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E- ONE, a subsidiary of REV Group and a global provider of emergency response vehicles, is proud to announce its expansion in Ocala, Florida with the addition of 66,000 square feet. E-ONE currently has a total of more than 300,000 square feet for its Ocala operations, including the Welcome Center and the Chassis, Body and Aerial facilities. In addition, at the E-ONE Hamburg, NY facility, there is a 75,000 square foot operation for stainless steel body production. The new expansion in Ocala, FL b...

The new site offers one of the most innovative service and aftermarket parts sales support resources in the industry. Features include: Enhanced Visuals: See what part you are ordering with over 6,000 parts featuring a photograph or 2D drawing. Cross Referencing: If you know the vendor part number (pn), but not the REV Fire part number, the integrated cross reference tool allows you to match the vendor PN to the REV Fire PN with ease. Data Analytics: The REV Fire Parts team supports the par...

REV Group, globally renowned manufacturer of industry-leading specialty vehicle brands, has launched a new ecommerce website for REV Fire Parts, firetruckparts.com, featuring parts for ANY fire truck, including E-ONE, KME and Ferrara vehicles. Fire truck parts and equipment The new site offers one of the most innovative service and aftermarket parts sales support resources in the industry. Top new features of the site include: Enhanced Visuals: See what part you are ordering with over 6,000...

E-ONE, a subsidiary of REV Group and a global provider of emergency response vehicles, is proud to announce the new TITAN 4×4 Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) vehicle has met or exceeded expectations in all categories of third-party advanced product testing. In accordance with NFPA 414 (Standard for Aircraft Rescue and Fire-Fighting Vehicles), all newly-designed vehicles must undergo a series of (34) prototype tests followed by (13) operational tests for each production unit to val...

The undergrowth fire on the Lydd Ranges is now fully extinguished after three days of firefighting. On July 26, 2019, the emergency phase of the incident led by Kent Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS) officially came to a close after all firefighting operations were completed. Duty of care has now been handed back to the land owner. Lee Rose, Assistant Director Channel Tunnel and Resilience at KFRS, said: “On behalf of the service and all other agencies that have been involved throughout the...

E-ONE, a subsidiary of REV Group and a global provider of emergency response vehicles, announce the award of a four-year Sourcewell (formerly NJPA) cooperative contract. Sourcewell creates national cooperative contract purchasing solutions on behalf of its member agencies. Cooperative contracts offer both time and money savings for users by consolidating the efforts of numerous individually prepared solicitations into one national, cooperatively shared process — taking advantage of the agg...

Lake Assault Boats, part of Fraser Shipyards and global manufacturer of fire, patrol, and rescue craft, has placed a 28-foot vessel into service with the Town of Gibraltar Fire Department located in northern Door County, Wisconsin. The new vessel provides emergency response and fire protection services for a large section of shoreline and islands located on Lake Michigan’s Green Bay. The purchase of the boat by the Gibraltar Fire Department was funded entirely through the Gibraltar Fire R...

Lake Assault Boats, part of Fraser Shipyards and a manufacturer of fire, patrol, and rescue craft, has placed a 28-foot vessel into service with the Town of Gibraltar Fire Department located in northern Door County, Wisconsin. The craft provides emergency response and firefighting services for a large section of shoreline and islands located on Lake Michigan’s Green Bay. The purchase of the boat was funded entirely through the Gibraltar Fire-Rescue Association, a local non-profit 501(c)(3...

National Firefighter’s Day was celebrated at the Fire Department Headquarters in Curitiba, the capital of Paraná State in Brazil on Tuesday 2nd July. In addition to medals granted to meritorious members of the Fire Department, there were also numerous vehicles delivered to the institution to support the firefighters in their valuable work. One of these was a Bronto Skylift F54HDT, which is the first of the total three. Emergency back-Up system The features of the F54HDT aerial pl...

E-ONE, a subsidiary of REV Group and a global provider of emergency response vehicles, announces a multi-million-dollar contract for 11 Custom Industrial Pumpers from Saudi Aramco, through its Saudi Arabian dealer, SESE. Saudi Aramco is a long-time SESE and E-ONE customer who has procured over 100 E-ONE vehicles since 2003. The recent order of 11 Custom Industrial Pumpers includes three 4×2 Multi-Purpose Industrial Pumpers, two 6×4 Multi-Purpose Industrial Pumpers, and six 4×2...

