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The biggest order so far for these electric pumpers. Advanced features in addition to the electric drive include four wheel drive as well as four wheel steering - and a suspension system which offers four different levels of ground clearance. These are low for loading/unloading, normal for driving on roads, high for off road driving, and ultra high for negotiating flood waters.

In addition to its batteries, it has a BMW diesel powered generator as a standby if needed after the battery power has expired, which is rated at around four hours at full power. The first Berlin prototype was in service at three different city fire stations for more than eighteen months and never had to use the standby generator during all this time.

Although different fire services acquiring these have built them to their own local standard specifications, the design offers pumps up to 4500 LPM, water tanks up to 4000 liters, crew cabs from four to nine seats, and a variety of options including high pressure hose reel systems, a remote control roof monitor and both class A CAFS and class B foam systems.

I have not been able to get any idea how expensive these are, or whether Rosenbauer is subsidizing pricing, but it seems Berlin is likely to give them a large order, if they have not already done so….

Added by Rob Johnson on 19 August 2024.

Berlin acquired 5RT in July24 total 6RT now! Paris Airports got 2, Orly & Roissy, probably to show-off for the Olympics!? Officially about 1 million Euro!

Added by Jacques Peter on 20 August 2024.

I meant 1million Euro per rig!

Added by Jacques PETER on 20 August 2024.

Understood. And quite probably a subsidized price at that level too!

Added by Rob Johnson on 21 August 2024.

Not sure is these blue-beige lights at the cabin are for the electric battery level?

Added by Jacques Peter on 23 August 2024.

Could be. It would certainly be quite a good idea. In the US it is common to have a stack of colored lights on the side of pumpers to indicate the level of water remaining in the on board tank, but these are usually red, orange, yellow, blue and green from empty to full. Given that these are blue and orange, another possibility is that they are simply a combination of blue warning lights and amber turn signals.

Some day we will know!

Added by Rob Johnson on 25 August 2024.

Interesting that one of these has been bought by a VOLUNTEER fire company in Germany. Amazing what you can spend on a piece of equipment like this when all your personnel are unpaid volunteers!

Added by Rob Johnson on 01 October 2024.

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