Rosenbauer RTX and Fire Department Coffee Ride Along

Buckle up for a ride with Jason Patton from Fire Dept. Coffee as he hits the road with the crews from Vancouver Fire Rescue Services and City of Victoria Fire Services in the Rosenbauer RTX. Get ready for some real talk about climbing the ladder, tackling challenges, and why the Rosenbauer RTX checks all the boxes for their local communities needs. Grab your favorite brew and tune in for a thrilling journey fueled by caffeine and camaraderie!

[@saminasser7807]

Jason's ability to keep the conversation going and control the flow is immaculate, not enough people are aware or appreciate that this skill is hard to master.

[@edwardduffy4170]

i think my highlight of this was seeing the 90’s Ford Open Cab Pumper at 7:22

[@AirWasTaken]

Hey, Jason from FDC!

[@Realstormgamingofficialyt]

fire department coffee in my home country

[@mdpo6419]

Cool 😎

[@davidsnyder2423]

Hi , one question that I haven’t heard as of yet is how much do the Batteries cost to replace ?

[@dbyers3897]

They're rechargeable.

[@randompersonjan]

@@dbyers3897 Not for ever, they will eventually break sometime

[@MrJimheeren]

By the time you need to replace the batteries. You just buy a new truck. Fire trucks don’t make that many miles per year (average lower then 5000 miles per year)

[@randompersonjan]

@@MrJimheeren that's also true

[@kilodeltaeight]

For some context/comparison, the BMW i3 was in production for about a decade from 2023-2022. Many units are now over 10 years old, with well over 100,000 miles on them. All i3’s had a 10 year battery warranty specifying full replacement if the capacity dropped below 70%. Only a handful have ever seen that happen, with marginally more having individual cells replaced out of a full pack due to premature aging.
Lithium Ion batteries are VERY reliable, especially if you properly manage capacity so they aren’t ever discharged below 10% of actual capacity or over 80-90% actual capacity. Most BMS’ do this automatically, so “100%” is really ~85% and so on. I’d be surprised if the RTX isn’t the same, and expect they’d last well over a decade.
The reality, too, is that electric motors last FAR longer than diesel engines: electric trains in subway service, for example, easy last 30-50 years with a mid life overhaul and a far harder duty cycle. I could easily see these engines getting similar re-fits to replace batteries and interior fittings for ~50% the cost of a new engine, saving departments a LOT over their life.

[@projectredhead]

does it come in wildlands config? with fire suppression systems? also the battery does it have a fail safe fire system in case... well you know

[@Andy-ST]

schade das Rosenbauer kein martin´s horn mit ein gebaut hat

[@randompersonjan]

ist halt in den USA nicht so üblich

[@Andy-ST]

@@randompersonjan aber genau deswegen 😊

[@randompersonjan]

@@Andy-ST hat aber auch keinen Richtigen Nutzen, die Amerikaner haben schon genug verschiedene Sirenen

[@Andy-ST]

@@randompersonjan du magst recht haben , nur ich habe da so ein anderer Gedanke, Heimat liebe
denn die sind ja Österreicher

[@randompersonjan]

@@Andy-ST Ist aber für den Amerikanischen Markt, oder?

[@Gggggggvvvvvvvcg]

These trucks are cool don’t get me rong I’d rather have a diesel one but I thank the battery’s will degrade and that is going to cost a fortune

[@solarissv777]

It would be really nice to see the comparison of yearly use in a busy city between this and a comparable diesel engine and see how much fuel and money does it save. Add a battery change in 10 years and check what is actually cheaper in the long run.

[@4merLawman]

Electric fire apparatus Will never make it.

[@firemedic6509]

Why did we ever replace horses?

[@Hirazrador]

steam engines will never replace hand pumps

[@paulmatakovich9096]

I want to see the first electric engine on a brush fire strike team

[@Thatweirduncle]

@@paulmatakovich9096 good thing they are structure engines not designed for that... Im down for electric fire apparatus, just not whatever this is.

[@rollinwithronaldo1330]

Not fully electric, it has a diesel engine backup

[@spyder801jd]

Stop with the European garbage fire trucks

[@dotMSOffice]

The only Reason you call em Garbage is because it's not "Made in USA"
kinda a shit Opinion to have. But then again you have no Idea what you are talking about nor do you have any meaningful impact anywhere.

[@randompersonjan]

euro trucks are not garbage

[@spyder801jd]

@@randompersonjan we don't need them in the USA

[@solarissv777]

Guess, americans are afraid of competition

[@spyder801jd]

@solarissv777 no that's not the case at all. This is US we don't need European fire trucks in American fire departments