Amatoya Fire recon

Magnus · **Posted:** Thu Dec 03, 2009 9:38 am

Awesome looking vehicle

http://www.behance.net/Gallery/AMATOYA-Fire-Reconnaissance-Vehicle/351374

Fastlane · **Joined:** Wed Jul 06, 2005 4:24 pm **Posts:** 1688

Don't think its real... its a concept

vk6hgr · **Posted:** Thu Dec 03, 2009 12:04 pm

Fastlane wrote:

Don't think its real... its a concept

It's still cool, though :-)

written_ficton · **Joined:** Mon Mar 03, 2008 9:08 pm **Posts:** 1925

Who cares if its a concept!

Looks awesome....

Imagine it under firecall conditions on the metro roads

Aus_Samurai · **Joined:** Sat Jan 03, 2009 4:32 pm **Posts:** 5

http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/11/26/the-story-of-amatoya/

http://watoday.drive.com.au/motor-news/vehicle-design-in-the-line-of-fire-20100204-nfhi.html

Vehicle design in the line of fire
STEVE COLQUHOUN
February 5, 2010

Victoria's tragic Black Saturday fires have been the catalyst for some potentially life-saving inventions.

Liam Ferguson, who helped his family to save their home in the Latrobe Valley, has drawn on his experiences to design the Amatoya, an off-road fire reconnaissance vehicle.

The 24-year-old designer devised the Amatoya for his honours-year project at Monash University. It can penetrate rugged terrain to provide assessments of fire movements and withstand being engulfed by a blaze.

The Amatoya has a seat for the driver and one for an operator to remotely control two heavy-duty water cannons on the roof. It has a water supply of 1800 litres. A thermal-imaging camera would help the crew to identify fire hot-spots.

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