One of the most important emergency vehicles of the plant fire brigade of the Industriepark Willstätt was replaced after almost 40 years. On this occasion the B.I.W. GmbH – die Betreibergesellschaft Industriepark Willstätt - celebrated the commissioning of the new special fire fighting vehicle SLF 4000 with a small official ceremony.
Numerous representatives of the companies located in the industrial park, fire fighting executives of the Ortenaukreis as well as the mayor and the woman pastor of the municipality Willstätt took up the invitation.
The manager for energies and infrastructure, Alexander Reichert, outlined in his speech, the way of the special fire fighting vehicle from the first idea up to the delivery of the vehicle and pointed out that an extraordinary solution for fire fighting at the industrial park has been found with the procurement of the new vehicle. The technical data of the fire fighting vehicle are impressive. The fire fighting vehicle is equipped with a pump with a capacity of 4.000 l/min. This would equal to, for example, filling up 20 bathtubs in a minute.
According to Reichert, this is a completely successful project since it was also possible to keep within the budgeted cost framework.
The mayor Marco Steffens pointed out the importance of the cooperation between the local municipal fire brigade and the plant fire brigade of the industrial park in his speech. He highlighted the peculiarity that two fire brigades are servicing in a municipality with high living quality such as Willstätt.
In her speech, the woman pastor Renate Schmidt pointed out that we need to be thankful that there are women and men in the fire brigade who play their part in the municipality.
The ceremony has been concluded with the blessing of the fire fighters and everyone participating in the Industriepark Willstätt.