
Windsor-Severence Fire Protection District
Heavy Rescue
Production Specification
SVI #774 Page 13 of 126 April 19, 2010
CARRYING CAPACITY
The GAWR and the GCWR or GVWR of the chassis shall be adequate to carry the weight of the completed vehicle when
loaded to its estimated in-service weight. The Body Manufacturer shall establish the estimated in service weight during the
design of the vehicle
The estimated in-service weight shall include the following:
1. The chassis, body, and tank(s)
2. Full fuel, lubricant, and other chassis or component fluid tanks or reservoirs
3. Full water and other agent tanks
4. *250 lb (114 kg) in each seating position
5. Fixed equipment such as pumps, aerial devices, generators, reels, and air systems as installed
6. Ground ladders, suction hose, designed hose load in their hose beds and on their reels
7. An allowance for miscellaneous equipment that is the greatest of the values for type of vehicle per NFPA 1901, a
Purchaser provided list of equipment to be carried with weights, or a Purchaser specified miscellaneous
equipment allowance.
The Body Manufacturer shall engineer and design the vehicle such that the completed unit, when loaded to it's estimated
in-service weight, with all movable weights distributed as close as is practical to their intended in-service configuration,
does not exceed the GVWR.
A final Body Manufacturer’s certification of the GVWR or GCWR, along with a certification of each GAWR, shall be
supplied on a label affixed to the vehicle.
Apparatus
Minimum of 120 cu ft
(3.4 cu mt) of enclosed
compartmentation.
40,001 lb to 50,000 lb
(18,001 kg to 23,000 kg)
GVWR
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