Navi Mumbai: To extinguish the fire, the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation has bought a robot at a cost of Rs 85 lakh in the fire department. Which has a state-of-the-art system to operate from a distance of 300 meters from the place of fire. This robot, made abroad in the Fire Department of the Municipal Corporation, has been bought by the Fire Department of the Municipal Corporation from a company called Poke of France. Which has now joined the fleet of the Fire Department of the Municipal Corporation. With the arrival of this robot, now the fire brigade personnel will not be injured while extinguishing the fire.
According to Purushottam Jadhav, officer of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation’s fire department, there is a system to operate the robot with a remote control. Many times firefighters are injured while extinguishing the fire, but with the advent of robots, they have now got a kind of protective shield. This robot has the capacity to throw 3,000 liters of water in a minute. Which has been demoed. About how to operate this robot, the engineers of the concerned company are going to come to the fire department of Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation to train the firefighters.
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the ability to easily climb the stairs of the building
Jadhav told the media that the said robot can easily go to those fire places where it is impossible for humans to go. This state-of-the-art robot can easily climb the stairs of the building, due to which it will be of great help in extinguishing the fire in the building. Through this robot, chemical and other flammable material will help in controlling the fire. This robot is fitted with 2 batteries, so that this robot can help extinguish fire for more than 4 hours.