City buys fire truck for high-rise blazes
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November 18, 2010, Thursday
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A CITY in northwest China is buying a fire truck from a Finnish company equipped with a special high-powered hose capable of extinguishing fires in high-rise buildings, an official said yesterday.
The government of Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi Province, made the decision early this year and expects to sign a contract with the company this week, Jia Xihai, an officer with the city's firefighting force said.
Jia revealed the plan to buy the fire truck after a deadly fire engulfed a 28-story residential building in Shanghai on Monday. At least 53 people perished in the tragedy.
The fire truck will cost about 25 million yuan (US$3.76 million). It is capable of shooting a jet of water up to 101 meters - the highest for any fire truck in the world.
It will be put into service in Xi'an in April next year, Jia said.
Fire trucks in Xi'an currently shoot water to a height of 53 meters.
Experts have said China's firefighting capacity in many cities is inadequate for fires higher than 60 meters above the ground.
The Xi'an municipal government is spending 450 million yuan on a number of fire control projects. These include the purchase of a German-made surveillance vehicle and the construction of seven fire stations.
The surveillance vehicle will cost about 13 million yuan. It is equipped with an unmanned infrared camera that transmits video from the scene of a fire back to headquarters.
The Shanghai blaze, which authorities have blamed on unlicensed welders, has exposed safety loopholes in China's fire control systems, including the use of flammable materials in scaffolding and inadequate fire-fighting facilities.
Police in Shanghai have detained eight people in connection with the blaze, the worst in the city for years.
The government of Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi Province, made the decision early this year and expects to sign a contract with the company this week, Jia Xihai, an officer with the city's firefighting force said.
Jia revealed the plan to buy the fire truck after a deadly fire engulfed a 28-story residential building in Shanghai on Monday. At least 53 people perished in the tragedy.
The fire truck will cost about 25 million yuan (US$3.76 million). It is capable of shooting a jet of water up to 101 meters - the highest for any fire truck in the world.
It will be put into service in Xi'an in April next year, Jia said.
Fire trucks in Xi'an currently shoot water to a height of 53 meters.
Experts have said China's firefighting capacity in many cities is inadequate for fires higher than 60 meters above the ground.
The Xi'an municipal government is spending 450 million yuan on a number of fire control projects. These include the purchase of a German-made surveillance vehicle and the construction of seven fire stations.
The surveillance vehicle will cost about 13 million yuan. It is equipped with an unmanned infrared camera that transmits video from the scene of a fire back to headquarters.
The Shanghai blaze, which authorities have blamed on unlicensed welders, has exposed safety loopholes in China's fire control systems, including the use of flammable materials in scaffolding and inadequate fire-fighting facilities.
Police in Shanghai have detained eight people in connection with the blaze, the worst in the city for years.
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