Essex-Windsor EMS, 2011 Chev Crestline Fleetmax Ambulances

[Dean Wilkinson 18]

Essex-Windsor EMS is a third service municipal (county) EMS service providing EMS to the City of Windsor (Ontario), the County of Essex and Pelee Island. Operating 35 ambulances and 15 support vehicles from 12 stations, our 275 medics responded to 48,000 calls (95% 911) in 2010. In addition, since we employ dynamic deployment, we had 37,000 station relocations and street corner postings. We recently took delivery of 3 - 2011 Chev Crestline Fleetmax Ambulances. Features include all exterior and interior Whelen LED lighting, ATSR multiplexed electrical system, ATSR ECORUN, ATSR AVL/GPS and a diesel hot air heater to provide supplemental heat to the patient compartment. These are our first vehicles to be equipped with the ATSR multiplexed electrical system and ECORUN. A study of vehicle idling time showed our vehicles to be idling 38% of their engine operating time. ECORUN manages vehicle idling time by monitoring battery voltage and interior temperatures and shutting down the vehicle engine when voltage and temperature are within preset parameters, while still allowing vehicle emergency and interior lighting, radios, etc to operate. If voltage and/or temperature fall out of preset parameters, ECORUN restarts the engine and runs until voltage and/or temperature return to within parameters. Diesel here is currently around $4.50 per gallon US. It is estimated if we were to put ECORUN on our entire fleet, we would save between $50,000 to $60,000 US annually in fuel costs.

Edited June 26, 2011 by Dean Wilkinson

[x635 4,066]

Very cool! Definetly unique! Thanks for sharing and explaining! That ECORUN system is interesting.

[Dean Wilkinson 18]

The other feature of this vehicle which I failed to mention is the fact that the entire ambulance body is powder coated, not painted.

Edited June 27, 2011 by Dean Wilkinson

[MoFire390 118]

nice rig....thanks for sharing. does the powder coat cut down on the amount of heat the ambulance absorbs while it sits in the sun?

[JackEMT 77]

Interesting rig. I like how the rear doors are different sizes, makes for easier in/out.