Renault Trucks delivers 22 fire trucks to Madrid

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Renault Trucks Press Release  /  May 23, 2016

The City of Madrid has just taken delivery of 22 Renault Trucks firefighting vehicles. These are D 4x4 Forest Fire Tenders from the Fire&rescue range. They will be used for firefighting operations and other missions in challenging environments. The bodywork was produced by the ITURRI Group, Spain’s leading bodybuilder for firefighting vehicles.

Madrid’s firefighting brigade has just taken delivery of 22 new vehicles to help them in carrying out their assignments. These are Renault Trucks D 4x4 14 ton forest firefighting tenders, fitted with 280 hp Euro 6 engines. Their bodies were mounted by the ITURRI manufacturing group, in compliance with the technical requirements this type of vehicle demands and with particular attention paid to the safety of the personnel they will be carrying.

These all-terrain vehicles are designed for firefighting, assistance and rescue missions of people in dangerous situations or in particularly hard to access locations around the city of Madrid. In particular, the Renault Trucks D vehicles feature protection for the electrical and pneumatic circuits as standard provided by fire resistant sheathing.

The tank has a capacity of 3,080 L, 500 L of which are devoted to the vehicle’s own protection. This consists of a system which protects the cab and the tyres by projecting water onto them if the vehicle becomes trapped in the middle of a fire zone.

Renault Trucks offers a comprehensive Fire&Rescue range capable of meeting the needs of fire fighters and the specific needs of their profession. This consists of 4x2, 6x4, 8x4 and 6x2 vehicles, as well as 4x4 and 6x6 all-wheel drives specifically designed for firefighting and rescue operations.

The Renault Trucks fire-fighting range comprises 4x2, 6x4, 8x4 and 6x2 vehicles as well as 4x4, 6x6 and 8x8 all-wheel drive vehicles specially designed for fire-fighting and emergency services.

This range offers the following models:

• Master and Maxity rapid urban intervention vehicles (VPI), urban victim rescue and assistance vehicles (VSAV) and urban road and rail accident intervention and rescue vehicles (VSR)

• Renault Trucks D12 light fire tender truck (FPTL)

• Renault Trucks D15 4x2 and 4x4 fire tender truck (FPT)

• Renault Trucks D14 4x4 off-road rural fire tanker tender (CCR)

• Renault Trucks D14 4x4 all-terrain forest fire tanker tender (CCF)

• Les Renault Trucks C, K, D and D WIDE are adapted to large-capacity tanker truck uses, cradle carrier, aerial ladder vehicle and articulated boom elevator (BEA).

   

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