We delivered the 13 e-extinguishing lances purchased for the National Directorate General for Disaster Management of the Ministry of Interior, which will be deployed at the fire departments along the busiest express roads.

It turns out more and more often that a vehicle burning in a car fire has some kind of hybrid battery pack. Extinguishing such cars is difficult and time-consuming because it is not enough to extinguish the car itself, the packs also need to be cooled.

The battery packs can reach temperatures of up to 800–1,000 degrees (!) in a fire and can still be glowing even when the car appears to have been extinguished from the outside. These devices are able to break through the battery plate and inject the extinguishing agent into the glowing cells.

This can reduce the time needed to extinguish a hybrid/electric car from long hours to as little as 15-20 minutes. And this allows traffic to flow more quickly. In addition, a possible motorway blockage due to extinguishing can be released faster.

Today’s event is a good example of the excellent cooperation between the disaster management authority and the public road operators. Our companies are committed to preserving road safety – stressed Tamás Kertesi, Deputy CEO of our Company.

We participated in the initiative together with the Hungarian Public Road Nonprofit Plc.