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Blaze destroys multimillion-euro German fire station that had no alarms

www.theguardian.com Blaze destroys multimillion-euro German fire station that had no alarms

Stadtallendorf fire station was not legally required to have alarms because it was classified as a building holding equipment

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20946324

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@Blaze@sopuli.xyz

WHAT DID YOU DOOOOOO???

Edit: Does that tag him? I thought it would be clickable...

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- It seems to work with Voyager
  
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Like, how does this happen? Were there not firefighters at the fire station? Surely a fire at a fire station would be extraordinarily simple to extinguish given that everything and everyone is already assembled. State of the art? Huh? And what kind of fire code is that? You don't need a fire alarm because this building just holds equipment. Yeah. And people.

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- The home directly next door to our town fire station (less than 200 yards away) burned down when I was in high school. Also it was also the fire chief’s former house.
  
  We kinda always assumed it was for insurance money, but I really have no idea.
  
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Is there a word for multiple levels of irony?

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- In German we call that a "Schildbürgerstreich". Yeah, no kidding, we have a word especially for things like that.
  
  It refers to a foolish or absurd act, often involving a misunderstanding or misapplication of logic, typically in a humorous context - especially around buildings. The term comes from the "Schildbürger" tales, which depict the antics of the supposedly foolish citizens of the fictional town of Schildburg.
  
  Edit: the fictional town was called Schila - thanks to diplomjodler3 for pointing it out!
  
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  At least our language was prepared for that fire, when the fire department wasn't.
  
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  The town was called Schilda. Legend has it that the citizens of this town were very wise and sought after as advisors everywhere in the country. Then one day they were fed up with that and decided to be total fools from then there out.
  
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LMAO

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- Unfortunately, but yeah.
  
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  Stuff like this tends to be an "everyone assumed someone else was on it".
  
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"That's not how fires are supposed to work!"

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  "I'll just put this fire over here with the other fire"
  
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I have a dream. It's not a big dream, it's just a little dream. My dream - and I hope you don't find this too crazy - is that I would like the people of this community to feel that if, God forbid, there were a fire, calling the fire department would actually be a wise thing to do. You can't have people, if their houses are burning down, saying, "Whatever you do, don't call the fire department!" That would be bad.

C.D. Bales, Roxanne

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Where's that sour note playing Riker when you need him?

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