The Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) is to equip its fire-fighting forces with Royal Enfield motorcycles fitted with micro fire-fighting guns in order to reach fire sites quicker and start dousing the flames. The main reason for this concept being implemented is that, since bikes can navigate through traffic quicker, they can reach fir sites quicker and start dousing the flames until the fire-trucks arrive.
The motorcycle fire squad will also come in handy, in case there is a fire in a vehicle, which is caught in a traffic jam.
The bikes have been equipped with two water and nitrogen gas-filled cylinders for fighting fires and the cost of each motorcycle amounts to approx Rs. 11-12 lakh. The main reason for the high costs is that the fire fighting equipment for the motorcycles has been procured from Germany.
The MCG will initially procure three bikes in the first step and will increase the number as and when the need arises.
Source – Hindustan Times
Posted by Sachet Parkash on June 12, 2010. Read More on Royal Enfield · 0 Comment
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