KARACHI: A batch of fire tenders is ready for shipment at a port in China and will be loaded on a vessel tomorrow bound for Karachi.
A Chinese company has exported a batch of 52 state-of-art fire-trucks to Karachi to enhance fire fighting and rescue level of the port city. The fire vehicles, manufactured by Guangdong Yongqiang Aolinbao International Fire Truck , are different from traditional fire trucks that can only stop and spray water.
Chinese media informed that these vehicles are convenient and available, flexible, and easy to operate. A demonstration of vehicle functions and a demonstration of high-pressure water gun fire extinguishing were conducted during the send-off ceremony.
The project is part of the infrastructure development of Karachi and is the largest fire truck procurement project in Pakistan in the past 30 years. The project, supervised by Prime Minister Imran Khan, adopted global bidding. The companies from different countries competed on the same stage to win this goal.
The company said that the successful export this time is not only a testimony of the friendship between China and Pakistan, but also will accelerate the pace of Dongguan’s manufacturing of firefighting equipment to go abroad and serve the global firefighting industry.
Earlier Governor Sindh Imran Ismail said the prime ministe has fulfilled another promise for Karachi by revamping the fire department. He said that the first shipment will reach Karachi by 20th December while the fire tenders and two bousers will arrive by January 2021.
According to an investigative report, of the 25 fire stations in Karachi, 11 are non-functional which means the country’s largest city – a megalopolis having around two million residents – only has 14 functional fire stations.
