Windischgarsten KLF-A Hose-Layer
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.
History
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.
Imagery
Registry record
- Manufacturer
- Land Rover (Defender 110)
- Manufactured
- Built 1997; refurbished 2020
- Modifier / coachbuilder
- Rosenbauer (fire body and 2020 refurbishment)
- Engine type
- Land Rover 300 Tdi 2.5 L turbo-diesel
- Production run
- 1
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom / Austria
- Operated in
- Austria
- Status
- in-service
Catalogue data
- Record kind
- Named model
- Model line
- Defender
- Wheels
- 4
- Nominal wheelbase
- 110″
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.
Sources & citations
Researched sources
- Nachhaltigkeit auch im Feuerwehrwesen ↗ — Tips (Kirchdorf) (accessed 2026-09-11)
Catalogue references
- https://www.tips.at/nachrichten/kirchdorf/blaulicht/543934-nachhaltigkeit-auch-im-feuerwehrwesen https://www.tips.at/nachrichten/kirchdorf/blaulicht/543934-nachhaltigkeit-auch-im-feuerwehrwesen ↗
Registry record updated 2026-09-11T16:14:56.736Z · status: researched