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Source: Ural Automobile Plant – An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.
At the end of last year, as part of the celebration of the 35th anniversary of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, the Ural Automobile Plant held a ceremonial handover of a new AC-3.0-40 fire truck on a Ural-80 chassis to the 16th Fire Station of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Federal Fire Service Detachment of the GPS for the Chelyabinsk Region," which services the enterprise.
The handover ceremony took place near the Ural Automobile Plant Museum and Exhibition Center. The ceremony was attended by plant management—Aleksey Tryastsin, Head of the Occupational Health, Industrial, and Fire Safety Service; Alexey Patrashkin, Technical Director; Anatoly Slushaev, Head of the Fire and Rescue Service; and members of the fire department. The keys and a symbolic certificate were presented as a symbol of the long-term and effective partnership between the plant and the rescue service.
During the ceremony, FPS detachment chief Anatoly Slushaev and Fire Station 16 commander Igor Ryzhov expressed gratitude to the plant's management and staff for their continued attention to the needs of firefighters and their top-notch technical equipment.
Fire Station 16 ensures fire safety for the Ural Automobile Plant. Under the contract, the company fully assumes responsibility for the unit's maintenance and equipment. Therefore, regularly updating its vehicle fleet is the plant's direct responsibility and priority in industrial safety.
Why was the decision made to use a tanker truck on the Ural-80 chassis? It's a kind of "live" demonstration of the new product. This isn't just a technical upgrade, but a full-scale testing and presentation of the new product in real-world conditions. The unit's field trip area includes not only the factory grounds but also nearby urban facilities. Thus, the new Ural will be on display, demonstrating in practice the capabilities and reliability for which it was designed.
The vehicle was donated for operation. Currently, the unit has four vehicles in active service, three of which are based on the Ural chassis.
This practice of upgrading equipment at the plant's own expense is systematic. The plant also annually allocates significant funds to provide the unit with everything it needs: from specialized firefighting equipment and gear to combat and seasonal uniforms for personnel.
The new AC-3.0-40 fire engine, based on a Ural-80 chassis, has already entered active service, strengthening the fire and rescue "shield" of the city-forming enterprise and the Miass urban district.
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