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November 8, 2022

Dr. Stephen Solomon, a pioneer in fire service visibility and safety, details the most common apparatus accidents and provides strategies to stop them from occurring.

Patrick Stone provides the perfect guide for departments on how to remove vehicle exhaust from their apparatus bay.

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FEATURES
Although rigs that forgo combustion-engine power don’t make sense for some departments for the time being, the fire service is on the road to the addition of the vehicles to many fleets.
Choosing the right components, body material and design can pay big dividends when it comes to future maintenance costs.
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Tom Shand and Michael Wilbur explain why the "preferred vendor" concept accompanies four other missteps in the specification of a new vehicle.
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Neil Sjostrom keys on what apparatus committees must address to optimize a new rig when it comes to battery-powered equipment compared with corded tools.
APPARATUS SHOWCASE
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Pierce built two pumpers for the Topeka Fire Department on the Enforcer chassis.
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The Borough of Towanda Volunteer Fire Department took delivery of this Spartan quint.
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Sutphen built this custom 1,500-gpm pumper for the Bowling Green Volunteer Fire Department.
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SVI built a Type 6 brush truck for the Aurora Fire Department on a Ford F-550 chassis.
APPARATUS NEWS
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson said the manufacturers' inability to replace or fix vehicles is a national problem.
Hazleton Fire Department's two new engines should be in quarters in weeks, and a ladder truck next year.
The Colorado Fire Department brush truck hit the woman in a park.
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