Down in La-La Land they are testing an Electric Fire Truck, $1.2M
What's the 0 to 60?
What's the 0 to 60?
Electric Fire Truck?
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Because we all know how well water and electricity go together. And "is equipped with a 360 kW electric powertrain and a 132 kWh battery pack, which is good for two hours of operation." That doesn't seem very useful. Aren't fire trucks at those brush fires all day long?
That thing won’t last long pumping water. They will need to be equipped with an auxiliary diesel powered water pump or it will be an epic failure.
It has a gas powered range extender for longer jobs.
There are already electric fire trucks that are already equipped that way as a PHEV
The EV units sometimes can accelerate faster than a traditional firetruck
Can the ev firetruck extinguish itself?
I doubt it. It would have to be equipped with fire fighting foam.
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How many millions of dollars could be saved if the BITOG panel of experts would be consulted first about these things?
BTW there's a difference between a fire truck and a fire engine.
BTW there's a difference between a fire truck and a fire engine.
City of Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley commented on the new electric vehicle:
That’s a relief! Now they can breathe more smoke and soot out in the field.
The funniest thing in the article is the LA fire chief bragging about creating diesel emission free space around the fire engines for the fire fighters to be healthier. Bwah ha ha ha. I guess the emissions from standing around burning buildings and brush fires aren't a concern..
"Who thinks our city fathers can make us give up our horse drawn steam powered pumpers. We're gonna have to send the horses to the glue factory and shoot our dalmatians. Dont you know those trucks run on tanks full of explosive gasoline? You want to park those new fangeled things next to a burning flying machine factory?"
I get all that. However, the electric fire truck cannot pump enough water. Therefore, an auxiliary diesel pump will need to be fitted. From: fireapparatusmagazine.com
The Madison Volterra is on a Pierce Enforcer™ custom chassis and cab with seating for six firefighters, powered by a 155-kW hour battery pack housed in an 18-inch-wide compartment at the rear of the crew cab. The pumper has a Cummins ISB 6.7-liter 350-horsepower (hp) diesel engine to power its 1,500-gallon-per-minute (gpm) pump and to serve as a backup if the battery pack becomes depleted.
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I believe the vast majority of fire engines run on diesel. Our last gasoline engine was converted in the 70's
I drove fire apparatus of all kinds for 25 yrs and serviced and maintained them for 14 yrs.
Aside from my old man bias I just dont see this being practical for a bunch of reasons, initial cost and cost of operation are likely much higher than a typical diesel engine apparatus.
At this point though, nothing would surprise me
Most poeple would be surprised to learn firetrucks dont actually carry a lot of water but really depend on a nearby hydrant or back up truck.
For dwellings we always secured a hydrant because 500 gallon tank goes quickly sometimes.
I always wished we had 1000 gallon tank.
The YouTube video of it was pretty neat. Adjustable air suspension and all wheel steering is cool. Seeing as 14 fire departments show up to a minor fender bender here, I wouldn’t worry about it running out of electricity or hampering operations.
