Perfectly Matched
The PANTHER of today is essentially the product of 30 years of further development with the constant goal of being the best ARFF vehicle for emergency crews. However, even if this target is always the [...]
Consistent further development: the Rosenbauer Rescue Stairs in new top form
As already mentioned in several blog articles, the Rescue Stairs is a special technical development by Rosenbauer that primarily supports the access of firefighting and rescue teams into an aircraft and the monitored evacuation of [...]
Safety mission for aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF) vehicles – Cab & assistance systems
In the last part of the blog series "Safety mission for aircraft rescue and fire fighting vehicles," the topics of vehicle stability and driving dynamics were examined in more detail. In this part, we focus [...]
Rescue stairs: the height makes all the difference.
This may not be a well-known fact, but escape stairs are often an airport fire department's most commonly deployed vehicle. The essential purposes of rescue stairs can be expressed in a nutshell as creating quick [...]
Right in the middle of things – ARFF Working Group Confrence
"Global Partners Working Together for Aviation Fire Safety & Protection" – it was under this slogan that the joint conference of the ARFF Working Group and the Airport Fire Officers Association (AFOA) was held from [...]
Safety mission for aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF) vehicles – stability and driving dynamics
As already mentioned in the last blog post about the electronic braking system EBS of ARFF vehicles and the electronic directional stabilization program ESC, safety awareness is becoming more and more important for the fire [...]
Even more safety for the PANTHER
To provide the fastest possible assistance at airports, the PANTHER has a correspondingly high engine power and acceleration values. One of the many requirements is to quickly deliver large amounts of extinguishing agent to any [...]