Changes and Trends in Purchasing Your Fire Apparatus
July 28, 2011 by John
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Taped live from Firehouse Expo 2011 in Baltimore, John and Rhett sit down for a short chat with Chief Glenn Usdin, the President of Command Fire Apparatus, a Lancaster, Penn., based firm that provides used fire and rescue vehicles to fire departments across the United States, Canada and for export. We discuss the changes in trends in the way departments are purchasing their apparatus during these days of economic strife.
Mr. Usdin has been involved in fire apparatus since 1974, when he began working for the salesman who handled Mack fire trucks in the NY metropolitan area. His company buys and sells approximately 100 units per year, and he specializes in newer units that still have many years of service left for their customers.
Chief Usdin has been an active firefighter, fire officer and chief officer since 1974. He has lectured at the Incident management Symposium of the Phoenix Fire department and developed the course material for the popular Command School seminars that were run around the USA for 8 years. He was also a columnist for “Fire Chief Magazine,” writing about fire command and safety issues.
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