The rescue forces of the Swiss Army are expanding their equipment with 26 mobile water supply systems from Hytrans. The latest purchase consists of 26 units of the Hydrosub 150 as well as 78 flood pumps and a large amount of 6” hose. The latest delivery follows an initial purchase in the 1990s of 40
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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 CBD and the unit will have both rural and urban uses. A new feature for
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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 to 8,000 litres per minute, up to 10 bar at end of hose pressure. Laying
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Hytrans high volume pumps used on tidal floodwater at Alkborough Flats , North Lincolnshire, UK, in December 2013 after severe flooding Hytrans high volume pumps were used to remove tidal floodwater from the Alkborough Flats in Lincolnshire in December 2013. The mobile Hytrans pumps pumped millions of litres of water from a large lake of
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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 6,400kg fell from a height of 12 metres onto the cargo bay piercing a hole
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Large pumps from Hytrans used for cliff restoration after UK floods The UK has over 50 high volume water pumps from the Netherlands manufacturer Hytrans. During the disastrous 2014 Spring floods in the South West of England the Somerset and Devon fire services deployed several pumps to restore the damaged coastline. The cliffs above a
... Continue reading. 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 in the field in supplying vast amounts of water to put out the Hazelwood open-cut
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30 large properties in Lower Manhattan have now been protected with AquaFence flood barriers since Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Water flooded underground car garages, building lobbies and damaged vital switch centres for building operations on the ground floors and basements of many towers in the low- lying area. The costs and inconvenience to owners and
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