With the constant risk of an explosive atmosphere, the safety of the crew and fire-fighting teams must be respected at all times. The electrical equipment on the boat must withstand the harshest of conditions, including the release of chemicals, flammables and explosive substances, or oil spills. Power is supplied by two MAN V12 1100hp Common Rail diesel engines with permanent preheating in order to ensure there are no engine start-up delays. The latest high performance boat technologyĪs well as being equipped with the very latest ship technology such as dual jet propulsion, bow thruster, radar, combination steering gear and surveillance technology, the ‘Metropolregion’ also has three high-performance fire service pumps, a foam mixer extinguisher, a bow monitor foam water cannon, a rear view monitor hollow and spray nozzle, 2-off 7-part hose connections for delivering water to landside-based firefighters. The boat covers a very wide area of the Rhine, from Germersheim to Worms, the Neckar all the way to the Neckargmünd lock. On the boat, mixed teams from the Mannheim and Ludwigshafen fire brigades and the BASF plant’s fire brigade, can be called into action. The ‘Metropolregion’ is one of the most modern firefighting boats in EuropeĪpproved for driving on tanker ports 23 metres long and up to 40 km/h, this high-speed firefighting boat was put into service in September 2012 by the Mannheim fire department.
