Rosenbauer International AG recently signed a contract with the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA, the company operating Saudi Arabia’s airports) to supply a total of 220 firefighting and rescue vehicles. The contract value is for approximately 100 m€ ($130 million U.S.), making this the biggest single order in Rosenbauer’s history.
With this fleet renewal program, GACA will not only be modernizing the fire protection arrangements at all the Kingdom’s 26 local airports, but also ensuring fulfillment of the ever-more stringently monitored international airport certification regulations of the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization).
The shipments are to comprise many different firefighting and rescue vehicles and a comprehensive assortment of personal protective gear:
- 62 Panther air crash tenders
- 28 tank firefighters with 15,000 Liters extinguishing volume
- 60 AT (Aluminum Technology) rescue and firefighting vehicles
- 48 mini pumpers and command vehicles
- 6 hydraulic aerial appliances
- 16 rescue ambulances
The vehicles will be manufactured at several production locations, while the hydraulic aerial applications are to be produced at the Group’s subsidiary Metz Aerials and the mini pumpers at Rosenbauer America’s Central Division in Lyons, South Dakota, and the air crash tender chassis to be built at its Rosenbauer Motors Division in Wyoming, Minnesota.
Won in the face of ferociously contested international bidding, this order once again confirms the Rosenbauer Group’s pre-eminent position on the worldwide fire equipment market.
