germany-lüdenscheid: firefighting vehicles./ procurement of a rescue vehicle for the lüdenscheid fire and rescue station./ the town of lüdenscheid is located in the märkisches kreis, administrative district of arnsberg and has approx. 73,400 inhabitants in an area of approx. 87 km². due to the topographical location with a height above sea level between 232m as the lowest and 539m as the highest point and the associated climatic conditions (town center at approx. 423 m above sea level) of the city of lüdenscheid, in which there are both urban areas and rural areas and a there is a large forest stock, special requirements are placed on this new vehicle as part of this new acquisition. furthermore, the lüdenscheid fire brigade was assigned 43 directional kilometers of the bab45 with more than 300m difference in altitude as an area of operation. a correspondingly powerful vehicle is therefore necessary.