Buying Tens Of Billions Of Firefighting Robots, You Need To Pay Attention To Their Maintenance Too

The firefighting robot car that has just been purchased by the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government (Photo: jakartafire.net)

JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta Fire and Rescue Agency (Gulkarmat) purchased a firefighting robot car with the type Dok-Ing MVF-U3. The price of this robot car is IDR 37.4 billion.

The robot car, purchased from Croatia, was included in the 2019 budget and is now ready for use. However, the ranks of the Gulkarmat Service still need to conduct training in order to operate the machine.

"All of them are trained by people from Croatia. He has to make sure that the goods are really ripe. It will be troublesome if the operations are not correct," the Head of the Gulkamat Service told reporters, Wednesday, February 12.

This robot car was purchased in anticipation of a fire on mass transportation such as the Integrated Moda Raya (MRT) and the Integrated Railroad (LRT).

Its sophistication, said Satriadi, is that this fire destroyer is able to operate without requiring personnel to enter a robotic car.

"The operator is without personnel. He can be operated remotely using a remote. If it can enter a tunnel, it can be operated remotely for the safety of members," he said.

Furthermore, the Gulkarmat Service will buy another unit of the robot with a spray power that is further up to 80 meters. So, officers do not need to be too close to the fire location to extinguish the fire.

"This reduces the risk of officers at the crime scene, if they enter into zones that are like a model of chemicals, they can use it, like a model at a gas station, if members are at risk," he explained.

Separately, public policy observers from Trisakti University agreed to purchase a fire fighting robot car from the Gulkarmat Service. Moreover, Jakarta is a city that has many tall buildings.

He took issue with the high price. However, because it was purchased, Trubus reminded the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government to not only pay attention to the operation of the engine, but also its maintenance.

"Alright, already conducting operational training for the firefighters, but already have a technician who understands the mechanics of the machine and can repair it at any time if the machine breaks down? Don't use it once or twice later. Once it breaks, I'm afraid that I can't fix it," said Trubus when contacted. VOI.

The firefighting robot car that has just been purchased by the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government (Photo: humas jakfire)

According to Trubus, the maintenance costs for this robot car will be expensive when repair technicians and engine spare parts have to be imported from their home country.

"What I'm worried about is that the provincial government will employ foreign workers as mechanical technicians," said Trubus.

"Hence, this way of thinking is not to buy the goods first, but first send the human resources to a country that uses advanced technology as technicians," he concluded.