Flame-retarding City Bus to Hit the Market in Oct.

English.chinabuses.com: on Aug. 2, Sichuan Provincial Firefighting Dept. disclosed that it has made new breakthroughs in R&D of flame-retarding city bus. It is expected that China’s first city bus which is capable of resisting fire will hit the market in Oct. this year. 

According to the Dept., the new bus is equipped with a firefighting system which will be automatically activated within five seconds after the appearance of a slight spark and be able to bring the fire under control within 10 seconds.

After the bus burning incident on Jun. 5 this year, Chengdu Municipal Government has taken a host of measures to prevent such serious accident from happening again. Sichuan Provincial Firefighting Dept. also joined the efforts by initiating a new research program on developing firefighting systems on city buses. Currently, the new system is under assessment conducted by some bus experts and will realize serial production in Oct.

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