Christchurch Airport’s fire brigade has received the final piece of high-tech equipment in it’s fleet renewal programme that began in 2008.
According to The Press, the high-tech Austrian-built Rosenbauer Panther is a specialist aircraft rescue vehicle that cost $1.6 million and took 12 months to be delivered upon receipt of the order.
Chief fire officer Peter Moore told The Press the new Panther is the only one of it’s kind in Australasia and Oceania to have the added extra feature of a 16.5-metre extendable turret with a spike attached that can penetrate aircraft fuselages and pump fire suppressant inside the cabin.
The turret is equipped with cameras so that appliance operators can see “whats happening inside”.
Moore says its important to be prepared for the day when a disaster does happen.
