Do you know? Most of China's fire trucks rely on imports. Now that the 003 aircraft carrier has been launched, can't we even build a small fire truck?
Since the reform and opening up, China's development has attracted world attention. It builds rockets, launches satellites , and builds aircraft carriers . After all, our country is not only an infrastructure madman, but also a superpower in the world's manufacturing. It has not yet been Which country can shake the status of Made in China?
However, although our country's manufacturing industry is very powerful, it cannot cover everything. Take fire trucks that are common in daily life as an example. Most fire trucks in China are imported, and fire trucks imported from abroad are expensive. A fire ladder truck from Finland costs as much as 24 million.
Seeing this, people can't help but wonder, since our country can handle the construction of so many major projects, is it really difficult to build a small fire truck?
In fact, China has never stopped developing fire-fighting equipment. However, due to technical difficulties and differences in fire-fighting equipment performance, my country's research on high-end fire trucks still needs to be improved.
Although in the eyes of many people, building a fire truck seems to be much easier than building a railway and building a rocket. At best, it is just a large water tanker plus a high-pressure water gun .
However, fire trucks also have various types such as fire extinguishing, lifting, special duty and airport logistics. Each fire truck is equipped with different equipment. According to these configurations, the cost and quality of each fire truck will vary accordingly. The change.
However, it is definitely a joke to say that China cannot build fire trucks. Take common ordinary fire trucks as an example. Our country is definitely capable of building them. Moreover, most firefighting units use ordinary water. Tank fire trucks , and those tall and technical fire trucks account for less than 20% of the total.
As for the fire truck with an import price of 24 million yuan mentioned earlier, it is a high-end technology fire truck. Its real name is the Finnish Bolang fire ladder truck. It is the continuous development of this type of fire truck that has also made Our country's fire protection industry has taken a step further.
What is the origin of Finnish Bolang fire ladder truck? Is it true that our country cannot build this high-end fire truck with a price of 24 million?
Finnish Bolang fire ladder truck is larger and more powerful than ordinary fire trucks. This ladder truck comes with a fire water cannon. The maximum spray height can reach 150 meters, which is equivalent to the height of a fifty-story building. At the same time, the Finnish Bolang fire ladder truck can not only put out the fire quickly, but also give firefighters enough time to rescue trapped people.
For example, if you live on the 20th floor and there is a fire on the 18th floor below, the fire and smoke will almost always float upward. It is very dangerous to take the elevator or jump out of the window to escape. You are in a dilemma and can only Forced to wait for fire rescue. At this time, the fire ladder truck can show its true strength. While the ladder truck uses the high-pressure water pump to extinguish the fire, it can also use the bracket to send the firefighters to the 20th floor to rescue the trapped people.
Precisely because firefighting ladder trucks play an important role in emergency rescue and disaster relief, with high efficiency and high quality, our country will spend high prices to import such ladder trucks from abroad for a long time. In fact, it's not that China can't make fire trucks, but the quality of the fire trucks we make is indeed inferior to those of international brands.
Moreover, China built its first fire truck as early as the 1930s, but China's industrial manufacturing did start later than capitalist countries , not to mention that some thirty- and forty-story buildings were built in the past ten years. They have just started to appear one after another. There were no such high buildings in our country before, so naturally there would not be such a big demand for fire ladder trucks.
Nowadays, there are more and more buildings, and they are getting higher and higher, often starting from the 20th floor. However, our country’s fire protection equipment system seems to be standing still. Due to the lack of advanced fire protection equipment, it has led to several accidents. Very serious fire accident.Nowadays, domestic fire trucks can only send firefighters to an altitude of more than 70 meters, but foreign big-name fire trucks can reach more than 150 meters. From the perspective of saving people and disaster relief, importing a 24 million fire truck A fire ladder truck is also worth it.
Although Finnish Bolang fire ladder trucks are better than domestic ones in rescuing people and providing disaster relief, can my country really only rely on imports in this regard? Where are we now in our research and development?
One of the important reasons why my country imports foreign fire trucks is that the quality of the equipment is not strong enough. Take the aerial ladder for lifting fire trucks. This fire truck has very high requirements for the stability of the chassis, but the quality is slightly inadequate. If it falls from a height of more than 100 meters, the consequences will be disastrous.
More than 80% of China's fire truck chassis are imported from Europe. This also shows that my country's independent research and development capabilities are still relatively low, and there are still many things to continue to explore in terms of heavy industry.
However, our country has also been looking for a way out for the research and development of fire trucks. For example, Zoomlion Heavy Industry’s multi-functional aerial platform fire truck was almost independently developed by domestic experts. Its capabilities are not inferior to the Finnish Bolang fire ladder truck, but in the most critical aspect Regarding the chassis issue, our country still adopts advanced European chassis.
Judging from the current situation of fire protection research and development in China, there are about 30 companies in the country that can produce fire trucks. However, these companies are unevenly distributed and difficult to form an industrial scale. In addition, the standards set by our country in the field of fire protection are not perfect. There are few professionals who specialize in research, so the quality of fire trucks produced in my country still needs to be improved.
Fortunately, the development prospects are still worthy of optimism. At present, our country has almost achieved complete independence in the research and development and manufacturing of most fire trucks, and has innovated on traditional fire trucks by installing rockets that can extinguish fires. Optical and firefighting drone precise positioning to achieve the most efficient rescue and disaster relief.
In short, a fire truck is not a particularly difficult piece of equipment with a high technical content. China can develop it if it takes time, and our country spends a high price to import it just for its immediate needs. After all, people-oriented, rescue and disaster relief are the most important.
