On Thursday, June 25, at 1200 hours, Mechanicsville VFD placed into service a 2020 Chevrolet Tahoe Special Service Vehicle (SSV). The unit replaces a 2007 Ford Expedition and will serve as an incident command unit.
Vehicle features include: • 5.3L V8 engine (355 hp/383 lb.-ft. of torque) • 4-wheel drive • Aluminum wheels •Outside heated mirrors • 4-wheel antilock disc brakes • 6-speed automatic transmission with electronically controlled overdrive • 720 cold-cranking amps primary battery • 730 cold-cranking amps auxiliary battery (dedicated to emergency equipment) • Electric power steering • Heavy-duty, locking rear differential • High-output 170-amp alternator • Premium Smooth Ride Suspension • Skid Plate Package • Electronic Stability Control System with Proactive Roll Avoidance and Traction Control • 110-volt power outlet (150 watts) • 170-amp front and 100-amp rear power supply
Incident command features include: • Rear 1st In Emergency Products command console with tilt-up dry-erase status board • PPE and SCBA storage cabinet • Dual mobile radios with control from the front seat and rear command console • Two portable radios and chargers • A Plastix Plus front console with armrests and storage compartment • iPad mounted on the front console
A Whelen Carbide warning and scene light package installed by Nelson Emergency Vehicle Lighting: • An Inner Edge light bar behind the front windshield • M4 warning lights in the fog light area • Four Ion Duo lights in the upper grill • Three light Tracer behind the front grill • Two Vertex lights in the headlight/turn signal housing • Five light Tracer behind on running boards • Linz-V side view mirror lights • M2 lights mounted on the front and rear quarter panels • Two Duo Ion lights behind the rear window glass • An Inner Edge 10 light TRAY light bar behind the liftgate window • Ion lights in the tag area • Mini-Ion lights on liftgate edge • GTE Opticom traffic light preemption system • 4K dash cam with inside passenger compartment secondary camera
Scene light package: • Front, side and rear warning lights have a steady on white scene light mode
Graphics package installed by IGS Graphics: • White “Z-jog” stripe on vehicle sides with gold accent strips above and below • RJ Marx genuine 23kt gold leaf letters and County seal • Department URL on the rear quarter panel • Yellow 3M Diamond grade chevrons on the rear liftgate • Department name on rear liftgate below chevrons |