Magirus Ushers In A New Era In Firefighting Technology Innovation With Their ‘Next Generation Firefighting’ Products

With the first digitally connected systems and emergency vehicles, Magirus is starting a new era in firefighting technology. Real-time information ensures transparency and an optimum overview of operations, permanent operational readiness, as well as maximum safety, functionality, and reliability. With the roll out of the new generation of turntable ladders, Magirus is raising operational possibilities and user-friendliness to a new level.

For more than 150 years, Magirus has stood for innovative, particularly reliable, and efficient firefighting technology worldwide and is now presenting its completely new product portfolio.

‘Next Generation Firefighting’ products

Magirus presents three product levels that are perfectly user-oriented, coordinated, and networked

Magirus presents three product levels that are perfectly user-oriented, coordinated, and networked. The products of the ‘Next Generation Firefighting’ include - Magirus TacticNet, Magirus FleetConnect, and the new generation of Magirus turntable ladders with SmartControl. This makes the operations of all forces and the interactions between man and technology, even more intuitive, easier, and more effective than ever before.

The objectives of the product developments were to reduce the workload of the firefighters, in order to enable them to focus more on the mission, to significantly increase the operational readiness of the entire equipment, to increase safety, and to enable the incident commanders to make faster and more accurate decisions in complex operations.

Optimal overview of dynamic situations

With the new, unique functionalities, incident commanders now have an optimal overview of dynamic situations and complex operational areas in real-time. This enables fast, transparent, and precise decisions in on-site planning, as well as a networked deployment of all available units and technology.

The new solutions can be used and combined in a modular way, as needed. The ‘Next Generation Firefighting’ also ensures that the permanent operational readiness of vehicles and equipment, as well as the safety of the fire brigades.

Robust digital and mission-oriented solutions

Marc Diening, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Magirus, explains “With our new product generation, we specifically considered the significantly increased challenges of today and tomorrow that are associated with the highly diverse operations of the respective fire brigade teams. At Magirus, we place particular emphasis on reliable and mission-oriented solutions. This was also the core requirement for our new, particularly robust digital products.”

He adds, “Among other things, they are designed to allow for transmitting information in critical operational situations in real-time, to all relevant forces. This enables faster and fact-based, decision-making by those who are responsible. At the same time, they relieve the firefighters through simple and intuitive controls. And finally, the automatic monitoring of the networked equipment ensures permanent operational readiness.”

Magirus TacticNet offers comprehensive visualization

Magirus TacticNet enables comprehensive visualization and data transmission in real-time

Magirus TacticNet enables comprehensive visualization, data transmission, and communication in real-time, as a WiFi-based, robust, and location-independent operational area network for the first time.

This includes all information obtained by the deployed vehicles, as well as UAVs and UGVs. All forces involved in the command and control of operations, thereby receive a complete and unfiltered overview, even in complex situations.

Particularly in unclear operational situations, such as rapidly spreading urban and industrial disasters, extensive vegetation fires, or large fires in industrial damage situations, Magirus TacticNet offers a completely new quality of situation assessment and provides an extremely valuable basis for quick, targeted decisions, thus enabling even more successful operations.

Magirus FleetConnect for enhanced operational readiness

In firefighting, time is essential with regards to the life and health of the persons concerned. Permanent operational readiness is, therefore, considered to be of utmost importance for rapid and effective intervention.

With Magirus FleetConnect, fire brigades now have access to an intelligently networked fleet, which monitors and documents the readiness status of individual vehicles, and equipment, as well as the entire vehicle fleet.

The complete equipping of vehicles before deployment, the live transmission of relevant vehicle data, such as pump pressure or filling levels during deployment, are just as relevant examples as automated deployment reports and simplified administration of fleet maintenance, and repair.

Magirus turntable ladders with SmartControl

The new generation of Magirus turntable ladders, which feature SmartControl, focus on the mission

The new generation of Magirus turntable ladders, which feature SmartControl, focus on the mission, by significantly reducing the workload of the task forces. The new turntable ladder is the flagship product.

The new generation of turntable ladders ensures simple, intuitive operation, with unique precision on vehicle and equipment levels. For example, SmartControl relieves firefighters, when using the new generation of turntable ladders in unfavorable conditions, such as wind, poor visibility, or angled facades, with semi-automatic functions and maneuvers accurate to the millimeter. Thanks to the clearly structured, simple menu navigation and the user interface designed by firefighters for firefighters, control is intuitive and easy even in stressful, dark conditions.

Magirus vehicle technology

The globally proven Magirus vehicle technology forms the basis of all future Magirus technologies. With the new generation of turntable ladders with SmartControl, FleetConnect, and TacticNet, Magirus demonstrates a product portfolio with intelligent networking of all relevant areas.

This digital-innovative evolution sets new standards for the operational capability, effectiveness, and safety of fire brigades. Magirus will continue to follow this path in the coming years, thus providing fire brigades all over the world, with the most modern and reliable firefighting technology.