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Firefighters in a diligent state - start planning in 2025
As the Riedstadt press office reports, the city council has cleared the way for the construction of a new fire brigade base for Erfelden and Goddelau on March 13, 2025. After examining the structural states at the existing fire station, the committees raised the previously imposed blocking notice. This can start the necessary preliminary examinations, reports and land use planning this year.
Inspection shows significant defects in existing fire brigade houses
Before the decision, the members of the building committee visited the fire brigade locations in Erfelden and Goddelau to get an idea of the circumstances. The tours with city fire inspector Markus Kölsch and the respective military leaders revealed massive defects:
- In Erfelden:
- Too small vehicle halls, inadequate parking spaces
- Missing storage options, which means that equipment has to be stored in the hall
- No black and white separation in clothing washing, operational clothing hangs in diesel exhaust gases
- Water damage, dilapidated roof, missing separate showers for women and men
- In Goddelau:
- Provisional building from 2000 with non-regulatory entry and exit
- Too small changing rooms, incoming and deploying emergency services get in the way
- Only a functional shower, dilapidated roof
- Inadequate workshop for maintaining breathing apparatus
New building on the B44 is supposed to make fire departments sustainable
In view of these conditions, the volunteer fire brigades and Goddelau decided to build a common base in 2022. This is to be built on a property on the B44 / K156 - compared to the former McDonald's. In addition to modern vehicle and storage rooms, a central warehouse for the entire fire brigade Riedstadt is also accommodated there to relieve the district weirs.
Despite the obvious necessity, the city council had initially provided investments in the project with a blocking notice in order to check alternative solutions. After the tour it became clear that a renovation of the existing fire station is not a sensible option. Therefore, the committees unanimously raised the blocking notice and enabled the planning to start.
Next steps: Construction planning begins in 2025
The city council has decided that the following measures will be initiated in 2025:
- Preliminary examinations and reports on the construction project
- Introduction of the land use plan procedure with a change in the land use plan
- Installation of a development plan for the fire department site
- Planning the development and open spaces
- Announcement of the planning orders on the municipal award center (KVZ) Groß-Gerau
The design and approval plans must be presented to the city council for the final resolution. Mayor Marcus Kretschmann emphasized the urgency of the project: “The new building is without alternative. The current situation of the fire brigades endangers operational readiness. A quick implementation is required. "
(Riedstadt - Red/PSR)
The military leader Thomas Henzelmann and city fire inspector Markus Kölsch showed committee members the fully made vehicle hall of the volunteer fire brigade in Erfelden.
(Photo Stadt Riedstadt)
