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Fire truck purchases: How to get your plan approved

Spartan and Gimaex to bring two trucks to U.S.

Equipping your fire truck: 3 key design tips

Dear Member

In this month's Apparatus eNews, we discuss a critical part to specing a new fire truck: accounting for type, and weight, of the added equipment it will store, and offer some advice on how to convince officials that the purchase of a new fire truck is truly warranted.

Also, be sure to check out the fruits of Spartan and Giamaex's partnership, two new firefighting vehicles that will soon be on the market.

� The FireRescue1 Team


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	Ferrara Unveiled an Exciting New Rescue Pumper at FDIC 2012 Ferrara�s MVP heavy rescue pumper, shown last week at FDIC, is designed for fire, rescue, hazmat and more. Compact wheelbase with massive compartments, MVP uses a Hale QMAX-XS 2000 GPM pump. Speedlays are frame rail height for easy, safe deployment and reloading. MVP is also available as a 77� quint.

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		Fire truck purchases: How to get your plan approved By John Hill, FR1 Contributor Fire departments can no longer justify their fire truck purchase solely on operational arguments such as the truck is old, it's no longer safe or parts are no longer available. 3 financial reasons
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		Spartan and Gimaex to bring two trucks to U.S. By Rick Markley, FR1 Editor Spartan Motors and Giamaex have partnered to introduce two new firefighting vehicles, one of which is a 138-foot aerial rig, the other a wildland vehicle. Everything but the kitchen sink
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		Equipping your fire truck: 3 key design tips By FR1 Staff Probably one of the most overlooked areas during the spec-writing process for a new apparatus is the weight and mounting of portable equipment. Goal in mind
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