Region's first fully electric fire engine launched in Dubai

Dubai: Dubai Civil Defence inaugurated its first totally electrical hearth engine within the area throughout an occasion on the World Commerce Middle right here.

The truck is totally powered by electrical energy and its quicker and extra environment friendly than common hearth engines.

Civil Defence Director Main Common Rashid Thani Al Matroushi stated the state-of-the-art truck is 20 per cent quicker than the common ones and it takes lower than one hour to totally recharge it. The automobile can run for about 500 kilometres on one full cost.

“It is 30 per cent more efficient than the regular ones and has a control system to connect it directly with the command room. Six firefighters can be on the truck and it is environment friendly, manoeuvrable and safe,” stated Al Matroushi throughout the opening of Customized Present Emirates.

“The truck is part of the smart system of trucks and machines based on highest standards of safety and firefighting. It will develop our key role in saving and protecting lives and properties,” Al Matroushi added.

The brand new revolutionary know-how has been developed by Rosenbauer Group, one of many world’s three largest producers of fire-service automobiles and firefighting tools.

The truck has strain shops in entrance and on each the edges with a tank quantity of 4,000 litres and with 300 litres of froth compound. It has a fast recharge system that may attain 80 per cent cost in 40 minutes. “The vehicle has four cameras and a device to measure the level of water and foam in the tanks. It can operate between six and eight hours,” Al Matroushi added.