I’m sure it was donated or given at huge discount

@@heavy7799 definetly not donated

@@EnjoyFirefighting Did they pay full price? Which was what? And what firehouse is that thing going to?

@@heavy7799 I'm not from the LAFD, not sure if they payed the full price of 1.2 million; Not sure which station it will be at

@@EnjoyFirefighting Prices are out of control everywhere but 1.2 million for an engine…come on.

Hello old friend i just build a working model like this one.

It features a diesel-powered generator to extend the range possibe driving as well as powering the pumping unit.

​@@florians.1905 A diesel powered engine to power a battery operated vehicle!🤦 Who woulda thought😂😂

Thought that same thing. Maybe they'll need to install power "hydrants" too!!

@@kennyyoung2113 it's just for backup and hardly ever necessary. It gets switched on automatically if the battery runs out of powers, which it only did a couple of time during the testing in the fire stations.

4 days

Hello! This RTX comes with a Rosenbauer NH-55 1500 GPM pump and can hold up to 750 gallons.

it has its own generator on board, as backup; Apart from that once plugged in at the station it charges from 0 to 100% within 30 minutes

@@EnjoyFirefighting -- 30min....!!!??? how much will that electric bill be??? that is a lot of juice to recharge a battery pack required for a truck ...mmm

@@rodrigonicolaudelroure8359 not sure how LAFD does it, but here the stations had solar panels and kind of a battery / power storage at the station to reduce or eliminate the need to get power from the grid

@@rodrigonicolaudelroure8359 Thats a bit like saying a traditional engine must be very expensive to run as you can fill it with diesel in 5 minutes! In the UK, electricity is much cheaper than petrol and diesel...diesel here is currently £6.80/gallon (converted into US Gallons). No fuel duty or tax on electricity! As the US is coal powered, I expect your electricity is cheaper anyway.

@Tim Burm1 running at the busiest of stations in the German capital the diesel backup kicked in only 10 times in 13 months as the battery was at only 20%. It never got down to 0% and there wasn't a single call the electric Rescue Engine couldn't respond to due to the lack of battery - unlike some diesel powered Rescue Engines, which in fact had to hit the gas station first and thus weren't available for an upcoming call for some minutes. Obviously that electric Rescue Engine can also respond to calls even if it's battery isn't at 100% yet ...

It has a turret above the windshield but not sure of it’s gpm or even what they would use it for

Is it? I saw an EU-style Rosenbauer truck at the New York State Fairgrounds at least 10 years ago.

that's not correct; There are quite a few European trucks in operation in the US already, like e.g. the offroad trucks Unimog and Tatra, or airport fire trucks like the Rosenbauer Panther ARFF Crash Tenders. Also some half American half European fire trucks are out there

@@EnjoyFirefighting I do recall some Volvos

WATER TANK 500 - 750 Gallons PUMP CAPACITY 750 - 1500 GPM Normal or Normal / High Pressure Pumps

Not yet, they haven't perfected a voltage transformer that can handle that many amps.

Hello! Right now we do not have any videos of the compartments, but we will share any videos Rosenbauer has in the future. Thanks for the interest!

I’d like to see the whole truck in the trash can

@@AErney51 ok boomer

should be standard European compartments. So a lot of stuff in there and personalised to what you want (so the way you can store stuff)

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/lbN9o8-rx52mZqM.html dont know if this is what you are looking for, its a vid over the same vehicel in Service with the Berlin Fire Brigade

da ist ein diesel generator drinne, falls der einsatz länger dauert als erwartet.

@@ILucaII , ich schrieb pure electric drive, also reiner elektrischer Antrieb. Das erreicht man nur durch die Brennstoffzelle. Bei reinem elektrischen Antrieb müsste dann ja auch die Pumpe per Elektromotor betrieben werden.

Schau mal nach Berlin... eLHF

@@nova161hh , auch das ist garantiert ein Hybrid. Ich kenne bis jetzt noch keine reinen E-Lkw bei der Feuerwehr, weil das einsatztaktisch ohne externe elektrische Quelle bzw. Brennstoffzelle nicht möglich wäre. Das geht höchstens bei Kommandowagen.

