Emergency vehicles on the Ford Transit Chassis platform | Ford Ukraine
01.08.19
Today I want to tell you about the work of a man whom I call a Ukrainian Elon Musk. No, he is not going to colonize Mars yet, because his activities are aimed at saving the lives of our people. For more than six months of our cooperation with Andrey Nagorniy, I have watched how sometimes a crazy idea on paper becomes a unique vehicle for the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.
In the meantime, with a prayer in our hearts, we observe the evacuation of hot spots, with a help of a special vehicle from Validus Special Auto, owned and created by Mr. Nagorniy. However now the point of issue is another vehicle, the only one in Ukraine (and possibly in the world) with such functions, which Ivan Likhuta, Oleg Sologub and I had the honor to shoot recently. By the way, despite everything I will describe below, this is the first gas safety service vehicle to have Starlink installed.
So, the main function of the SVRCR-H vehicle is to carry out special operations to eliminate radiation and chemical accidents. In simple terms, it can measure the background radiation within a radius of more than 50 km and has everything necessary for specialists to work in difficult conditions.
Of course, we hope that this vehicle will be used more in the study of the field work of Russian troops in the Red Forest, but we are well aware of what this vehicle is capable of in case of emergencies. Quickly obtained results are displayed on a topographic map using geographic information systems.
Let’s start with the mysterious name “SVRCR-H”, which is clearly deciphered as “Special heavyweight vehicle for radiation and chemical reconnaissance.”
The vehicle has the ability to alert the population, transmit special light and sound signals, verbal commands and messages within a radius of up to 500 m, as well as alerts using signal rockets.
As Ruslan Lisnichuk explained to me in an accessible and detailed way, “SVRCR-H” is a specially equipped vehicle designed for the prompt delivery of rescuers and special equipment to the places of natural and man-made emergencies, degassing, decontamination, disinfection of equipment, tools and areas, as well as carrying out special tasks to eliminate radiation and chemical accidents, ensuring the implementation of emergency rescue and other emergency services, searching activities and first aid, eliminating local contaminated environments, as well as providing communications and transmitting warnings and lastly – eliminating consequences of emergency situations, catastrophes and natural disasters.
Even thought it might be beneficial, I will not list in this post the number and types of vehicles that the company produces. I want to thank for the opportunity to be one of the first to ride SVRCR-H, describe the equipment in detail and inspire our today’s heroes.
And if we do not get tired of thanking our Western friends for supporting Ukraine, let’s not forget about the Validus Special Auto team, which has been working almost around the clock since the beginning of the full-scale war for the possibility of saving millions of Ukrainians.
P.S. The vehicle has already been handed over to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.
Author: Stanislav Lytvynov