30 NEW FIRE ENGINES FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN LATVIA

WISS Poland already delivered 30 new fire engines to the fire departments in Latvia in 2022. As part of the modernization of the vehicle fleet, 30 more vehicles will follow this year. The Latvian Ministry of the Interior is investing around 30 million euros in these measures.

A Mercedes UNIMOK 4x4 with a crew cab was chosen as the chassis for the water tender. The all-terrain vehicle replaces some of the 20-year-old fire engines in rural areas of Latvia. Equipped with an FPN 10-2000 centrifugal fire pump and a 2,500 l water tank, it is mainly used to supply water to building fires and to fight forest fires.

Extinguishing technology from FireDos is used in the extinguishing vehicles to proportion the foam agent. An FD3000 proportioning system installed in the rear above the pump supplies one pressure outlet B on the left and one on the right with foam agent at the push of a button. To ensure the correct proportioning rate of every foam agent available in Latvia, the FireDos proportioner is capable of proportioning foam agent at 6%, 3% and 1%. Equipped with a start-up flow reduction, the proportioning range extends from 140 - 3,000 l/min. Particularly practical: operation is completely remote-controlled via pneumatic ball valves.

After the first 30 fire engines were very well received by the Latvian fire departments, the Ministry of the Interior decided to procure a further 30 identical vehicles this year. These are currently being manufactured at the main WISS plant in Bielsko-Biala, Poland.