@@karstendoerr5378 Ja, auch hier gibt es einen Dieselmotor als Range Extender jedoch wurde dieser bisher kaum benötigt und auch der Betrieb der Löschtechnik erfolgt über den Batteriespeicher nicht über den Dieselmotor

It has internal diesel generator

Fossil fuel.

its built in diesel backup generator which acts as range extender

not really tbh

@@EnjoyFirefighting tbh yes they are known for having electrical issues.

@@CShivery maybe apparatus from Rosenbauer America, but not those from Rosenbauer Europe. Well yes, they DID have electrical / software issues with the AT3 body system ... back when the AT3 was new on the market, which is almost a dozen years ago. Some departments were unlucky, but obviously they solved the problem; At the same time the other body systems in the lineup didn't have that type of issue at all

Hello, we do not. We will be sure to share any clips that Rosenbauer posts on all of our socials. When we get another look at the RTX we will be sure to film an entire walk around. Thanks for the interest!

@@sentinelemergencysolutions Thank you for the quick response, I am gonna follow you guys on the socials, that's the easiest solution. I am sure you guys, going to get another chance soon. This is more or less the next Rosenbauer brake through

That truck would be brilliant for uk and europe countries with smaller streeets

@@ericwalsh3200 This size engine is & has been in use in the EU for many years. Time to travel & see the world, Eric.

@@DByers-ci5kr I know I live near to a fire station in the uk

it can run emergency calls just like any diesel powered truck

Lol...

That big light bar that runs on the top from back to front does that job for you.

Bus conversions & high end RVs have smoother operating air suspensions. Not the same payload either...

Again... "The look"... grow up Rob

Hi John, we don't have exact numbers but this truck ranges from $1.3-1.4million. Thanks for the comment!

Try buying a commercial wrecker.....the price is important but if you must have....then you must pay.....unfortuntitly, Walmart or Amazon wont let you buy it cheaper!

I don't know if you've seen the segment recently on Good Morning America but but they took a trip in a all electric Tesla car from times square New York to Miami Florida recently and they had to stop 13 × to recharge the vehicle which took almost 6 hours to do so. 25 minutes for each stop to charge.

Electric 60-90 Minutes pump run time , then start the Diesel Range Extender. The one year test in Berlin, Germany was a sucess. Recharge time 30 minutes.

@@freedomfan4272 way too much time stopping. I'm running from jersey to Tennessee every 2 weeks with 2 fuel stops and an extra 1-2 bladder relief stops along the way. I'm not trying to extend my 9 hour drive any more than that.

the FD in Berlin tested the Prototype and was surprised and the truck was beyond expectations. Also it has a Diesel Backup ;)

@@sueder80 a staggering sucess

First, it it charged from 0 to 100% whithin 30 minutes, and then it won't get as low as 0% as the built-in diesel backup generator kicks in at 20% already. It can operate just as long as a diesel powered truck

did you know that 1) most countries in Europe use wail/yelp sirens? 2) that there isn't any siren from America which isn't used in Europe as well? 3) that wail sirens are originally from Europe, not the US?

@@EnjoyFirefighting - I see more and more of them are now but was making a joke because in the old days in Europe, that's what you seemed to hear the most.

@@joed9491 depends on in which country you are at ... there are several countries where hi-lo sirens are either the only legal ones or at least the ones which are used primarily, while in most countries you hear a mix of wail/yelp/hi-lo sirens of (almost) any kind, and again in other countries only wail/yelp are legal

@@EnjoyFirefighting - I noticed the lighting has gotten better in many European countries. I've seen the videos and photos of emergency vehicles in the past with those small single or dual dome light with only 1 mirrored rotator. Now I see full halogen or LED lightbars on many vehicles for better warning. Here in America, in addition to the wail and yelp, most also come with Hi-Lo but emergency service workers rarely use that.

@@joed9491 things have changed quite a bit in many countries across Europe; A few of them were quite good in the game a decade or two ago, while others just became good in the past few years; However, on modern day emergency vehicles the annoying trend of additional emergency lights, which are more of a design gimmick than having actual visual warning purpose, became a thing, too. Here the siren boxes technicalls have wail and yelp as well, which can be changed by a switch somewhere on the box itself (not by pressing a button in the cab), but it's illegal to run them here; It's just that some manufacturers build one box with the siren tones fitting requirements in various countries and then deliver it according to the respective country code and regulations; Thus e.g. the German brand Hänsch offers hi-lo sirens for emergency vehicles in Germany, but the very same siren box also plays wail / yelp for emergency vehicles in the UK or Norway. Halogen lights and strobe lights are a thing of the past in most places across Europe; It's outdated tech, while LED lights are currently the state of the art emergency lights tech. Dome lights are partially still a thing, but only the LED version on modern apparatus

well, it's made in Austria lol

Okay, "Look" is everything? Get it...

