{"id":57180,"date":"2009-12-01T10:29:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-01T15:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/01\/the-amatoya-meet-the-next-generation-of-fire-fighting-vehicles\/"},"modified":"2009-12-01T10:29:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-01T15:29:00","slug":"the-amatoya-meet-the-next-generation-of-fire-fighting-vehicles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/57180","title":{"rendered":"The Amatoya: Meet the next generation of fire fighting vehicles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/conceptcars\/\" rel=\"tag\">Concept Cars<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/special-limited-editions\/\" rel=\"tag\">Specialty<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/design-style\/\" rel=\"tag\">Design\/Style<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/gallery\/amatoya-reconnaissance-and-suppression-vehicle\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"4\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/11\/amatoya_ffv.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><small>Amatoya Reconnaissance and Suppression Vehicle &#8211; Click above for image gallery<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<p>\nDesigner Liam Ferguson&#8217;s vision of how to fight fires almost makes us wish we were firemen &#8211; as long as we could have the keys to one of these. The Amatoya is a site recon and light tanker vehicle designed with a philosophy much more military than civilian. The seating position is like that of a AH-1 Cobra gunship, with the co-pilot up and behind the driver. The Amatoya is built on a monococque steel body, like armed forces MRAPs, insulated with NASA&#8217;s aerogel, and painted with &#8220;military grade sacrificial thermo ceramic intumescent paints.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Remotely Operated Suppression Cannon Outfit (ROSCO) can has a 2,200-liter (581 gallons) total water capacity, all the better for the fact that the crew members don&#8217;t need to leave the vehicle to employ it. Nor should they have much problem getting to the fire, with absurd clearances all around, directional spotlights, and a thermal imaging camera. The only weak point would appear to be the rubber tires, which would melt long before the Space-Shuttle-worthy body would.<\/p>\n<p>Still, we&#8217;d take one in a second. Take a peek at it yourself in the gallery of photos below.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"postgallery\">\n<p><strong>Gallery: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/amatoya-reconnaissance-and-suppression-vehicle\/low\/\">Amatoya Reconnaissance and Suppression Vehicle<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/amatoya-reconnaissance-and-suppression-vehicle\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/11\/01_amatoya_ffv_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/amatoya-reconnaissance-and-suppression-vehicle\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/11\/04_amatoya_ffv_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/amatoya-reconnaissance-and-suppression-vehicle\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/11\/05_amatoya_ffv_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/amatoya-reconnaissance-and-suppression-vehicle\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/11\/06_amatoya_ffv_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/amatoya-reconnaissance-and-suppression-vehicle\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/11\/07_amatoya_ffv_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\n[Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2009\/11\/26\/the-story-of-amatoya\/\">Yanko Design<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/01\/the-amatoya-meet-the-next-generation-of-fire-fighting-vehicles\/\">The Amatoya: Meet the next generation of fire fighting vehicles<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\">Autoblog<\/a> on Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:29:00 EST.  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