Magirus, the world’s leading manufacturer of turntable ladders, has successfully delivered 40
M32L-AS vehicles to municipalies in Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as
part of a centralised procurement. The project was concluded with the handover of the 40th
Arculated Single Extension (AS) turntable ladder to the State School and Technical Centre for
Fire and Disaster Protecon (LSTE) in Eisenhüenstadt, where it will be used to train new
personnel and is equipped with special features.
Centralised procurements such as these offer clear advantages: streamlined planning, more
efficient producon processes, lower costs per vehicle and opmised training for the
emergency services. For smaller municipalies in parcular, which oen have limited financial
and organisaonal capacies, such collecve projects are an effecve way of acquiring modern technology. The tender was organised jointly by LSTE and the Brandenburg Central Police Service (ZDPol). This cooperaon has already proven its worth in the past with other major procurement campaigns organised by the federal states.
The vehicles are based on a 320 hp IVECO chassis, comply with DIN 14043 and are equipped
with the Magirus RescueSupport System RS270 and a powerful water cannon (up to 2,500
l/min). Addional opons, such as camera systems, extended control funcons or special loads, could be selected by the local authories as required.
With a maximum working height of 32 meters and a lateral outreach of up to 23 meters, the
M32L-AS is ideal for urban applicaons. The arculated arm at the top of the ladder ensures a
high degree of flexibility, for example when working across roofs or in narrow backyards. The
soware-supported stabilisaon of the ladder set enables precise manoeuvres and high travel
speeds with lile influence from wind or movements in the cage.
The delivery is also in line with Magirus’ recently presented transformaon plan: increasing
modularisaon and the use of series effects at several locaons are intended to achieve increasing producon figures and shorter delivery mes in the future – while maintaining high
quality and increasing delivery reliability.