You mean traditional American truck ! Instead of functional like the rest of the world.

@@JS-zb1vv "Where am I going to fit my 14 different wooden ladder sizes? We can't possibly start using fewer expendable folding ladders like everyone else!"

Consider this: as au euro style vehicle it's a lot more compact which may be beneficial in heavily congested areas.

If your firetruck catches fire you made so many mistakes that you are probably done for anyways

XD yeah guess so!

Euro-style designs were always going to eventually win in these bigger departments. They did here in Australia, they will in the States. They are objectively better for the most part. American traditional vehicles look amazing and have lots of storage but the fire services will change structure so that vehicles roles will become slightly different to better utilise the newer vehicles.

We won't other than those in liberal cities the rest won't. Those of us in rural department won't change

@@williamcurtis190 just don't tell your taxpayers that a European style analogue of your engine can cost half as much ($800k vs 300k Euro, 400 with more bells and whistles). Oh, and don't forget that average European rescue-engine holds as much equipment as your engine and ladder combined (- aerial itself) + up to 8 FFs. That's why European aerials carry almost no additional equipment and only 2 - 3 FFs.

Yeah... tell it to Berlin or Amsterdam... that same truck runs there since 1,5 years without incident.

@@RoadsFranconia ya sure pal make up some more stories

What's worth being an engineer M.I.T when you don't have experience with real world test periods of this kind of apparatus? Running at the busiest of stations in the German capital for 13 months it had less downtime due to service and maintenance than the comparable diesel powered apparatus

@@trevmac8362 not quite no incidents, but in fact the electric Rescue Engine in Berlin had less downtime per year than comparable diesel powered Rescue Engines

Hmmm that's what they told Elon musk and he is richest person moron hahaha u have a small one

The RT ist also proven. It is in Service since one year. I can Inderstand that the Design is hard for a traditionel ff.

It looks like an American fire truck. It's a hard jolt with electric trucks being used at all but adding to it that it looks European doesn't make the guys on the floor want to claim it even more.

Hello, thanks for the comment! We would like to point out that Rosenbauer has put an RTX in service for an entire year in Berlin, the results are impressive! We plan on providing more content on the RTX soon!

the RT is proven as well. It currently runs in Amsterdam and Dubai and it completed its 13 month trial in Berlin already. There it was tested at some of the busiest stations which do up to 25,000 calls a year each In Berlin it completed every single call it was dispatched to, never ran out of battery, and within the entire trial phase the backup generator kicked in only 10 times

@@sentinelemergencysolutions keep that garbage over in Europe!

it is fixed. Hopefully the crew has now been taught the basics, such as not filling a tank directly from a hydrant...

Just because Rosenbauer America is junk it's not quite like that with Rosenbauer from Austria

Can't believe they took our horses away and we have to be in vehicles that use FLAMMABLE PETROL to fight fires !!!!!!

just like this one can as well ... it proved itself at some of the busiest stations in Germany already

das liegt im Auge des Betrachters ^^

they've been testing modern solutions and different apparatus layouts in the past already ... they were always a bit ahead of the game

@@EnjoyFirefighting Solutions for what?? Man made hysteria?? Oil & Gas & Coal industry loves electric vehicles since 77.6% of the US energy is made up of those three. But if it makes you feel all warm and fuzzy and not have to find a safe space and a puppy I guess that's what matters.

