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Floriani resignation: “embers” after crisis summit

Unclear risk situation: There is no precise incident report on the meeting between the Florianis and the mayor.

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The people of Dürnkrut were eagerly awaiting more detailed information about the meeting held on Wednesday between Mayor Stefan Istvanek and the fire department command. Will the dispute over the emergency vehicle continue? Both sides report a basically positive outcome - but are keeping quiet about the details.

As reported, the Florianis had threatened to resign if the municipal leadership did not keep its promises regarding the purchase of a new emergency vehicle (HLF3). The sticking point: the assurances were made under Istvanek's predecessor Herbert Bauch.

The bone of contention is a new fire engine for the Dürnkrut Florianis.

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Meeting should bring first solutions
The meeting on Wednesday was expected to produce solutions, especially as the Gänserndorf district fire brigade commander Georg Schicker had been involved in advance as a mediator. The disappointment after the meeting was all the greater: it is not clear from the statements whether the "fire" has now been extinguished.

"It was a positive conversation," said fire department commander Josef Baumgartner briefly on the phone, with almost identical comments from Mayor Istvanek. Even when asked that if things went well, they could at least let the public know how things were progressing, both remained silent.

The conversation was positive. I won't say anything about the next steps. And you will hear exactly the same from the head of the fire department.

Stefan Istvanek, Dürnkruts Bürgermeister, setzt auf Geheimhaltung

After all, there is legitimate interest in the village: Many Dürnkrut residents were always enthusiastic about the fire department festival - which has since been canceled at short notice - whether as Floriani or supporters.

Florianis rolled up the case: Online explanation the evening before 
The case is not only irritating for insiders, as the fire department had issued a very detailed statement the evening before, which documents the case in detail - with minutes of discussions since the beginning of 2017: "You may be able to understand from our detailed statement that we have been begging and pleading for many years now for the issue to be seriously addressed," it read, among other things.

Now the discussion is shifting to "internal village grapevine" - and inevitably also to social media: "The general public understands what it wants to understand and reads things between the lines that are not there," it says.