The Dubai Department of Civil Aviation has acquired a new fire engine – a Rosenbauer Rapid Intervention Vehicle. This vehicle is primarily intended for actively combating aircraft fire and to facilitate evacuation of occupants. The vehicle is an all-wheel drive and also suited for rough cross country conditions.
Built of lightweight materials and with the top speed of approximately 115 kilometers per hour, the vehicle has the capacity to reach the scene of an emergency rapidly and with high mobility.
One of the highlight of the vehicles is that it is has a special camera mounted on the top, in front of the vehicle. This camera has the drivers enhanced vision system (DEVS) and aids in the three difficult aspects of poor visibility response – navigating to the accident site, locating he accident and negotiating the terrain and obstacles on the way to the accident site. — (menareport.com)
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