The NPM also asked the Federal Ministry of the Interior for information on when a decision can be expected regarding a national solution to the problem of toilet areas with no or insufficient partitioning and which police detention centres are currently under consideration. As of the editorial deadline of this report, the Ministry had not yet replied.  Budgetary priority should be given to planning and implementing the construction of structurally partitioned toilet facilities in cells for multiple inmates at all police detention centres. 2.6.2.5. Fire prevention at police detention centres In February 2015, there was a tragic fatality at the Villach police detention centre. Shortly after 5:00 a.m., the officers of the Villach police station brought an inebriated prisoner to the police detention centre. At 5:40 a.m., the detainee was in the cell area. At 5:50 a.m., a law enforcement officer checked the cell when he smelled heavy smoke and immediately sounded the alarm. The cell door became stuck and could not be opened right away. Apparently, the inmate had set a mattress on fire in the cell, which he first leaned against the cell door from the inside. After the cell door was opened, the detainee was found dead due to the massive amount of smoke generated. Fatality at the Villach police detention centre Due to this case, the NPM asked the Federal Ministry of the Interior for information regarding the fire protection measures in the Villach police detention centre and other police detention centres. The Federal Ministry of the Interior explained the existing fire protection precautions in police detention centres as follows: every inmate cell generally constitutes an individual fire compartment. The prisoner areas as such are divided into small fire sub-compartments. There is a boundary to each of the individual smoke or fire compartments. There is an alarm button in the inmate cell so that the detainees can activate an alarm if there is a fire. Fire alarm systems are installed in police detention centres that are newly built, added on to or remodelled by order of the competent (building) authorities. In old buildings, the competent police departments have already ordered technical or structural upgrades by creating fire compartments and installing smoke control doors to maximise fire safety. Fire alarm systems (sensors to detect differences in temperature, fire alarms, etc.) which are suitable for residential rooms are generally not suitable for inmate cells. Experience has shown that this equipment is consistently misused, which does not permit a certain detection. No fire alarms in inmate cells Therefore, current fire protection concepts aim at early detection of the fire by detainees and guards. The appropriate structural and organisational fire protection measures are based on the size, location and furnishings of the detention facility and follow the relevant statutory provisions. The organisational fire protection measures in police detention centres must be coordinated with the building owners 134