Police detention centres X The fire protection standard in police detention shall be aligned with that applicable for correctional institutions at least. X The Federal Ministry of the Interior should develop an overall strategy for the nationwide standardised organisation of preventive and reactive fire protection and enforce standards. X All of the cells used for longer-term police detention should have suitable, automatic fire detection systems. 2.6.7 Staff shortages in Hernalser Gürtel and Roßauer Lände police detention centres The NPM continued its ex-officio examination of the precarious staffing situation in the two Vienna police detention centres in the year under review. As presented in the NPM Report 2019 (p. 166 et seq.), the NPM considered the staffing shortages and effects thereof very problematic. The Federal Ministry of the Interior claimed that it had discussed the many reports of short-term restrictions to open detention pending forced return in the two police detention centres with the Vienna Police Department already in autumn 2019. An examination of the number of permanent positions and the actual staffing situation did not identify any irregularities, deviations or even understaffing. A precise analysis of the work processes and the required effort in relation to the detention capacity is planned. No evidence of understaffing identified by the Ministry As the majority of reports about the closure of open detention pending forced return in 2019 and also in 2020 mentioned understaffing as a cause, the NPM pursued the problem. The Federal Ministry of the Interior recently promised a precise analysis of the situation, which was not complete at the end of 2020. Further examinations announced The NPM will continue to monitor the steps taken by the Federal Ministry of the Interior to improve the staffing situation, particularly since it emerged on a follow-up visit to Hernalser Gürtel police detention centre in July 2020 that the calculation of the number of permanent positions was 15 years old. Furthermore, a monitoring visit to Roßauer Lände police detention centre in October 2020 showed that 50 additional employees would be required to maintain the proper operation of the centre. 146