Yilan Fire Dept. Deploys Robot To Fight Warehouse Blaze
A fire department in Eastern Taiwan has deployed the country's first remote-controlled firefighting robot, one of a fleet it plans to roll out throughout this year. Officials hope the robots will help boost firefighter safety, keeping them out of high-risk situations.
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00:00 In a first for Taiwan, firefighters got a helping hand from a water-shooting robot.
00:05 The remote-controlled bot was sent in to tackle a blaze at a rice warehouse in Yilan County.
00:10 The robot can resist heat and explosions, and uses infrared cameras to detect heat sources.
00:16 The county fire department spent 400,000 US dollars on two of the robots last year, and
00:21 plans to buy four more of them this year.
00:24 Firefighter safety has been in the public spotlight in Taiwan recently.
00:28 Local officials hope the robots will shield their human colleagues from some of the danger.
00:33 "The robots can help with the local fire. Of course, it's better to protect the safety of the firefighters."