Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika has announced the commissioning of N12bn worth of Firefighting vehicles.
Gatekeepers News reports that Sirika revealed this on Sunday in a video posted on his official Twitter page that he had just commissioned ten fire fighting trucks worth N12bn.
Sirika said: “Just commissioned 10 Firefighting trucks, total cost of over 12Bn Naira. More to come in due course. Safety has been the Buhari focus in Aviation, since 2015. Hitherto FAAN has not bought new trucks in 15 years.”
In the video posted Sirika was seen sitting in one of the trucks and the driver drove round the runway at the airport.
The Lion Volkan 6×6 Brand, Major Aerodrome Rescue and Fire Fighting Vehicles, carries 14,000 litres of water, 1,700 litres of foam, 250kg powder capacity each, and monitors the discharge rate of between 6,000 litres to 10,000 litres per minute would be deployed to the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, and Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano.
Also, with an acceleration rate of 0-80km per hour in 30 seconds, each of the trucks possess a limitless capacity to discharge while in motion, they are also equipped with under-chassis nozzles to tackle running fuel fire.
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