Vienna Professional Fire Department News

The City of Vienna - Fire Department and Civil Protection has received two state-of-the-art electric firefighting vehicles. Vienna’s City Councilor for Fire Services - Peter Hanke, Fire Director - Mario Rauch and Chief Sales Officer of Rosenbauer International AG - Andreas Zeller presented the new basic firefighting vehicles (BLF) for the first time at the Landstrasse fire station. Almost 120 years ago to the day, the Vienna Professional Fire Department put its first electric fire truck i...

At the end of September 2022, Rosenbauer handed over six fire trucks to the Vienna Professional Fire Department. A total of 76 vehicles have been put into service by the Vienna Professional Fire Department since 2009, replacing a large part of its fleet of group vehicles. While in the past the emphasis was on rescue extinguishing vehicles, however, with the current generation, the Fire Department relies on two types of vehicles: rescue fire assistance vehicles (HLF) and tank firefighting ve...