Hella have equipped the emergency vehicles of Tierrettung Essen e.V. with beacons, work lights, and a control unit with voice announcement option. Volunteers travel with them about 70km around Essen to rescue and care for pets or to transport them to the nearest veterinarian.
According to road traffic regulations, emergency vehicles must be clearly identifiable. Several products from Hella, such as the BST warning lights in yellow and white and the RotaLED and K-LED Blizzard beacons ensure this at the animal rescue Essen. The latter generates a 360° signal that can be seen from afar, allowing road users to be warned at an early stage. This is particularly important during nighttime operations, for example to secure accident sites.
In addition, animal rescue Essen relies on Hella’s modular OWS 7 optical warning system, which allows two or four beacons to be positioned on the outer edges of the vehicle roof. At the animal rescue Essen, the system was supplemented by a voice announcement function with which passers-by can be warned of roaming animals.
In the search for injured animals, the 70 LED Generation 3 hand searchlight helps. At 800 lumens, it creates a light range of over 160 metres and enables the surroundings to be illuminated in a targeted manner. In addition, the LED Light Bar 350 work light in the form of a compact light bar mounted on the vehicle roof provides homogeneous illumination in the close-range area.
