First Annual Emergency Vehicle Maintenance Survey

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Free-Press-Release.com) March 10, 2010 -- Minneapolis, Minnesota March 10, 2010 - - Maintenance procedures and standards, and vehicle replacement decisions, are only as good as the data that supports them. What is equally clear across the entire spectrum of North American municipal fleets is a pronounced need for consistent and reliable data that can be used to benchmark operations internally and compared to industry practices.

Until recently, however, maintenance data on emergency vehicles was not readily available for municipal fleets. To address this maintenance management information need, the City of Minneapolis turned to FleetAnswers, the industry’s leading provider of benchmarking services and fleet management information. Through a cooperative, first-of-its-kind effort, the partnership conducted an extensive industry-wide survey of municipal fleets, and produced a comprehensive report on this much sought-after information.

The FleetAnswers survey covered several vehicle types, including Police Cars (metro and highway/county), Ambulances, SUVs used by police and fire departments and a variety of Fire Trucks.

Annual average data for all vehicles types requested in the survey included:
• Average Age
• Average Miles
• Annual Hours to Maintain
• Lifecycle (Miles, Hours, Years)
• Preventive Maintenance Intervals (Miles, Days, Hours)
• Inspection Intervals (Miles, Days, Hours)

Constantly striving to employ the best practices for Emergency Vehicle Maintenance programs and vehicle replacement and acquisition procedures, municipal fleet managers rely on accurate, consistent and comprehensive data.

Backed by the City of Minneapolis, the nationally recognized fleet benchmarking firm FleetAnswers is now able to offer maintenance data on emergency vehicles to help fleet managers identify their individual operation’s strengths and weaknesses, and in turn make better and more informed decisions.

Contact:
FleetAnswers.com
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