E-ONE, a subsidiary of REV Group and a globally renowned manufacturer of fire apparatus equipment and parts, has announced that funding for E-ONE’s patented ECOLOGIC test system is now available from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to airport operators. ECOLOGIC ARFF system ECOLOGIC is an ARFF foam-testing system that does not use foam to conduct the test. The input-based testing system provides fire departments the means to test the accuracy of their foam system without the ex...

Erickson Incorporated has added the Airbus H225 Super Puma helicopter to its fleet of rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft. The company announced its first flight with the Super Puma on June 28. Purchased on the used market, it has been configured for Erickson’s mission profile, specifically in support of Department of Defense customers including the U.S. Navy. Erickson currently has a $28.4 million contract supplying aircraft to the U.S. Pacific Command area of responsibility. Enhancing cust...

Pierce Manufacturing Inc., an Oshkosh Corporation company, announced that its 2019 Road Rally has set off for the second wave of events taking place along the East Coast and throughout the Midwest. Featuring some of the most innovative apparatus and equipment in the fire industry, the Road Rally offers a hands-on and immersive experience for members of fire service.   On Monday, July 15, the Road Rally stopped in Allentown, Pennsylvania, near the headquarters of authorized Pierce...

A program of free CPD seminars focusing on the lessons learnt from frontline operations will run at The Emergency Services Show 2019 at the NEC, Birmingham on 18 and 19 September. The Lessons Learnt Theatre, sponsored by UCLan, will feature case studies of major incidents including the Salisbury nerve agent incident, the recent wildfires on Winter Hill in Lancashire and the Ocado warehouse fire in Hampshire. Experts from across the emergency services community will detail findings from current...

Code 3®, Inc., a pioneer in emergency response products, proudly introduces the sleek, new C3900 series slimline speaker. Two highly efficient 50-Watt speakers deliver 100 Watts of exceptional sound quality through a durable aluminum casing. The best part: the slimline is 40% thinner than its competitors and it is designed to mount behind the grille with universal or custom brackets. Other vehicle placements are compatible and the speaker works seamlessly with all Code 3 sirens. Unparallel...

KME Fire Apparatus, an internationally renowned manufacturer of fire apparatus, has delivered eleven KME custom trucks to Hamilton Fire Department in Ontario, Canada. These trucks will join dozens of KME vehicles currently in service in Hamilton. The Hamilton Fire Department operates out of 30 locations across the city with 26 emergency response stations. Their 430-square-mile response area includes high-rise buildings, heavy industry and rural farm land, requiring a variety of apparatus. The r...

E-ONE, a subsidiary of REV Group and a renowned manufacturer of fire apparatus, is pleased to announce the recent delivery of three different industrial custom pumpers for Imperial Oil, Citgo Petroleum and Collins Fire Department. With a great variety of extinguishing agent systems, as well as single and dual-deck monitors flowing up to 6000 GPM on these trucks, E-ONE’s industrial pumpers are versatile and durable. From petroleum companies to local fire departments, these trucks were engi...

When the structure of the Parisian cathedral burned, the Parisian fire brigade sent a tracked robot inside the burning nave, dragging a 70-liter hose and delivering between 1500 and 2000 liters of water per minute, which is too insufficient to extinguish the enormous burning structure. Parisian cathedral fire extinguishing task With current technologies, attacking the fire from elevating platforms would have been more appropriate Onlookers to the arduous fire extinguishing task taken up by th...

Over 3,500 flood professionals will fill Birmingham’s NEC on the 11th and 12th of September to attend the world’s largest flood exhibition and conference - The Flood Expo 2019. With 150 cutting-edge supplier exhibitors, 100 expert-led seminars, and some of the brightest minds, engineers, and authorities within the sector all under one roof. The Flood Expo will showcase the innovative products, services, and infrastructure helping to deal with an ever-increasing global threat. The F...

Back in March, Kentec Electronics challenged Hochiki Europe to a football match in which the Kentec football team was victorious with a 3-0 win. Basking in the glory, the company decided to challenge Apollo Fire Detectors to a match and earlier this week the Kentec team met an Apollo team for a game in their home town of Dartford which resulted in a 4-3 victory to Apollo. Kentec Electronics conveyed a huge congratulations to the Apollo team on their victory. Kentec and Apollo Fire have a long s...

