Rs16 crore boost to fire safety at Ahmedabad int'l airport

Ahmedabad: As part of a plan to meet the international standards for fire fighting at different airports of the country, Sardar Vallabhbhai International Airport, Ahmedabad has received four new state-of-the-art fire-fighter and rescue vehicles from the Airports Authority of India. The total cost of these vehicles amounts to Rs16 crore, with each vehicle costing Rs4 crore.
Similar vehicles have been provided to the Mumbai and Delhi airports, while the remaining airports across the country will get them in the coming months.
According to airport officials, these vehicles arrived at the fire department on Wednesday. The vehicles have been made in Austria by a leading fire-fighter and rescue vehicle manufacturing company of the world, Rosenbauer, and supplied by its Indian partner, Bharatiya Vehicles and Engineering Ltd (BVEL).
These fire fighters are also called automatic transmission vehicles and have a number of modern features. According to the joint director of BVEL, Gaurav Bhartiya, these are the latest-generation vehicles fitted with modern equipment for fire-fighting and rescue operations at airports.
Each vehicle has a capacity to carry 10,000 litres of water and 1,300 litres of foam at a time, which is much more than that of the six old vehicles owned by the Ahmedabad airport as of now. The unique feature of these vehicles is that it can be be handled by just one driver.
23/07/09 Satish Jha/Daily News & Analysis

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Categories: Airports Jul 2009, Safety Jul 2009