May 8, 2009 | Durango, CO - RMEV Delivers new Dodge 4500 4x4 AEV Tramahawk 

Durango Fire And Rescue Authority took delivery of there new 2009 AEV Tramahawk on May 8,2009.

Durango Fire and Rescue Authority will use the newly designed ambulance built by American Emergency Vehicles to better protect patients and emergency medical technicians by ensuring that everyone and everything is restrained when the ambulance is moving. 

The Durango ambulance features numerous innovations that protect emergency medical technicians, patients, other motorists and pedestrians from injury. Innovations in the safety ambulance include the following:

• 2009 Dodge 4500 4x4 With Link Air ride

• Crew seats, equipment and supplies positioned for optimal patient care while using restraints

• Crew seats that have six-point harness systems

• Forward facing curbside attendant seat for maximum attendant safety

• Four fully-restrained crew/passenger positions in the patient compartment

• Squad bench moved to transverse position across the bulkhead

• Integrated child safety seat mounted to the bulkhead bench facing rearward

• Attendant seat that swivels to multiple locking positions for fully restrained access

• Built-in mechanisms for restraining all equipment

•  Switch panels, oxygen and suction accessible from all crew seats

• Safety restraint nets

• Highly reflective striping covering all compartment doors

• Internal and external flashing lights on all compartment doors

• Highly visible rear chevron pattern

•  3 External cameras allowing the driver to see blind spots

Rocky Mountain Emergency Vehicles (RMEV) and American Emergency Vehicles (AEV) would like to thank

Durango Fire & Rescue Authority for allowing their new unit to be displayed at the FDIC Conference in Indianapolis IN,and the Colorado Symposium On Emergency Care in Telluride CO.

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