Boston EMS Renews Contract with Braun Ambulances

[x635 4,066]

Think it's interesting that they are shifting away from the "medium duty" chassis to a Ford F450 Super Duty, although that's just as good as any medium duty is anyways.

 

The Liberty model is the one featured on the show "Nightwatch".

 

It's also nice to see more and more departments going with 4x4 ambulances.

 

From a Braun Ambulances Press Release:

 

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Over the last forty years, we’ve had the pleasure of working with departments large and small, public and private, from East to West. We serve some of the country’s most well-known departments, and Boston EMS is a great example. Since 2000, we’ve worked directly with Boston EMS to deliver over 100 units.

 

Boston EMS is the largest municipal EMS service in New England. A nationally recognized leader and innovator in the field of pre-hospital emergency medicine, the department has most recently been featured on the ABC medical documentary series Boston EMS and Save My Life: Boston Trauma. The department employs over 350 EMTs and Paramedics who respond to an average of 300 emergencies per day. At more than 116,000 calls per year, that makes Boston EMS one of the busiest services in the country.

 

Boston EMS currently has 53 Braun ambulances total, including reserve units. The existing in service ambulances are all Chief XL models, with a combination of Chevy C4500 and C5500 and International Terrastar chassis. The Chief XL model provides the optimum in room, storage, and comfort. It delivers a powerful emergency vehicle with one of the highest usable payloads in the industry, making it a great choice for Boston EMS.

 

The most recent order placed was for 12 units. They will be 2016 Braun Liberty models built on 2016 Ford F450 chassis, with a mix of 4x2s and 4x4s. The Liberty is the perfect base unit model, allowing Boston EMS to pick and choose the options most important to their EMS personnel. All units will be complete and delivered in June of 2016.

 

Inside, the new Boston EMS Liberty ambulances will include a Stryker Performance-LOAD system. Designed to improve operator efficiencies during patient care, the system is a safe and effective way to load and unload patients from the unit. Other interior customizations specific to Boston EMS include no CPR seat, a radio cabinet, and storage with a custom console.  On the exterior, units will include 02 storage, Braun’s exclusive EZ-02 Lift system, and storage specific to Boston’s needs.

 

Boston EMS used the HGACBuy program to place the order. HGACBuy is a nationwide, government procurement service. It helps make the “governmental procurement process more efficient by establishing competitively priced contracts for goods and services, and providing the customer service necessary to help its members achieve their procurement goals.” It was a pleasure working with them through HGACBuy to accommodate their design requests and pricing considerations.

“It has been a great long standing relationship between Braun and Boston EMS,” says Regional Sales Manager, Eric Wilcox. “Together, we continue to figure out the best and most innovative ways to improve the quality and safety of the units that run the city streets of Boston. We at Braun are honored that we have been able to develop a true partnership with Boston EMS. We are especially looking forward to the feedback from the new chassis and module that Boston EMS has developed. We also look forward to continuing this relationship for many years to come.”

 

 

[vodoly 535]

Quite a few here in Bergen county all on E 350 chassis they put out a good product 

[STAT213 332]

The TerraStar chassis has had a number of issues.  It is very challenging trying to find a chassis that will work, last and is sustainable. 

[vodoly 535]

Speaking of Bruan  Here is Cliffside Park NJ CP A1  1 of 3 they own

[JackEMT 77]

If you watch the Boston EMS tv series, patient and EMS staff complain about the ride of the International chassis.  So it's good to see they are looking at the F450 chassis (although I don't know that was the driving force on this decision).

So I was surprised that FDNY was using those chassis for their rescue medic fleet (though storage space might be a major consideration here, where in Boston the rigs are purely ambulance/transport not multi-function as the FDNT rescue medic)

Now if they fixed the roads, that would help too...

[firebuff88 4]

8 hours ago, STAT213 said:

The TerraStar chassis has had a number of issues.  It is very challenging trying to find a chassis that will work, last and is sustainable. 

 

Just curious, what are the issues with the International chassis?

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On ‎3‎/‎2‎/‎2016 at 5:27 PM, firebuff88 said:

 

Just curious, what are the issues with the International chassis?

 

One of the major issues with the Terrastar chassis was the ride. On the show "Boston EMS" on ABC this past summer, you could see the quality of the ride. Also, the crews didn't feel like the Terrastar handled well, and there were some engine issues as well.

 

I'm sure the Boston streets don't help the ride, but the crews noticed a significant difference in ride between the Chevy C4500 Medium duty chassis that was used before, which was loved, until Chevy was stupid enough to discontinue the popular line, which is when they went to the Terrastar.

 

 

[vodoly 535]

Some problems with international chassis is what I am hearing too not just terra star chassis