The colour is distinctively red, which is unusual for a Cat machine, but then again this is an emergency response vehicle, and a very unique one, which took close to a year to design and configure.
Built around a Cat 740B articulated truck chassis, Johannesburg based specialist body builders and fluid handling specialists, Cobra Petro Projects, have developed what is believed to be a world first: an all-terrain vehicle that combines and integrates a rescue and fire-fighting aerial sky lift platform with an on-board 21 000 litre tank incorporating an AFFF (Aqueous Fire-Fighting Foam) compartment, pumping equipment, plus allied hose and cannon connections. The truck also has an on-board fire suppression system.