Falcon (fire engine)
The Falcon was a fire engine that was manufactured by Rosenbauer International AG in Austria .
The first vehicle of this then new generation of municipal vehicles was delivered to the Frankfurt am Main fire brigade on March 7, 1986 after a two-year planning and construction period from the main plant in Leonding .
For the first time, a body was not built on a series chassis from truck production, but a complete fire engine was developed. A specially developed titanium two-axle chassis with permanent all-wheel drive served as the base unit . The fire truck had a 2,000 to 3,700 liter water tank and a 200 liter foam compound container. It had a combined normal high pressure pump. The fire engine was powered by a 280 hp Mercedes-Benz V8 engine with 14,620 cm³.
The large, lightweight cabin with aluminum coating offered space for nine people. The structure also consisted of an aluminum construction with screwed light metal profiles. The pump system in front of the vehicle cabin and the control station located there were unusual.
Vehicles went z. B. to the volunteer fire brigades in Amstetten , Düren , Hall in Tirol , Niederbipp and Wartau SG. The professional fire brigades Offenbach am Main , Zurich and Madrid followed . This vehicle is also available from the VEKA AG plant fire brigade in Sendenhorst and the plant fire brigade in the M-real paper and pulp mill in Hallein .
The vehicle, which was supposed to usher in a new generation of vehicle models, was not tailored to the needs of the fire services. The Falcon was very susceptible to repairs, which meant that it was often out of action for long periods of time for the fire service.
Further vehicles of this type were therefore no longer built. The Falcon remained one of the smallest vehicle series with around 20 vehicles.
literature
- Axel Johanßen: German fire engines of all time. 4th edition. Podszun, Brilon 2000, ISBN 3-86133-102-0 .
Web links
- ↑ Fire engines of the Amstetten Volunteer Fire Brigade accessed on September 1, 2010