EANS-News: Rosenbauer International AG / Concept Fire Truck / Rosenbauer presents a concept study for the fire truck of the future (with photo)

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- A multifunctional basic concept for universal applicability - A new
type of vehicle architecture offers optimized ergonomics - An
alternative drive concept results in low emission and noise Levels

During its 150th birthday celebrations, Rosenbauer presented a
concept study with which the Austrian fire service supplier was again
able to underline its claim to technological leadership. The Concept
Fire Truck (CFT) provides a foretaste of the fire truck of tomorrow,
Rosenbauer's development engineers having focused on the vehicle
architecture that emerges during the design process when a systematic
and uncompromising emphasis is placed on the demands that the fire
services will face in years to come.

Form follows function The result is an extremely compact and
maneuverable emergency vehicle with a highly functional design, which
above all sets new ergonomic benchmarks. This is a vehicle that can
be easily and safely operated from ground level, and no longer
requires firefighters to "climb" into the cabin. Indeed, this is
truck that is more reminiscent of a command center than a crew
transporter. Moreover, it is a vehicle which when on the move and in
operation is extremely efficient and only produces very limited
exhaust and noise emissions.

The Concept Fire Truck constitutes a multipurpose emergency vehicle
in every regard. There is room in its optimized spatial concept for
the complete range of equipment that the fire services require for
their various operations. It is a firefighting vehicle with a pump
and tank on board, a rescue with hydraulic recovery equipment in the
equipment compartments, a universal fire truck that can store a vast
quantity of special equipment in its rear section and a ambulance,
which with just a few simple adjustments can be so converted as to
allow the provision of initial medical treatment to injured persons
and their subsequent transport in a lying position.

Initial answers Current social and technical changes, such as shifts
in demographic structure, digitalization, etc. will also have an
impact on fire service organization and technology. Accordingly, with
its Concept Fire Truck Rosenbauer seeks to provide an initial
response to some of the questions relating to the day after tomorrow.

What must fire service technology look like when ever-fewer
firefighters are available during the day, a growing number of women
and older persons will be active in the emergency services, and with
increasing frequency, professional fire fighters will require the
assistance of volunteers? Nothing will change with respect to the
need for robustness, freedom from defects and reliability, but as far
as handling is concerned, all the user groups must be better served.

How must a fire truck be designed in order to allow even more universal
deployment? Fire service operational statistics show a clear trend, as
especially in conurbations and urban areas, units are increasingly involved with
technical and rescue emergencies, while the numbers of firefighting responses
remains relatively stable. Vehicles with a multifunctional range of equipment
already represent the answer to these diverse challenges, but in the future this
multiplicity will have to apply not only to the equipment payload, but also the
entire vehicle.

And how can stricter exhaust gas regulations and the social demand for reduced
pollutant and noise emissions be taken into practical account in a fire truck?
This question leads inevitably to reflections upon the subject of alternative
drive concepts.

A completely new philosophy

It was the innumerable theoretical considerations of this type that
in the final analysis prompted Rosenbauer's development engineers to
adopt a new and untrodden path for the Concept Fire Truck study.
Consequently, the chassis, driver's cab and superstructure (with or
without an integrated crew cabin) constitute a single unit. This
provides decisive advantages with regard to vehicle dynamics and
stability, as well as a low height in tandem with improved use of
space and greater crew protection. The crew and driver cabins are
merged to form a barrier-free compartment, which can be modified for
every operation.

The Concept Fire Truck is therefore not a further development, but
instead embodies a completely new approach. It is a design study that
focuses on the claim to provide the functions necessary in the fire
service field, while being more ergonomic, universal and
environmentally-friendly than anything previously seen in the fire
industry.

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Further inquiry note:
Rosenbauer International AG
Mag. Gerda Königstorfer
Tel.: 0732/6794-568
gerda.koenigstorfer@rosenbauer.com

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company: Rosenbauer International AG
Paschingerstrasse 90
A-4060 Leonding
phone: +43(0)732 6794 568
FAX: +43(0)732 6794 89
mail: ir@rosenbauer.com
WWW: www.rosenbauer.com
sector: Machine Manufacturing
ISIN: AT0000922554
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