Visit to the new fire station

Tour with the district administrator from Beckum to Neubeckum

The district administrator's second summer bike tour took Dr Olaf Gericke and representatives of the district administration to Beckum on the hottest day of the year so far.

26 August 2024
Group picture
District of Warendorf
  • On top of the tower with a great view of the new station: from left: Elmar Liekenbröcker (Head of the Law, Safety and Order Department of the City of Beckum), Barbara Emmrich (Technical Director of Beckum Municipal Enterprises), Arnulf-Alexander Sonnenburg (Head of the Internal Administration Department of the City of Beckum), Dr Christian Hofbauer (Head of the Environment and Construction Department of the City of Beckum), Kerstin Butz (Press Office of the District of Warendorf), Dr Herbert Bleicher (Head of the Environment Department of the District of Warendorf), Mayor Michael Gerdhenrich, District Administrator Dr Olaf Gericke, Jürgen Plagwitz (Deputy Head of the Building Management Department of the City of Beckum), Dr Herbert Bleicher (Head of the Warendorf District Environmental Department), Mayor Michael Gerdhenrich, District Administrator Dr Olaf Gericke, Jürgen Plagwitz (Deputy Head of Facility Management for the City of Beckum), Cornelia Baumann (Head of the Education, Culture and Leisure Department for the City of Beckum), Marcus Scheele (Head of the Beckum Fire Brigade) and Pascal Kramer (Beckum Fire Brigade).

Mayor Michael Gerdhenrich and the top management of the town of Beckum awaited the guests from Warendorf at the Jahnstadion. The group cycled past the Blue Lagoon via Münsterkamp and Annecke-Straße before travelling along Vorhelmer Straße towards Beckum-Roland.

Shady cycle paths led past the Dyckerhoff site and finally brought the cyclists to their destination: the new fire and rescue station on Wickingstraße in Neubeckum. After only three years of construction, a state-of-the-art station has been built here at a cost of around 7 million euros and will be officially opened in September.

Marcus Scheele, Head of Fire Service and Fire Protection, welcomed the group of visitors and emphasised the good cooperation between the full-time rescue service and the volunteer fire brigade.

The station was built to be energy self-sufficient, so that power and heating failures cannot affect it. Scheele: "It's warm and bright here. Always. " During the tour, it became clear that the building was designed to be barrier-free so that, for example, wheelchair users can also work in the fire station. The vehicle hall offers space for five vehicles and is equipped with floor reinforcements for roll-off containers. The training room with adjoining kitchenette can accommodate up to 30 people. There are also rest rooms, a sports room as well as office and communal rooms in the station.

District Administrator Dr Gericke: "This great police station is a great asset for the whole of Beckum. The people here can be confident that they will receive fast and competent help when they need it."

Mayor Michael Gerdhenrich is particularly pleased about the good neighbourly relations: "The residents have given the emergency services a warm welcome, because there is no safer place to live than next to a fire and rescue station."