The Australian ACT has gone electric.
https://esa.act.gov.au/about-esa-emergency-services/fire-rescue/electric-fire-truck

Faster than the diesel variety.


Big boy's toys!

Edit:
On further reading, this is not recent news.
As far as I can tell, it was made in Austria and has had a few reliability problems.
Still good to see some progress.

Jim
Edited 2026-08-21 12:51 by TassyJim

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Queensland and Victoria have also had some on trial for the last year or two.
Appear to be good for metropolitan services but "range anxiety" is delaying rural use. A few fast charging genset trucks in the fleet may overcome that.

The Queensland Volvo has a claimed range of 300km.

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WARNING! - Offensive language!

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