neighboring communities more often.”
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However, there is still one problem: you need a truck driver's license for the large vehicle.
And there are currently only eight members.
“That is not enough to ensure that someone is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.” After the community agreed to cover the costs in December, three more members started the training.
He estimates that they will have completed the exam by May at the latest.
Until then, some truck drivers from the village have offered their support: Even if they are not with the fire department, they will step in as drivers in an emergency.
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