A Japanese -produced fire truck in Japan has recently produced a new type of firefighting vehicle using glass fiber composite materials (GFRP). Compared with previous vehicles made of steel bones and iron plates, 40% of lightweighting can be achieved, so that it can increase the amount of water carrying. GFRP's fire truck is also the first time in Japan. The use of flame retardant phenolic resin in glass fiber composite materials (GFRP) is the first time in the world. This small fire truck is very suitable for a narrow road that many large fire trucks cannot enter, and are expected to further promote it in the urban area.
Fire truck manufacturers such as car manufacturers and drivers with engines and driving seats are responsible for installing pumps and sinks such as engine and driving seats.
The body part of the general fire truck is installed on the frame assembled with steel bone assembly, and the sink is fixed in it. The new vehicle uses the GFRP skeleton, outer board, and sink integration structure. As a small fire truck, the chassis of 3 tons of trucks is used.
GFRP's ratio is stronger than iron, and density is lighter than aluminum. Therefore, while maintaining sufficient strength, as a fire truck, compared with previous models, it successfully achieved more than 40%lightweight. Therefore, it can load more fire protection water. Compared with the traditional small fire trucks in 700 to 900 liters of water, the loading capacity increases to 1500 liters. The person in charge of the company said: "If it is a small -scale fire with a burning area of about 20 square meters, the water is 400 liters per minute, and the fire can be extinguished for 3 minutes.
Although GFRP is more expensive than iron, compared with traditional, the price can be equal to the existing fire trucks compared with the traditional working hours.