@@elmerfudd7674 apparatus designs evolve over the years, otherwise both American and European apparatus of today would still look and work the very same like 50 years ago. But there will be new technologies, safety features, new tactical approaches, better pumps with high flow rate and higher pressure, taller ladders, new standards for the engines etc. And of course some manufacuters will try, test, fail and try again with different approaches and solutions. Like UHPS low GPM extinguishing solutions, commercial and custom truck chassis, easier access to equipment, ladders and hose connections, front / mid / rear mounted pumps, tiny to enormous apparatus ... Electric drive is another thing which IS already there, but it seems like (once again) only emergency services are behind, while it has caught on at private vehicles, delivery vans, trucks, trains, city buses, even ships. Only emergency services now slowly start to approach electric vehicles as if it would be sth completly unknown and new. At least some departments run all electric emergency vehicles for a few years already ... let it be a Mini Pumper in Austria, a Tunnel Evacuation Unit in Norway or an Ambulance in Germany.

it comes with whatever siren the department orders and which are legal in the respective country ... apart from that: in Europe you hear pretty much any kind of siren, except for maybe some Japanese ones, but every siren used in the US is used in Europe as well

I heard that they bought it in 2020 and it takes about a year or so to make. Where did you hear 2019?

@@mrengine9 ill give you the link then read the bio

@@mrengine9 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kKp_jdGptJnYiKs.html it was posted in 2019

In 2019, the LAFD station 82 got the Rosenbauer RT vehicle for the test period, they liked the vehicle very much, so they bought the Rosenbauer RTX (which is similar to RT, but adapted to American standards). As far as I know, they could not put it in service because it was not adapted to American firefighting standards.

@@emergencyresponsevideosand4423 it was delivered to the US like a few weeks or months ago; At the same time the one year trial phase at the Berlin FD has just ended What LAFD looked at back in 2019 was only a demo truck

Don't get it. The Truck ist engeneered to Drive full electric Mist of the daily calls. For the big ones you have the Diesel engine. 95% of the Time, the Diesel engine should stay turned Off.

The Truck has an Range of 100 Kilometers / 62 Miles or 90 Runtime (depends on Job and Pumptime) for extended Pump operation it has an Dieselgenerator on Board

In Germany such are only in the hundert thousands and it has a diesel backup. So maybe inform yourself before commenting something bs

Prototypes are more expensive to build but I doubt Rosenbauer will attempt to pass on all the costs to LAFD. Once in production I imagine the price will be competitive. Since the vast majority of LA's call are for medical & traffic emergencies, this type of vehicle seems quite ideal. Skepticism often indicates narrow thinking. Let's keep an open mindset & see how this engine performs.

Hello! Thanks for the comment. The RTX like many fire trucks in the industry does come with a high price tag, but no where near $5,000,000 :)! We encourage you to read Rosenbauer's case studies on the truck that was in service in Berlin. Very impressive!

Nö

@@politedog4959 ...da will ich sehen, dass die Karre in 1,5m tiefem Wasser fährt wie die Unimog im Ahrtal... Dat gibt nen kurzen und das Wasser steht unter Spannung....😬🤪

@@heikojenne3107 der RT ist für den Einsatz in größeren Städten gedacht, und wenn du 1,5m Wattiefe willst kannst du 95% aller FW Fahrzeuge wegschmeißen

@@heikojenne3107 zeig mir mal ein City-HLF mit normalem Straßenfahrgestell und Dieselmotor, welches durch 1,5m Wasser fahren würde. Richtig ... es könnte rein fahren, aber nimmer raus. 99% der HLF können ihre Bodenfreiheit nicht anpassen und gerade in Städten sind City-HLF mit geringer Bodenfreiheit sehr üblich. Egal ob in Berlin, München, ... selbst viele größere HLF wie in Stuttgart oder Leipzig haben nicht mehr Bodenfreiheit und auch keine Wattiefe, welche auch nur ansatzweise mit der eines Unimog mithalten könnte.

lol and if the very same thing was built by an American company it would be fine I guess lol ^^ You are aware that there a few European trucks running in the US already, like Tatras and Unimogs?

Pierce fanboy! Drive your big bulky ineffiecient annicent Pierce Voltera

Shall we assume you don't live in SoCal? No one is suggesting this type vehicle will replace all fire apparatus in the US. Try to think outside of your box.

@@DByers-ci5kr so where will they be used then?

@@Chris-hy6jy it’s for bigger city’s. Where the air is full of shit and most rides are not that long. So for smaller calls the battery is being used

@@Chris-hy6jy Metro areas with serious air pollution problems. Isn't that the idea?

