React native push notification for local notification without firebase not possible

React Native project with push notifications, I use this: https://github.com/zo0r/react-native-push-notification

I follow this tutorial: https://apiko.com/blog/react-native-push-notifications/

I only need local notifications. But if I run this project I get an error 'default firebaseapp is not initialized in this process'.

I follow this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/40085096 and get a google service.json from firebase to make it start (notification don't show up unfortunately). But is this also possible without firebase?