Fire & Emergency Vehicles

The Journey To Your Next Truck – Part 2

Specifying to Engineering Once you’ve sent your specs and design parameters off to your chosen vendors, you can sit back and wait to review their...

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Fire & Emergency Vehicles

The Journey To Your Next Truck

Your Department has decided to go custom for their next truck.  What next? You’ve had all the meetings, worked out the budget and financing options...

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Fire & Emergency Vehicles

The Marion Difference

Why Choose a Marion?  The old saying, “You are what you eat” is easily understood by nutritionalists, athletes and firefighters across the land.  Simply put,...

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Fire & Emergency Vehicles

Make Your Move to Marion

Get to Know Marion Marion builds custom fire apparatus in the Northern Wisconsin town whose name we share. We are a 112 year-old family owned...

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Fire & Emergency Vehicles

Rescue Pumper or Heavy Rescue? How to Decide Which Is Best for You

While rescue pumpers have become very popular in the Fire & Emergency industry, many departments are questioning whether this is the best choice for them...

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Fire & Emergency Vehicles

Low Hosebed Fire Apparatus — Ideas, Options, and Considerations

The last time we talked about hosebeds, we explained how we design our apparatus to overcome the problems associated with high hosebeds. To make things...

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Fire & Emergency Vehicles

Choosing the Best Lighting Options for Your Fire Apparatus

Before most departments even start talking with an apparatus manufacturer or budgeting their new truck, there are often several features and specifications that are considered...

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Fire & Emergency Vehicles

6 Things to Keep in Mind When Specifying Your Next Rural Apparatus

While there are many notable differences between urban and rural fire departments, one of the most significant is the resources required. Take the availability of...

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12 Paint & Chrome Maintenance Tips for Maximizing Apparatus Health and Appearance

Have you ever thought about why firefighters pay so much attention to cleaning and polishing their trucks? Apart from making sure they look good, have...

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Fire & Emergency Vehicles

Fire Apparatus Front Bumper Configurations — Ideas and Options

With today’s fire departments looking for more storage space on their apparatus, front bumper extensions are becoming common on all apparatus types. Whether it’s a...

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Fire & Emergency Vehicles

10 Tips for Laying Out a Walk-Around Rescue

Though walk-in Rescues have long been the preferred style by many fire departments, fire apparatus manufacturers have seen an increase in walk-around Rescue orders over...

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Fire & Emergency Vehicles

7 Technology Upgrades That Improve Fire Apparatus Operations and Outdated Practices

Let’s face it: technology is evolving fast and changing the ways we operate in almost every facet of our life. New technologies are drastically changing...

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