the Los Angeles Fire Department made a historic switch from horse-drawn fire engines to motorized vehicles.
The department is spending $1.2 million on the Rosenbauer Concept Fire Truck, or CFT, the equivalent price of an LAFD aerial ladder truck, spokesman Brian Humphrey said.Terrazas said the fire engine — which looks similar to a city bus — will probably be assigned to Hollywood Fire Station 82. The CFT will include two batteries with a 100-kilowatt capacity, meaning the fire engine can run for two hours on electric power before needing to use a diesel engine.“The future firetruck is fundamentally different from the vehicles which are in service at the fire stations today,” Dieter Siegel, CEO of Austrian-based Rosenbauer International, said in a release. “It is multifunctional, fully connected and its flexible interior can be used as a fully featured command center.
More virtue signaling toys that will never see regular use. 🙄