Freiwillige Feuerwehr Windischgarsten's KLF-A, a 1997 Defender 110 rebuilt as a Kleinlöschfahrzeug-Allrad carrying 480 metres of pre-coupled B hose in three sections for rapid hose-line laying, comprehensively refurbished by Rosenbauer in 2020 with LED lighting, digital radio and new suspension rather than being replaced.
Windischgarsten's volunteer fire brigade in the Upper Austrian Pyhrn-Priel region runs a Pinzgauer 6x6 and this Defender 110 as its off-road pair. The Defender, FW 235 KI, entered service in 1997 as a KLF-A — the Austrian small all-wheel-drive fire vehicle class — equipped as a hose-layer with 480 metres of pre-coupled B hose in three sections so that a supply line can be laid at speed up mountain tracks. In 2020 the brigade chose sustainability over replacement and had Rosenbauer strip and refurbish the vehicle: new suspension, LED warning and scene lighting, digital radio and a refreshed body, as tips.at reported in 2021 with the pair photographed against the Sengsengebirge. The Defender wears fire red with a white cab roof and a raised white roof module over the rear, a blue LED bar above a WINDISCHGARSTEN sign, a quilted hose bundle carried on the front bumper, white side stripes and FEUERWEHR WINDISCHGARSTEN panels, KLF-A on the doors and the 122 emergency number.
The registry's model is a red Defender 110 station wagon with the white roofs and raised rear module, light bar and sign, front hose bundle, stripes and lettering and white wheels; in the game it carries water-pool pickups and the blue-light boost.
Specification
MANUFACTURERLand Rover (Defender 110)
MODIFIER / COACHBUILDERRosenbauer (fire body and 2020 refurbishment)
MANUFACTUREDBuilt 1997; refurbished 2020
ENGINELand Rover 300 Tdi 2.5 L turbo-diesel
PRODUCTION RUN1
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited Kingdom / Austria
OPERATED INAustria
STATUSin-service
REGISTRATIONFW 235 KI
HOSE480 m of pre-coupled B hose in three sections
REFURBISHMENTRosenbauer 2020 — LED lighting, digital radio, new suspension
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINEDefender
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE110″
CATEGORYSpecial · Fire
Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.
Renders & references
Front three-quarterRegistry renderThree-quarterRegistry renderSideRegistry renderRearRegistry renderFrontRegistry renderThe Pinzgauer and the refurbished KLF-A Defender — the reference for this model; linked only.Tips / FF Windischgarsten ↗