Tank farms rely on fixed fire extinguishing systems for fire protection. Explosions can damage the fixed fire water system between the onsite water tank and a burning tank. Fire brigades typically do not have the appropriate equipment to deal with
A hytrans squeeze ramp keeps roads accessible for traffic by bridging flexible or lay flat water hoses up to 150mm (or 6″). The squeeze ramp is easy to deploy and provides a strong and effective bridge that is durable and
A major player in the petro chemical industry has taken delivery of a large capacity mobile fire water delivery system capable of the continuous supply of over 40,000 litres per minute. The water is collected from an open water source
There was a time when firefighters had to struggle and put in a lot of effort to retrieve a large diameter fire hose to store them back in the unit. Needless to say, this is super time-consuming and inconvenient, especially
Mining operations need water, need to dispose of water, need to transport water from A to B and need to deal with and transport contaminated water. And mining methods such as coal seam gas, where water transport requirements are often
When extremely high water levels in the Rhine and Elbe rivers caused major flooding in June, many emergency services used their fleet of hytrans mobile high volume pumps to de-water flooded areas contributing to a fast return to normal operations
When Sandy and subsequent flooding hit New York on October 29 last year the Bellevue Hospital on 1st Ave evacuated its patients for the first time in 276 years. Its basement housed electrical switching gear and other equipment critical to
The CFA used the hytrans Hoselayer from CFA Scoresby Fire Station at Somerton, Victoria to deploy 3 lays of large 100 mm diameter hoses to fight a waste pile fire. At 2.30am on November 20th 2015 the waste pile was
The State of North Rhine-Westphalia stations hytrans Fire System in Emmerich 27th November 2015 The State Government of North Rhine-Westphalia is procuring 6 special fire trucks equipped with hytrans High Volume Water Supply System units. Each district government in the
Scoresby CFA Volunteer Fire Brigade has purchased a new piece of kit: a hose layer and recovery unit from the Dutch manufacturer hytrans mounted onto a new truck. Scoresby is in the Eastern suburbs of Melbourne, 29 km from the
The first hytrans Bulk Water Transfer unit for Fire & Rescue NSW. Aug 5, 2015 Yes, it has arrived! Fire & Rescue NSW are technology leaders in Australia. 1,500 metres of 6 inch flexible hose with hose recovery unit, up
On November 2, 2012, the new Dutch general cargo vessel Fortunagracht was rescued from sinking in port by the Antwerp fire brigade using a hytrans 550 Hydrosub pump. During unloading a large heavy steel pipe estimated to be at least
hytrans mechanised hose layer and recovery system deployed for fire extinguishing and de-watering at Hazelwood open-cut coal mine fire February 2014 The new acquisition made by Scoresby Country Fire Authority in January 2014 had hardly been unpacked before it was
