Rosenbauer International AG
“PANTHER: the de-facto CAT-10 crash tender across GCC airports.”
Decades of ground presence across the GCC.
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Company brief
Rosenbauer International AG is a 160-year-old Austrian manufacturer headquartered in Leonding and is one of the world's leading suppliers of firefighting technology for municipal, industrial and aviation use. The company describes itself as a full-line supplier ('Vollsortimenter'), producing municipal firefighting vehicles, aerial ladders and rescue platforms, airport (ARFF) vehicles, industrial vehicles, special vehicles, extinguishing systems, firefighting equipment, stationary fire-suppression installations and digital solutions for fleet and operational management. In aviation, Rosenbauer's flagship is the PANTHER ARFF (aircraft rescue and firefighting) vehicle, including the PANTHER electric, which the company positions as the future of airport fire protection. Built-in and mobile extinguishing systems, turrets, nozzles, penetrating extinguishing systems and the RTE firefighting robot complement the vehicle line. Rosenbauer also offers protective clothing such as the HEROS H10 helmet, firefighting boots and gloves, power generators, high-performance fans, submersible pumps, LED lighting and the RFC battery extinguishing system for EV fires. Its Digital Solutions group includes RDS Connected Command, RDS Connected Fleet and RDS Connected Drones, and it manufactures RCS simulators for PANTHER, driving and tactical aerial training. Rosenbauer maintains a service network spanning more than 100 countries, providing maintenance, refurbishment, upgrades and spare parts. Vehicles are built to both European and US standards, and the company exhibits at Interschutz, the global firefighting trade fair.
Indexed product lines
Flagship Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) vehicle for airport fire protection.
Electric variant of the PANTHER ARFF vehicle, marketed as the future of airport fire-fighting with emission-free operation.
Robotic firefighting unit for high-risk operations.
Mobile system for tackling lithium-ion battery fires (e.g. EVs).
Modular tank firefighting vehicle platform; 100th MT-bodied unit recently delivered to Covestro Brunsbüttel works fire brigade in Germany.
Multi-purpose firefighting helmet adopted by Rettungsdienst Värend (Sweden).
Digital platform suite for incident command, fleet management and drone integration.
Training simulator for PANTHER ARFF crews.
Compliance + accreditation
Reference installations on file
No GCC-region installations on file yet. The references below are international deployments — the supplier can verify Gulf presence on claim.
100th MT-bodied tank firefighting vehicle (ULF on Scania P500 6x2*4 NB) delivered in April 2026 — industrial, not airport.
Operating in 13 countries
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