Demers Ambulances introduced the TSS Type II ambulance on a Ford Transit T250 chassis, aimed at EMS and transport agencies needing a compact patient transport vehicle.

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The Frontenac (MO) Fire Department, which covers 2.8 square miles of the city of Frontenac in St. Louis County, runs a single engine, a reserve engine, and an ambulance with 20 paid full-time firefighters from one station. After COVID, faced with increased costs and long wait times for a new engine, the department obtained approval […]

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Responding when the whistle blows is our core responsibility, but it is the extra we do every day that will hopefully keep the rigs full for another 100 years.

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The design and specifications of heavy rescue vehicles are influenced by their intended mission, which determines factors like axle count and equipment weight capacity.

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