FIGHTING FIRE WITH ROBOTS

Meet the Netherlands’ remote controlled fire-fighting robot: the Inferno Beater HOLLAND Holland Special Pumps (HSP) is the only firefighting robot manufacturer in the Netherlands. Last year the company launched the Inferno Beater, a remotely-operated fire extinguisher robot, which can be used in tank farms, as well as other applications such as houses, industrial buildings and parking garages. The Inferno Beater contains a camera, so can be controlled even when the operator is out of sight, allowing the machine really close access to the fire. It can be connected to almost any type of water supply, such as hydrants, fire trucks or pumps. It protects itself with a watershield, which also provides cooling for the tracks. ‘The Inferno Beater can fit through normal doorways‘ Danny de Ridder, Holland Special Pumps   HOLLAND SPECIAL PUMPS Holland Special Pumps (HSP) is based near Rotterdam Port in the Netherlands and has customers all over the world, including the likes of BP, Shell and other major companies around the world. The company was established in 1980. It started out producing lightweight hydraulic-driven firefighting pumps. At a later stage the company...