Rosenbauer Fire Appliance
A fire appliance: less a vehicle than a portable installation taken to the incident.
Overview
A fire appliance gathers pump, water tank, hose layout and equipment lockers on a single chassis. Its job is not only to travel but to establish a system where it arrives.
Design is governed by response time and set-up time. Locker layout, how hose is deployed and ladder access directly affect the outcome in work measured in seconds.
Carrying water means weight, and weight reduces speed. The balance between tank volume and acceleration is set against the city's water infrastructure and response distances — the same vehicle is not right everywhere.
Details
- Brand
- Rosenbauer
- Category
- Fire Appliance
- Body
- Fire appliance
- Propulsion
- dizel
- Produced
- 1990–