The RT can carry the same amount of water or more than same size diesel trucks. The problem lies less with space, more with the weight added by the water

only as backup ... which is barely necessary.

it has less downtime during the day than a diesel powered fire truck has, as it doesn't need to go to the gas station It was tested at some of the busiest stations in the German capital and was able to run every single emergency call it was dispatched to. It's completly charged within 30 minutes (from 0 to 100%), however its built in diesel backup generator acts as range extender and kicks in once the battery is below 20%. Runnin in Berlin it used only 2.11 gallons of diesel within the first 4 months of use. "exhaust from the DIESEL generator(s) to recharge this truck a few times a day" well within the time span of 13 months the diesel backup kicked in only 10 times, that's less than once per month. At the same time, the diesel powered trucks run on diesel every single call, even if it's just a false alarm, medical call, technical support or rescue call. "UNTIL a chauffeur uses the four-wheel steering to come off a "Highway ramp" to fast and lay's the RIG on its SIDE." all-wheel steering works only to a certain (rather low) speed, beyond that limit only the normal front wheel steering is available

@@EnjoyFirefighting Weak...very weak. This is a virtue signaling statement more than anything else. Rosenbauer can't produce a reliable diesel truck...yet alone this.

@@RLTtizME they definitely can, however by far most Rosenbauer apparatus, like apparatus from ANY other brand on this side of the pond, are based on commercial chassis like Mercedes-Benz. Still this truck had less downtime than the other apparatus based on said commercial chassis

@@EnjoyFirefighting No sweetie....most Pierce fire trucks are built from the ground up except for engines, pumps and suspensions. Rosenbauer too. Commercial chassis are only an option and are in the minority at least in the USA.

​@@RLTtizME oh boy, we aren't talking about Pierce right now; It was Rosenbauer, and as I said "on this side of the pond" I intended to say "here in Europe", because that's where Rosenbauer is from. Rosenbauer America is just a tiny subdivision of Rosenbauer international, and the only one which builds American style apparatus from the ground up like other American fire apparatus manufacturers. Others, and by that I mean all apparatus in all other Rosenbauer divisions, are based on a commercial chassis with the exception of some ARFF Crash Tenders and this electric fire truck RT / RTX. As mentioned before, they're based e.g. on a Mercedes-Benz, or Ford, MAN, Volvo, ...

Tell me you don't know anything about EVs without telling me you don't know anything about EVs

@@LakesRegionEmergencyPhoto Tell me you are ab ignorant dumbass without telling me you are an ignorant dumbass

Where did you get that from? That's simply not true!

@@LakesRegionEmergencyPhoto you obviously are the one who doesn't know about EVs. Everything he stated besides maybe the 200k for a new battery part is absolutely true. They aren't better for the environment in any way probably actually worse.

@@florianix8272 yes it is. Just because you don't believe so doesn't mean that it isn't true cupcake.

it has its own built-in diesel backup generator to cover the rare but possible scenario that it might be needed. Apart frmo that it's completly charged within 30 minutes

it is the Americanized version of a European truck which is sold in Europe already. Various big city departments buy them ...

whats the problem with that tho?

it's completly charged within 30 minutes

@@EnjoyFirefighting shouldn’t have to be charged at all. Fire trucks need to ready to go at a moments notice 100% all the time, not sitting 30 minutes on a plug.

@@Mavis308 100% all of the time is sth also the diesel trucks can NOT perform. Some departments drive a few minutes to the gas station, have to wait until the pump is clear, pump and pay ... even if the gas station is around the corner this might take 10 minutes - 10 minutes in which they can't run a call if the tank is rather empty. 30 minutes being plugged in would only be the case if the battery was at 0% and they charge it to 100% ... it won't go down to 0% as the backup kicks in at 20%, and of course you can leave the station and respond to a call also if the battery isn't completly charged yet but at only 80% for example. The Berlin FD experienced way less downtime as the electric Rescue Engine didn't have to go to the gas station - sth we on the ambulance do once to twice a shift.

@@Mavis308 sure you don't care how it worked in Germany. But what REALLY matters is if the battery technology was ready to cope with the call volume and all tasks the Rescue Engine was supposed to do at a busy station - which it definetly did successfully and far beyond the expectations. Things like all-wheel steering and air ride suspension aren't new; Compartment layout is different but apart from that it can be spec'd to the individual departments' needs ...