UTILITY VEHICLE STANDARDS

A.    All Utility Vehicle to be numbered with 1-digit per your station number, unless more

then 1 Utility Vehicle in your station, then use a 2-digit for each additional unit.

Example: Utility 2, Utility 3-1, Utility 4, Utility 5-1, Utility 6, Utility 7-1, Utility 8.

B.     The vehicle shall consist of a motorized piece of apparatus of minimum capacity to

  carry the equipment listed below without being overloaded.  The vehicle shall meet

  DOT specifications & shall not exceed chassis manufacturer's G.V.W.  It shall be

  registered as an emergency vehicle & meet all codes of the Maryland Motor Vehicle

  Administration or its successors.

C. It shall be equipped as follows.

D. All loose equipment shall be mounted in brackets and fastened to the apparatus.

• Miscellaneous Equipment

1. One (1) approved dry chemical portable fire extinguisher with a minimum 80-B:C rating.

2. One (1) small toolbox with assorted tools.

• EMS Equipment

1. One (1) first aid kit.

• Safety Equipment

1. Two (2) wheel chocks, mounted in a readily accessible location, that together will hold the apparatus, when loaded to its GVWR or GCWR, on hard surface with a 20 percent grade with the transmission in neutral and the parking brake released.

2. One (1) traffic vest for each riding position.  Each vest to comply with ANSI/ISEA 207, Standard for High-Visibility Public Vests, and have five-point breakaway feature that includes two at the shoulders, two at the sides, and one at the front.

a.      Traffic Vest may be part of the members issued PPE, at which point, traffic

   vest would not be required to be carried on the apparatus.

3. Eight (8) 30-minute safety flares, incendiary or battery powered LED type.

4. One (1) set, at least three (3), of emergency road triangles.

5. Five (5) fluorescent orange traffic cones not less than 28-in. in height, each equipped with 6-in. retro-reflective white band no more than 4-in. from the top of the cone, an additional 4-in. retro-reflective white band 2-in. below the 6-in. band.

6. One (1) roll of fire-line tape.

7. Apparatus shall have warning signals in accordance with NFPA 1900 when the apparatus was ordered.

8. Apparatus shall have an audible back-up alarm.

9. Apparatus shall meet Federal DOT Standards for lighting, axle loads, tire size, frame capacities, height, width, etc.

10. All equipment shall be mounted, maintained and in good working order at all times.

• Radios, Maps, Etc.

1. One (1) two-way radio to meet county standards.

2. Two (2) portable radios to meet county standards.

3. One (1) current Kent County Map Book.

4. One (1) Map Book for all surrounding counties in which the company responds to an alarm.

a.      GPS or Tablet/iPad may be substituted the Map Books.

5. One (1) Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG).

6. Optional – One (1) Kent County Knox Box.

• Reference Material

1. Kent County Chiefs Association Utility Standards – 1998 and 2010.

2. NFPA – 1900 – Standard for Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Vehicles, Automotive Fire Apparatus, Wildland Fire Apparatus, and Automotive Ambulance – 2024.

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