Cutting edge fire tender for Mijas costs €1.5 million

COSTING more than €1.5 million, a brand new piece of fire-fighting equipment, only the second vehicle of its kind to be found in Spain, has been obtained by the Fuengirola Council.

The tender is one of the most modern available on the market and has an extendable ladder over four sections which can reach a height of 32 metres (roughly the tenth floor of a building) and has a special platform which will allow rescue of five people at a time.

Another feature of the vehicle is a stretcher which can take up to 250 kilos in case someone who is morbidly obsess has to be evacuated and has remote control, in order to maximise the number of people being removed from a building.

Officers have been practising with this new piece of equipment before it was formally handed over to them by Mayor, Ana Mula and the addition of this, the only vehicle of its type in the whole of Andalucia, will make matters safer for those in danger during an emergency and also the professionals who face peril every day.

This latest generation piece of equipment has been purchased via a lease from Caixabank Equipment Finance which means that rather than pay the entire cost up front, the council will make 96 monthly payments of €16,000.