Less bureaucracy

Fire protection reports: Making life easier for house builders

In agreement: Karl-Josef Schubert (President of the local authority association), Provincial Councillor Astrid Mair and Johannes Pleifer (LSBV CEO, right).

(Bild: Birbaumer Christof)

Leaner, smarter, faster: the Tyrolean State Office for Fire Prevention is being restructured. To this end, the building regulations are being amended. The focus is on shorter waiting times for fire safety assessments.

No one wants the traumatic experience of having to watch all their possessions go up in flames. Unfortunately, it happens again and again that all possessions are swallowed up by fire.

State office repositions itself
A loss of 43 million euros due to fires in 2023 can be quantified in Tyrol, but the pain of lost memorabilia remains unquantified. Something is now happening in firefighting.

This will benefit house builders, the Tyrol as a business location and, last but not least, our municipalities.

LR Astrid Mair (ÖVP)

Bild: Birbaumer Christof

The State Agency for Fire Prevention (LSBV) is repositioning itself, as was reported on Tuesday at a press conference with the responsible state councillor and association chairwoman Astrid Mair (ÖVP) together with Karl-Josef Schubert, president of the municipal association and LSBV CEO Johannes Pleifer.

The renewal comprises three pillars, which also includes a budget increase to a total of 1.6 million euros:

• The Tyrolean building regulations will be amended (probably in the February provincial parliament) in order to clearly define the LSBV's area of responsibility and relieve the provincial office. It will then no longer be responsible for house builders - which should also reduce bureaucracy.
• A new training model at the training institute will start in November. The LSBV is to be relieved by the trained experts.
• Restructuring of the LSBV - this will be streamlined in future.

Building and operating plant approval procedures are to be processed more quickly and the waiting times for fire protection assessments shortened.