A common room with a flair

Initiative: "Community centre with a climate"
Originator: Wyszyna Voluntary Fire Brigade
Location: Wyszyna, Municipality of Stara Biała
Implementation date: 06/2015-09/2015

Description of the problem encountered: The TSO building is the centre of the cultural and social life of the village. Due to the poor condition of the roofing, local meetings and events are limited during the winter and rainy season. Due to the leaking roof, there was dampness in the building, which caused the walls of the building to become increasingly worse. Mould had appeared. The building was generating high electrical heating costs during the winter season, even with little use of the building.

Actions:
- replacement of the entire roofing with environmentally friendly coated tile;
- educational and informational meetings for the local community on securing the site against local flooding by the Wierzbica River, the effects of grass burning.

Results:
Replacement of the roof sheathing of the volunteer fire station building, which will improve the technical condition of the building. The site will be used by the local community to host a range of meetings, special events, festivals and all kinds of sporting and cultural events. Thanks to the investment, costs associated with space heating and energy consumption will be reduced, which will have a positive impact on improving the environment. There will also be an increase in community awareness of how to protect the area from local flooding and the effects of grass burning.

Replacing the roof covering of the volunteer fire station in Wyszyn

The initiative "A common room with a climate" of the Wyszyn Volunteer Fire Brigade was implemented as part of the project "Local ecological civic initiatives - together for the environment" of the Foundation for the Development of Polish Agriculture and financed by the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management.

RESULTS OF PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION

The following investment activities were carried out as part of the project:

- the old roof covering was removed,

- the roof surface on the north side was levelled,

- vapour-permeable foil was installed and new roof tiles were laid,

- two roofs were made over the entrances and one over the garage entrance,

- soffits and guttering were installed.

Educational activities were also carried out. A number of thematic meetings were organised to which the inhabitants of the municipality of Biała and the surrounding area were invited:

"No to black smoke"