CHARLOTTE, MI – August 16, 2021 – Spartan Fire, LLC, a subsidiary of REV Group^®, and a leading manufacturer of specialized cab/chassis products for the fire service, is pleased to announce that Edward (“Ed”) DeVito has joined the company as Vice-President/General Manager.

With over 20 years in various key operations leadership roles, Ed has tremendous experience in the chassis industry including 12 prior years in manufacturing, production engineering and supply chain with Spartan Motors.  Most recently, Ed was Vice-President of Operations at HME Ahrens-Fox.

“Since late April, with Gary Pacilio’s direction acting as interim VP/GM, the Spartan Fire Chassis team has made great progress in assimilating to the REV Drive Business System and has delivered real progress with both commercial and operational improvements across the business,” stated Kent Tyler, President REV Fire Group.  “With a solid background in custom chassis manufacturing, including several years previously with Spartan, we are very confident that Ed will work closely with the Spartan Fire Chassis organization, our dealers, our OEM partners, and fire service customers to keep driving this positive momentum forward,” Tyler added.

A Michigan native, Ed earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration at Michigan Technological University and a Master of Science in Engineering Management from Western Michigan University.

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About Spartan Fire Chassis

Headquartered in Charlotte, Michigan, Spartan Fire Chassis, is a world-class leader in the design and production of custom fire truck chassis products and is a member of the REV Group, Inc. We are dedicated to improving the lives of the men and women who work in the fire service by making exceptional purpose-built vehicles. Spartan Fire Chassis is well known for safety, quality, durability, aftermarket product support, and first-to-market innovation.

About REV Group, Inc.

REV Group^® companies are leading designers and manufacturers of specialty vehicles and related aftermarket parts and services. Our companies serve a diversified customer base, primarily in the United States, through three segments: Fire & Emergency, Commercial, and Recreation. They provide customized vehicle solutions for applications, including essential needs for public services (ambulances, fire apparatus, school buses, and transit buses), commercial infrastructure (terminal trucks and industrial sweepers) and consumer leisure (recreational vehicles). REV’s diverse portfolio is made up of well-established principal vehicle brands, including many of the most recognizable names within their industry. Several of our brands pioneered their specialty vehicle product categories and date back more than 50 years. REV Group trades on the NYSE under the symbol REVG. Investors-REVG

By Alan M. Petrillo

The Rochelle (IL) Fire Department wanted to replace a 1995 rescue truck and decided on a rescue-pumper as the platform for its new rig to handle incidents in a coverage area that includes Interstate 88 and Interstate 39, two Class I railroad crossings (Union Pacific and SCF) in the middle of town, plus numerous industrial facilities such as a large ethanol plant, a huge food processing plant, and 100,000 square feet of frozen food warehouses. The department has 13 full-time paid firefighters, and 25 paid on-call firefighters running on a 2014 Alexis engine, a 2000 Alexis 105-foot aerial ladder, three Advanced Life Support (ALS) ambulances, a dive truck, a hazardous materials trailer, a utility pickup truck, and a rescue boat.

“We wanted our new rescue-pumper to be set up as an all-hazards vehicle that can handle motor vehicle accidents, as well as act as a support for hazardous materials incidents,” Dave Sawlsville, Rochelle Fire Department’s chief, says. “We also chose the rescue-pumper-type vehicle where we could send a crew of four out on a call and allow them to get started on a situation, before other support comes on the scene.”

Dale Derner, Midwest regional sales manager for Toyne, which built the new rescue-pumper for Rochelle, says the rig is on a Spartan Metro Star ELFD chassis and cab with a 24-inch raised roof and seating for six firefighters, and a bolted stainless-steel body, powered by a 380-horsepower (hp) Cummins ISL 9 diesel engine, and an Allison 3000 EVS automatic transmission. Wheelbase on the rescue-pumper is 224 inches, overall length is 33 feet 7 inches, and overall height is 11 feet.

Toyne built this custom rescue-pumper for the Rochelle (IL) Fire Department on a Spartan Metro Start ELFD chassis and cab with a 24-inch raised roof and seating for six firefighters. (Photos courtesy of Toyne.)

Derner points out that the rescue-pumper has a Hale QMax 1,250-gallons-per-minute (gpm), side-mount pump with the pump panel on the curb side of the rig, a Fire Research Pump Boss pressure governor, a Waterous Aquis 6.0 Class A/B foam system, Waterous Overboard Foam Power Fill, a UPF 500-gallon Poly® water tank, a 30-gallon Class A foam tank, and a 30-gallon Class B foam tank. The rig has two 1-3/4-inch hose crosslays, and one 2-1/2-inch crosslay; one 2-1/2-inch discharge, a 2-1/2-inch direct tank fill, and a 6-inch intake at the rear; a 2-1/2-inch and a 4-inch discharge, a 2-1/2-inch intake and a 6-inch intake on the left side; two 2-1/2-inch discharges, and 2-1/2-inch and 6-inch intakes on the right side of the vehicle; and a 1,250-gpm Elkhart Brass Cobra wireless foam-capable deck gun.

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