Fire department / Disaster Relief Service pump

A German town was experiencing persistent problems with flooding and overflowing sewage canals. To be able to react without depending on other local authorities and associations, the town decided to procure its own mobile pump. 

As the local branch of the Disaster Relief Service ran a specialist team for water damage/pump, the decision was made to create a unique nationwide collaboration between the local fire department and the Disaster Relief Service. The mobile pump was to be operated by the local fire department but owned by the Disaster Relief Service's specialist team for water damage/pump. This enabled any staff shortages at the fire department to be filled and saved on cost intensive training for the fire-fighters. The excellently trained Disaster Relief Service specialist team took care of pump maintenance and were able to operate it in the event of an emergency. To keep the mobile pump available locally for using outside the town requires approval from the fire department. 

When choosing a mobile pump for this, they agreed on a Boerger Rotary Lobe Pump. The key factor in the decision was the extremely positive experience of working with Boerger pumps that was shared by members of the relief service. All the requirements of the relief service personnel and the fire department could be perfectly implemented as the entire mobile unit, from the trailer, to the pump technology to the control unit, was made by Boerger GmbH. Contrary to the centrifugal pumps often used by fire departments, Boerger Rotary Lobe Pumps are resistant to solids and loose only minimal pumping efficiency at high pressure. The self-priming Boerger pumps are highly reliable due to the impeccable quality and are impressive with the long, above-average service life.

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