Norwegian firm secures €35 million airport fire truck contracts

A Flekkefjord-based manufacturer has won major contracts worth over 400 million Norwegian kroner (€35 million) to supply and maintain specialist fire trucks for Norway’s state-owned airport operator Avinor, securing jobs for its 57 employees.

Egenes Brannteknikk, Norway’s only domestic producer of fire engines, signed two framework agreements with Avinor. The first, valued at 250 million kroner, covers the delivery of large airport fire trucks over four years. A second 180 million kroner deal will provide smaller fire vehicles, totaling around 26 units.

The three-meter-wide trucks, built in Austria by Rosenbauer and customized in Flekkefjord, carry significantly more water than standard fire engines. The company has previously supplied vehicles to Oslo, Stavanger, Bergen, Trondheim, and Sandefjord airports.

“This isn’t just about deliveries—it includes full service and maintenance, securing our service department’s future,” said managing director Stein Asgeir Egenes. The firm, which produces over 50 fire and rescue vehicles annually, has been building emergency vehicles in Flekkefjord since 1952.

Egenes Brannteknikk traces its origins to O.C. Axelsen Fabrikker, which began producing vehicle bodies in 1946 before specializing in fire trucks. The company became independent in 2002 after Rosenbauer’s withdrawal.

Source: NRK Sørlandet