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Bnei Brak firefighters are the first to inaugurate this unique piece of firefighting apparatus joining the Israel Fire Service. The system permits elevating firefighters to a height of 30 meters and the unit has its own computerized water pump system incorporated into the bucket lift. While many stations have ladder trucks and cherry picket bucket type lifts, this German-built vehicle is reportedly unique in that it is computerized and the lift has a computerized water pump incorporated into it.

It is pointed out that the city has changed over recent years and buildings are taller and as a result, people are living closer to one another than was the case years ago. Fire officers in Bnei Brak explain the new unit is essential in providing a necessary response as the vehicle can lift personnel to a required height as well as extinguish a blaze with its pumping abilities.

One of the reasons Bnei Brak was selected for the new vehicle is because it is so densely populated. During the past week, members of the Bnei Brak fire service team have been training on the new vehicle as representatives of the company that built it traveled to Israel from Germany to work with fire service personnel.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem/Photo Credit: Gush Dan Fire Service spokesman unit)