Fire Engines Photos

Austria's capital city Vienna has one of only six paid full time fire services in the country, and it has served the city for more than 320 years! Now employing 1,700 firefighters, it operates out of 24 fire stations, grouped into nine districts and backed up by 2 additional volunteer fire stations. The service - which does not provide EMS coverage - responds to over 100 alarms daily, of which around 30 are fires.

Not surprisingly most of the fleet are locally manufactured Steyr G-Wagen kombis and Steyr pumps, although since MAN bought Steyr in 1994 these were actually MAN vehicles with Steyr badges. The newer pumps have a 1600 LPM dual pressure pump with CAFS for both class A and B fires, a full suite of rescue gear including hydraulic tools and a winch and a 1200 liter tank. 4X4 pumpers with larger tanks are assigned to peripheral suburban fire stations.



Added by Rob Johnson on 30 December 2020.

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