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This brand new truck, built by Austrian manufacturer Rosenbauer, wasn’t your traditional diesel-powered machine. Instead, this one was lauded as “America’s first elect America's First ...
In 1908, Rosenbauer started producing gas-powered pumps. The first fire truck was built 1918. In 1926, the new Automobilspritzengesellschaft Lohner & Rosenbauer shipped its first vehicle to China. From 1930 onward, Rosenbauer was also able to produce its own two-stroke engines (today, engines are provided by others, notably BMW and Volkswagen).
Rosenbauer Panther is a model of airport crash tender produced by Austrian manufacturer Rosenbauer. It exists in 4x4 , 6x6 and 8x8 versions, with a 6x6 electric version in development. The 8x8 version accommodates 14,500 litres (3,830 gallons) of fire extinguishing agents and a maximum speed of 140 km/h (87 mph), with an operating weight of 40 ...
Pages in category "Fire service vehicle manufacturers" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Whiting's electric fire engine. William H. H. Whiting was an insurance adjustor and auditor with a special interest in fire prevention. Mr. Whiting made improvements to the design of an electric fire engine which was granted a patent (#632,665) in 1899. the principal points are the special combination of motor, a rotary force-pump, controller and safety-valve, and automatic stop-motion.
The E-ONE Vector is an all-electric fire truck. [27] REV Fire Group's Vector fire truck is the first full-electric North American fire truck. [27] It has been ordered in Charlotte, North Carolina, [28] Varennes, Quebec, [27] and Mesa, Arizona, [29] and Toronto, Canada, [30] and was used in the 2023 Daytona 500. [31]
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The Ward LaFrance Truck Corporation was an American manufacturer of trucks and fire apparatus founded by Addison Ward LaFrance in 1916 in Elmira Heights, NY. [1] The company ceased operations in 1979. LaFrance was a relative of Truckson LaFrance, the founder of the similarly named fire apparatus manufacturer American LaFrance.