Projects financed by the EU
Project
BRNO-TURANY AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE COMPLETION
The Council of the South Moravian Region agreed, at its 169th meeting taking place on 26th June 2008, the grant application for "Brno-Turany Airport Infrastructure Completion" to be submitted to the Regional Operational Programme of South-East NUTS II Region, Intervention Area of 1.1 – Regional Transport Infrastructure Development. The project implementation was approved by the Committee of the Regional Council of South-East NUTS II Region on 7th October 2008.
The project aimed at a security enhancement at Brno-Turany Airport and a separation of passengers travelling within or outside the Schengen area. The project implementation period was divided into two stages. In the first stage, two special buses were purchased in order to operate the transport within the airport. In the second stage, a new fire fighting truck bearing a water tank pump was purchased.
The overall amount of project costs reached CZK 31,417,000, incl. VAT ./included. The price paid for the airport buses amounted to CZK 17,017,000. The price paid for the airport water tank pump amounted to CZK 14,400,000. The project was co-financed by the European Union. The European Union share represented 85 per cent of the eligible expenditure of CZK 26,300,000. The share of the Regional Council of South-East NUTS II Region, and that of the South Moravian region, represented 7.5 per cent of the eligible expenditure amount each. The regional authority of the South Moravian Region also covered the ineligible expenditure representing CZK 5,117,000.
LETIŠTĚ BRNO, a.s. participated in the tender preparation, a draft documenation specifying technological and functional facility specifications in particular. The same company operates the new airport vehicles and water tank pump.
SPECIAL AIRPORT BUSES
The regional authority of the South Moravian Region signed a contract with IHR-TECHNIKA, s.r.o. for the purchase of airport buses. The company had won the public tender organised by the regional authority of the South Moravian Region. On 17th December 2008, two special airport buses were handed over in a ceremony to the regional authority of the South Moravian Region. On 15th January 2009, the leader of the South Moravian Region handed over these two buses to LETIŠTĚ BRNO, a.s., the operator of the international public airport in Brno - Turany, which has since operated them. The buses give passengers, being transferred from one check-in hall to another, comfort and safety at the international public airport in Brno - Turany.
Technical parameters:
- height x length x width: 3 m x 14.7 m x 3.2 m
- max speed (limited by a speed limiter) 40 km per hour
- capacity of 110 passengers (four passengers per square meter), occupied by a maximum of 136 passengers
- air-conditioned cabin for the driver and passengers
- three doors on each side of the bus
- one door on each side of the bus is equipped with a mechanical platform allowing disabled people to get in and get out of the bus
- low anti-skid floor, adjustable to anyone getting in or out, reduced distance from the ground (280 mm)
AIRPORT FIRE TRUCK AND WATER TANK PUMP
The existing technological equipment of the fire brigade operating at the airport in Brno-Turany was enhanced during the second stage of the project implementation. A brand new airport fire truck bearing a water tank pump was purchased in order to enhance the airport operation security and the security of the airport passengers at the same time. It has also improved the capacity to intervene in the event of an emergency situation. The contract for the purchase of the airport fire truck was signed with Ziegler Hasičská Technika, s.r.o. which had won the tender. On 23rd December 2010, the regional authority of the South Moravian Region took over the water tank pump. It was handed over in a ceremony to the representatives of LETIŠTĚ BRNO, a.s. and the the fire brigade staff by the governor of the South Moravian Region on 26th January 2011.
The water tank pump isdesigned to fulfil the fire brigade duties arising from the fire safety regulations as well as the civil aviation regulations. The water tank pump is equipped with the most up-to-date technologies. Firemen can intervene with water, foam, powder or carbon dioxide directly from the vehicle. The water tank pump is also equipped with accessories permitting the firemen to break into an aircraft fuselage, a pressure valve, elementary medical equipment and detection equipment. There is a remote lighting pole, an electric exchange and a set of halogen spotlights casting light to where the firemen are intervening.
Technical paremeters:
- manufacturer and type: Mercedes - Benz, Actros 3360 A 42 6x6
- transmission: automatic
- max speed: 125 km per hour
- acceleration from 0 to 80 km per hour: up to 35 sec (a fully loaded vehicle)
- height x length x width: 3.8 m x 9.8 m x 2.5 m
- overall weight: 28.4 t
- number of seats in cabin: 1+2
- approach angles: 30°
- front rope winch: 6 800 kg, rope length 27 m
- pump capacity: 6 000 l/min
- water tank capacity: 10 000 l
- foam tank capacity: 1 200 l
- powder tank capacity: 250 kg
- carbon dioxide tank capacity: 120 kg
- monitoring device attached to the root of the vehicle: flow rate 4,000 l per min, water jet length 70 m, remotely controlled from the cabin
- monitoring device attached to the bumper: flow rate 1,200 l per min, water jet length 40 m, remotely controlled from the cabin
- jet cooling: 3 jets attached to the front chassis, 2 jets attached to the back chassis
- light signals indicating the reamaining water amount in the tank (attached to both sides of the fire fighting vehicle superstructure body)