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New fire station in Book: Finally after 12 years of waiting!
On June 13, 2025, the new fire station in Book will be ceremoniously opened after a 12-year wait. Cost: €1.6 million.
New fire station in Book: Finally after 12 years of waiting!
The community of Book near Löcknitz, in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, is celebrating the inauguration of its new fire station today, June 13, 2025. After more than 12 years of planning and waiting, the time has finally come: The newly built fire station costs a total of 1.6 million euros and offers state-of-the-art facilities for the firefighters and the youth fire department.
The project, which was built as a prefabricated hall on former church land, offers comprehensive facilities. This includes training and youth fire brigade rooms, changing rooms, parking spaces for two emergency vehicles and equipment rooms for fire brigade equipment. Despite the high overall costs, the community had to raise its own contribution of around 600,000 euros, with financing secured by taking out a loan.
Why a new fire station is so important
Firefighting is a central task of the municipalities in their own area of activity. It's not just about staffing, but also about material equipment and infrastructure. Investments in fire stations are often very high. New requirements arise from safety and health protection, for example to prevent diesel soot emissions and the spread of contamination government-mv.de reported.
The need for new construction and expansion of fire stations is enormous. The spatial planning not only has to comply with modern DIN standards, increasing the vehicle widths and heights also plays a role. There is still a significant need for investment in the area of fire stations in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, which is also being explored through regional needs surveys and funding measures.
Financial support opportunities
Financing such projects is a challenge, but there are various funding measures that communities can support. Loud safe-firefighting.de There are subsidies for municipal investments in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, which also affect fire stations. It is important that the security requirements are also taken into account.
When building or renovating fire stations, financial resources must be planned in order to be able to implement the necessary safety measures. In order to eliminate safety deficiencies, construction planning is often necessary, but this is often postponed for financial reasons. Therefore, local fire departments have a high need for well-equipped and modern fire stations in order to be prepared for their operations.
Overall, the example of the new fire station in Book shows how important a successful interaction between planning, financial support and the actual needs of the local fire departments is. Municipalities must see the implementation of such projects as part of their framework in order to ensure the safety of their citizens and that the emergency services are optimally equipped.