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With the new fire service funding guidelines, we have once again massively increased fire service funding. This was announced today by Bavarias Minister of the Interior Joachim Herrmann. Overall, we have put together a comprehensive package of measures with an annual volume of more than 22 million euros, with which we are providing future-oriented support to our communities and their fire services. The fire service funding guidelines (FwZR) have been extended for a further three years until December 31, 2027 and their content has been revised in this context. +++
According to Herrmann, the improvements include new funding options for new fire station construction: In the future, funding for general renovations will also be possible, and at the same fixed funding amounts as for a new building. In this way, we are creating a clear incentive to continue using existing buildings, making a contribution to sustainability and helping to ensure that fewer areas are sealed. Funding for gender-segregated sanitary facilities in existing fire stations is also possible for the first time. This is important in order to be able to attract women to the fire service, explained Herrmann.
In addition, according to the minister, smaller fire brigades and rural areas in particular should receive support. We have increased the fixed amount for the first and second parking spaces for a new building or a general renovation of a fire station from 121,000 euros to 160,000 euros. Smaller communities in rural areas in particular will benefit from this significant increase of around a third, as well as from the 25 percent increase in the fixed funding amounts for four standard vehicle types. The Free State has also made significant improvements for the particularly burdened fire brigades with a section of motorway or a multi-lane expressway: They can look forward to the increase in the fixed amounts for the required special vehicles by 25 percent each. Finally, training in the rural districts should also be supported more. Therefore, funding of 250,000 euros for the construction of a training house will be possible in the future. To this end, the state fire brigade schools are currently designing a modular model plan that will significantly improve the practical training and training opportunities on site, explained the minister.
As of June 1, 2023, the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior had already significantly increased fire brigade funding: the fixed amounts for fire station funding were doubled, and the fixed amounts for the procurement of fire engines and equipment were increased by 30 percent.