After entering into partnerships with Australian, Italian and Chinese trade fairs, the Deutsche Messe group of companies is now launching its own, fully proprietary INTERSCHUTZ trade fair in a foreign market: ‘INTERSCHUTZ USA’ is the name of the new event devoted to the North American firefighting equipment and safety/security sector. "Our new commitment in the U.S. represents an expansion of INTERSCHUTZ's worldwide network and allows us to occupy a key market with our strong brand,...

Federal Signal Corporation, a provider of environmental and safety solutions, announced that it has completed the acquisition of the assets and operations of Mark Rite Lines Equipment Company, Inc. (‘MRL’), a U.S. manufacturer of truck-mounted and ride-on road-marking equipment. The acquisition includes the operations of HighMark Traffic Services, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of MRL, which provides road-marking services, primarily within the state of Montana. The signing of the p...

Men and women of the Tuftonboro Fire Department welcomed the delivery of their new Toyne Tailored Pumper Tanker. Bearing the “Engine 2” unit ID, this fully customized pumper tanker will join alongside the department’s other Toyne apparatus, “Engine 1”. With the new addition, Tuftonboro fire crews are better equipped to take the call. Tanker Capabilities Stall-built with bolted stainless steel, Toyne mounted the pumper tanker body on a Spartan Gladiator MFD chassis...

Avinor, the Norwegian airport operator has equipped additional regional airports with Rosenbauer fire fighting vehicles. A dense aviation network connects the Norwegian Namsos Airport, also referred to as Høknesøra Airport, with more than 40 regional airports throughout the country of Norway. Namsos, located about 500 km northwest of Oslo on the central Norwegian coast, is one of the smallest airports in the country. Here, only so-called STOL (short take-off and landing) machines...

Almost half a million passengers and more than 50,000 tons of freight were transported through Linz Airport in Linx, Austria in 2018. This makes it the fifth largest airport in Austria in terms of passenger traffic and the second largest in terms of freight transport. PANTHERs aRFF vehicles As an airport of this category, it needs two high-performance aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF) vehicles - which is why two Rosenbauer PANTHERs are doing their duty in Linz. An additional Rosenbauer A...

Ljubljana (known as Laibach in Germany), is not only the capital of Slovenia, but also a cultural center of Southeastern Europe. Modern large buildings as well as a picturesque old town with narrow alleys, small bridges, and angular buildings of past centuries bear witness to this. This is a special challenge for the emergency personnel of the city's professional fire department, the Ljubljana Fire Department. When purchasing a new turntable ladder, they therefore opted for the L32A-XS from Rose...

The City of Pittsburgh River Rescue Unit, located in Pittsburgh, Penn., has selected Lake Assault Boats to construct a 30-foot EMS river rescue vessel. The craft’s primary mission is to perform rescues in response to water emergencies, administer advanced life support (ALS) services, assist firefighting operations, and provide security for the nation’s second largest inland port. The vessel will be among Lake Assault Boats’ most powerful rescue boat in its history and is slated...

The ZIEGLER Group is establishing a joint venture with Bavaria Fire-Fighting Solutions (Bavaria Holdings) in Egypt, a manufacturer for fire extinguishers of all types and sizes. The two companies have been working together successfully since 2015. Bavaria and ZIEGLER have decided to establish a joint venture in order to intensify the cooperation and establish a closer relationship with the customers in Egypt. Bavaria and ZIEGLER joint venture The target of the joint venture is to facilitate th...

KME Fire Apparatus, globally renowned manufacturer of fire apparatus, announces the delivery of eight KME custom pumpers to Central Pierce Fire & Rescue, WA. KME custom pumpers These eight engines have been specifically engineered to the department’s requirements. Paul Stueve, Assistant Chief of Logistics for Central Pierce states, “Cascade Fire and KME have provided an experience of responsiveness, a willingness to meet high expectations, and delivery with professionalism.&rdq...

Tylosand is one of Sweden’s most popular beaches and during the summer there can be more than 40,000 visitors on the beach every day. They were the first beach in Sweden to have lifeguards patrolling its shores as early as 1958. While most visitors enjoy their summer on the beach, at times guests may find themselves in a difficult situation. The lifeguard’s on Tylosand beach operate on a completely voluntary basis, patrolling the beaches daily throughout Summer ensuring the public&r...