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 of public services. The flooded Magdeburg Tram Depot was de-watered using a high volume pump
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Busy times for Hytrans as orders for their ‘standard fire brigade units’ have increased year on year. The UK fire brigades used the units to successfully extinguish the Buncefield Oil Depot fire in 2005 and dewatered multiple flooded areas. The Tokyo fire brigade used the unit to cool the Fukushima nuclear reactor. The standard fire
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Due to the floods last December in the UK, contaminated water in the Wheal Jane mine threatened to flow into the Carnon River. The Cornwall Fire & Rescue Service (supplied images above) used 2 separate mineshafts to lower 2 light hydraulic pumps to a depth of 58 meters. In one week the 2 mobile HYTRANS
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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 hospitals operations. Flooding posed a major danger to operations and life. The Fire Department
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6 automatic FloodBreak flood barriers were recently installed at the Australian Embassy in Bangkok. Well done! They work 24/7 with No Power, No People, No Pumps and No Batteries: just flood water. The Thai suffer greatly when flooding occurs and much more flood protection is needed going forward. In Australia, Lismore was one place that
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Okay, this is a one-off explanation only as we’ve received too many questions not to address the topic. The FloodBreak automatic flood barrier works: Without electricity – No Power Without people pushing buttons, flexing their muscles or even being present – No People Without hydraulic pumps – No Pumps. Why is this relevant? Because all
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Long dark winters, freezing outside, mist and rain give Swedes plenty of time to think and invent. They produced the Boxwall, which stands out because of its sturdy simple design and effectiveness. It looks like a plastic Ikea chair with the legs missing, but actually is a clever device that even works well in flash
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AquaFence flood barrier has had great success in the US during Sandy, in Europe and in Asia after the Thai floods. The principle is simple and effective: the weight of water on the horizontal board is more than enough to prevent the vertical board from going anywhere. This Norwegian system works well on fairly flat
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Water of course. But at the Chullora Waste Recycling Centre, it was not that straightforward as: The onsite firewater tanks were empty quickly The nearby hydrant was already being used The nearest large capacity hydrant was 1,300 metres away Fire and Rescue NSW evaluated, coordinated and acted quickly by deploying their Hytrans Bulk Water Transfer
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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 struck by lightning and caught fire. The towering mound of wood and other possibly noxious
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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 state and the National Firefighting Training Institute in Munster will get one, 6 in total.
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Betuwe freight railway line secured by Hytrans. Special fire trucks with high volume pumps and more access points along the tracks will enhance safety along the new 78 kilometer freight railway line from Oberhausen to the Netherlands border at Emmerich. Part of the new safety plan for the Betuwelijn are new Hytrans Fire System pumps
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Super pump saves economy estimated £500,000 Highways England used a new Hytrans hydraulic high volume water pump to clear the M1 motorway of floodwater at Catterick on October 7th. It enabled the road to be re-opened in both directions after 10 hours instead of the 2 days it took to clear water on the northbound
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Hytrans serves mobile water system to Pearl-Qatar The wealthy gulf state has installed the best of the best to protect its $15 billion plus artificial island development in Doha’s West Bay Lagoon. The mobile Hytrans Hydrosub 900 pump can pump 24,000 liters of water per minute from any water source, an ideal piece of equipment
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Hytrans Fire System used in environmental emergency on the Bastau River in the Minden-Luebbecke district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. After heavy rain and high water levels in early July this year the oxygen content in more than 19 kilometers of the Bastau River dropped considerably. Pungent smells and discoloured water resulted and the authorities feared for
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The Hytrans Fire System was deployed for a 2 day large-scale fire exercise in July by two regional volunteer fire services in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. 360 personnel from the Siegen-Wittgenstein, Olpe, Markisch , Hagen regions and the Hochsauerland district participated in the exercise named ‘Forest Fire on the Hennesee ‘ which took place
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Hytrans Fire System is deployed to protect buildings from floodwater from the Alte Issel River, North Rhine- Westphalia, Germany On July 27th 2016 the Hytrans Fire System was used to pump water from land surrounding farms and a nursery downstream into the flooded Alte Issel River. Pumping occurred at the rapid rate of approximately 6,000
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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
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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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