Protection as a durable market.
Division I serves the institutions whose statutory mandate is to protect life, property, the environment, and the continuity of essential public services — fire and rescue services, emergency medical services, search-and-rescue and disaster-response capabilities, civil protection authorities, and forensic services.
It is the most broadly financeable of the three HEXATECH divisions because its activities sit outside the environmental and social exclusion lists that International Financial Institutions and EU funding instruments apply to defence activity. Division I is accordingly the primary route through which HEXATECH pursues EU IPA III, UCPM, IPA CARE, TAFF, WBIF, and sovereign and sub-sovereign lending by EBRD, EIB, KfW, CEB, and the World Bank.
Division I equips Kosovo, Albania, and the wider Western Balkans with the vehicles, equipment, systems, and training needed to protect life and property — delivered through authorised OEM partnerships, integrated with local service, and supported across their full operational life.
Capability areas.
Five capability areas, each addressing a specific customer class and operational problem. The areas are complementary: municipal buyers commonly draw from several in a single programme.
Fire and rescue
Light, medium, heavy, and special-purpose apparatus. Pumps, CAFS, aerial and platform systems. PPE and breathing apparatus. EN 1846 series conformant.
Emergency medical services
Type A, B, and C ambulances on Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, Fiat commercial chassis. Patient transport, CCT, mass-casualty response. EN 1789 conformant.
Search, rescue, and disaster response
Technical rescue, water and rope equipment, mobile command, flood response, and specialist wildfire apparatus. USAR-appropriate kits.
Forensics
Crime-scene vehicles and kits, laboratory instrumentation, evidence management, and accreditation support. ISO/IEC 17025 and 17020 aligned.
Training & certification
Operator and maintainer training on every delivery. Train-the-trainer programmes. Integrated with Division III (Advisory) where customer scope requires.
Lifecycle & service
Factory acceptance, commissioning, warranty administration, Prishtina-stocked parts inventory, periodic inspection and recertification, extended service.
Anchor partnership — Moto-Truck sp. z o.o.
HEXATECH holds authorised-distributor rights for the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Albania with Moto-Truck sp. z o.o. (Kielce, Poland) — a Polish manufacturer of fire-fighting and rescue vehicles with three decades of market presence, documented quality posture (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, AQAP 2110), and a complete range across light, medium, heavy, and special-purpose apparatus.
Product architecture — four classes on leading European chassis (MAN, Mercedes-Benz, Renault, Iveco, Scania), configurable to Kosovo and Albanian customer specification with in-house manufacture of pumps, turrets, masts, tanks, and MT CAFS systems.
Customers served.
The Division's addressable market is institutional, multi-tier, and durable. Central-government authorities set policy and acquire for national programmes; municipal authorities operate the services; critical-infrastructure operators and airports maintain their own fire capability.
In the Republic of Kosovo
- Emergency Management Agency (EMA) — central civil-protection authority under Law No. 04/L-230
- Ministry of Internal Affairs — policy authority for civil protection and fire-rescue
- 38 municipalities — operators of Professional Fire-fighting and Rescue Units under Law No. 04/L-049
- Ministry of Health — ambulance and EMS procurement for the public hospital system
- Critical-infrastructure operators — KEK, KOSTT, Prishtina International Airport, industrial and mining operators
- Kosovo Forensic Agency and Institute of Forensic Medicine
In the Republic of Albania
- General Directorate of Civil Emergencies and National Agency for Civil Protection (AKMC)
- 61 municipalities — operators of municipal fire-rescue capability
- Ministries of Internal Affairs and Health
- Tirana International Airport and critical-infrastructure operators
Financing pathways.
Division I is structured to be financeable under the full range of instruments relevant to public-safety modernisation in the Western Balkans. Tender structure, compliance documentation, and delivery architecture are adapted to the specific financing pathway on each transaction.
EU instruments
IPA III (EUR 14.162bn MFF 2021-2027); UCPM (Albania as Participating State; Kosovo eligible); IPA CARE (EUR 12.8M, 36% equipment); TAFF; WBIF.
Reform and Growth Facility
Regulation (EU) 2024/1449. EUR 882M allocated for Kosovo under the EU Growth Plan. Active disbursement cycle ongoing.
IFI lending
EBRD (Green Cities, Municipal Infrastructure); EIB Global; KfW Development Bank; CEB; World Bank sovereign and sub-sovereign operations.
Bilateral cooperation
Germany (GIZ, KfW); Switzerland (SDC); Italy (AICS); Sweden (Sida); Türkiye (TIKA); US (State Department / post-USAID); UK (FCDO).
Export-credit finance
KUKE (Poland) on Moto-Truck transactions; other OEM-home ECAs per transaction: Euler Hermes (DE), OeKB (AT), SACE (IT), UKEF (UK), EXIM (US).
Commercial & leasing
State-budget procurement, municipal borrowing, commercial bank credit, and operating or financial lease structures for fleet equipment.
Standards and certification.
Every product in the Division portfolio is specified, delivered, and verified against the European and international standards that Kosovo and Albanian procurement authorities invoke — or that financiers require. Non-standard configurations are documented in customer-specific specification annexes.
Fire and rescue vehicles
- EN 1846 series — Firefighting and rescue service vehicles (Parts 1, 2, 3)
- EN 1028 — Firefighting pumps; EN 14043 / 14044 — Aerial ladders and platforms
- Regulation (EU) 2018/858 — Vehicle chassis type approval
Ambulances and EMS
- EN 1789 — Type A (patient transport), B (emergency), C (mobile intensive care)
- EN 1865 series — Patient handling equipment
- IEC 60601 — Medical electrical equipment installed on ambulances
Personal protective equipment
- EN 469 — Firefighter turnout clothing; EN 15614 — Wildland firefighting clothing
- EN 443 — Firefighter helmets; EN 137 — Breathing apparatus; EN 659 — Gloves; EN 15090 — Footwear
Forensic capability
- ISO/IEC 17025 — Laboratory competence; ISO/IEC 17020 — Inspection bodies
- ENFSI guidelines; ILAC G19 modules in forensic science