From the Foster Coach Sales Facebook page:
Brand new Freightliner chassis under a custom Horton conversion
Oct 27
Posted by Admin in Ambulance photos, Fire Department News, New Delivery | 6 Comments
From the Foster Coach Sales Facebook page:
Brand new Freightliner chassis under a custom Horton conversion
Tags: ambulance photos, chevron striping on rear of new ambulance, Foster Coach Sales, Horton ambulance, new ambulance for Wheeling, Type I ambulance on a Freightliner chassis, Wheeling Fire Department
May 18
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From the Foster Coach Facebook page:
Brand new custom Horton conversion on a Ford F550 chassis
Tags: ambulance photos, Foster Coach Sales, Horton ambulance, new ambulance for York Center FPD, York Center Fire Protection District
Apr 21
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From the Foster Coach Sales Facebook page:
Brand new custom Horton conversion on a Ford F450 4×4 chassis
Tags: ambulance photos, Crete Township Fire Protection District, Foster Coach Sales, Horton ambulance, new ambulance for Crete Township
Nov 14
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From the Foster Coach Sales Facebook page:
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Jun 1
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This from Larry Shapiro:
I visited the Wheaton FD a couple of weeks ago to photograph the fleet. Here’s a profile of Station 3 (Station 37).
Wheaton Station 2 (Station 39)
Tags: ambulance photos, fire truck photos, Horton ambulance, Larry Shapiro, Pierce Impel PUC pumper, shapirophotography.net, Wheaton fire apparatus, Wheaton Fire Department, Wheaton Fire Station 3, Wheaton Fire Station 37
May 15
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From Larry Shapiro:
I visited the Wheaton FD this week to photograph the fleet. Here’s a profile of Station 2 (Station 39).
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Apr 17
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Tags: ambulance photos, Bedford Park FD buys aluminum tower ladder, Bedford Park Fire Department, Bedford Park tower 709, Clarendon Hills Fire Department, Horton ambulance, Josh Boyajian, new ambulance for Bedford park, new ambulance for Clarendon Hills, new fire truck photos, new tower ladder for Bedford park, Pierce Dash CF PUC tower ladder, Type I Road Rescue ambulance
Excerpts from the Chicago Tribune:
It’s a good thing Clarendon Hills officials decided to keep their old ambulance as a backup when they purchased a new $259,000 vehicle in December 2014.
The 2015 Freightliner/Horton ambulance, delivered Dec. 11, has been out of service since Feb. 23 because of cracks on the inside wall, said Fire Chief Brian Leahy. It is expected to be out for repairs until late March.
“There was some major cracking, and we took it back to the dealer,” Leahy said.
The dealer is Foster Coach Sales, Inc., a Sterling, Ill., company that only sells ambulances. They sent the ambulance to the manufacturer, Horton Ambulance, in Ohio.
“On March 9, it’s going to be disassembled and then reassembled,” Leahy said. “It started with one crack and then five cracks a week later. The whole inside needs to be taken apart and put back together.”
While he is disappointed about having the ambulance out of service just months after it arrived, Leahy is confident everything will be fine in the end.
“It’s a glitch; I don’t think it’s a lemon,” Leahy said. “The problem is cosmetic, but it needs to be fixed.”
While the new ambulance is being fixed, Clarendon Hills has its 2008 ambulance back in service. The original plan was to trade in or sell the old ambulance. That process led to two verbal offers of $30,000 each.
However, Leahy said internal discussions led to the idea of keeping the 2008 ambulance as a reserve to be used when the new ambulance is temporarily out of service for regular maintenance, mechanical failure, or because of being involved in an accident. The fire department has traditionally operated with only one ambulance. A ladder truck is equipped with some medical gear, but cannot transport anyone needing to go to the hospital.
Leahy said the department would work without a backup ambulance while the new one is being fixed. However, Foster Coach Sales has offered to provide a loaner if needed.
Tags: Clarendon Hills Fire Department, Fire Chief Brian Leahy, Foster Coach Sales, Horton ambulance, new ambulance for Clarendon Hills
Feb 24
Posted by Admin in Fire Department News, New Apparatus Order | 1 Comment
Here’s some insight into the purchase of the new Horton ambulance by the Arlington Heights Fire Department:
Item: |
Purchase of a New Fire Department Ambulance and Budget Amendment |
Department: |
Fire |
Background
The Fire Department would like to replace Ambulance 124, which is an older, less reliable ambulance which has experienced significant engine failures, with the current model Horton Type I Additional Duty Ambulance based on the International 4300 chassis. Unfortunately, replacement of this ambulance is not currently budgeted.
However, the Village recently received a donation of $200,000 from the Laseke estate. The money was designated to be used solely for the purchase of unbudgeted equipment for use by the EMS Division of the Arlington Heights Fire Department. Using this money to purchase a new ambulance meets the provisions of the donation while providing the greatest benefit to the community and Department.
The Department wants to take advantage of the cost savings available through use of the Northwest Municipal Conference Suburban Purchase Cooperative (SPC) Ambulance Bid published January 21, 2014 for this purchase.
The SPC is a cooperative of 135 municipalities in the six county area of Northern Illinois. It awarded a one-year agreement for Type I Additional Duty Ambulances to Foster Coach Sales of Sterling, IL for the base price of $239,312. Proposals from ambulance vendors were submitted to the NWMC Fire Core Cost Containment Committee and evaluated based on the published Request for Proposal. Foster Coach Sales (Horton Ambulances) submitted the lowest responsible and responsive bid.
The vendor, Foster Coach, will provide a trade-in allowance of $8,500 for one 2007 Medtec ambulance currently in use by the Fire Department. The Department would also like to take advantage of additional cost savings negotiated with the vendor by making pre-payments on the chassis and ambulance conversion upon order placement. This will reduce the total cost by an additional $4,585. Together the pre-payment and trade-in options will reduce the total cost of the ambulance by $13,085, for a total cost of $226,227. There are sufficient funds in the Fleet Fund to cover the bid amount in excess of the $200,000.
Foster Coach has proven reliable in the past and the Village would be protected by a performance bond posted by Foster Coach Sales.
In order to make this purchase, the following actions are requested:
1. Transfer the $200,000 donation from the General Fund to the Fleet Fund.
2. Authorize the purchase of one new ambulance at a final cost of $226,227 in the current fiscal year.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the Village Board award the bid to Horton Emergency Vehicles, Grove City, Ohio and its dealer, Foster Coach Sales, Sterling, Illinois, for the purchase of one new Horton Type I Additional Duty Ambulance. It is further recommended that the Village Board authorize the pre-payment option and trade-in of one 2007 Medtec ambulance for a cost savings of $13,085, which will reduce the final cost of the ambulance to $226,227. In order to effectuate this purchase, it is further recommended that the Village Board transfer the $200,000 donation from the General Fund to the Fleet Fund and amend the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget to authorize the purchase of the ambulance.
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