Comments by "Keit Hammleter" (@keithammleter3824) on "Oops! Lithium battery BURNS DOWN a FIRE STATION...! | MGUY Australia" video.

  1. There's nothing sinister about the words used in English language new reports. Its just how some journalist, probably using an AI translator, translated the original German report, which clearly stated it was an electric fire truck with lithium batteries and onboard charging, just like any other EV. The German reports focused on the fact that some beaurocrat decided a fire station did not need a fire alarm
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  2.  @EnjoyFirefighting  Read the original German report. As to a fire station not legally needing a fire alarm - that may be permitted under the building code in Germany - I am not familiar with German building codes. It would not be permitted here in Australia. But a fire station without a fire alarm is like a police station that is not locked when the cops go home - sooner or later they WILL regret it - when they get robbed. It both cases it is really the taxpayer who carries the loss, and has an expectation that the State will protect its infrastructure.
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  3.  @EnjoyFirefighting  If, as you say, a fire station is not staffed (or not staffed 24x7), then it definitely needs a fire alarm. Most of the smaller fire stations in Australia are run by volunteers too. They have a system whereby their home or nominated phones are called, and they proceed first to the station to get their vehicles and equipment. A smoke alarm is what a building fire alarm actually is. Depending on the building's size, worth, and purpose, it may be domestic-style ceiling smoke detectors with internal beepers, or sophisticated systems incorporating VESDA (air sucking particle chamber detector) with remote monitoring. Here is Australia, small town police stations are not staffed 24x7 - they may have only one or two policemen, who must have time off to sleep and eat etc, and spend time out and about chasing crime. But it matters not, really, what the staffing levels are. Fire stations and police stations are infrastructure owned by the State, and must be secure. I found several German media reports about their fire-station - they all had the same wording.
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