Arlington Heights Fire Department Equipment Vehicles

LDV recently completed two specialty equipment vehicles for the Arlington Heights Fire Department. The vehicles are built on a 2019 Ford F-550 gasoline XL crew cab, 4x4 chassis with a custom designed and fabricated aluminum box. The vehicles have various compartments integrated into the body with slide-out tool trays, box pan shelves and equipment storage. Pull-out steps on both the streetside and curbside of each vehicle were included. The rear bumper is custom fabricated aluminum with Diamondback serrated plank tread surface. A flip-down rear step was also included.

The interior compartments are coated with durable Zolatone™ finish and areas that will see more heavy use were coated with Line-X™ durable coating. LED Strip lighting was included inside compartments for night operations. On the front of each vehicle is a Warn™ M12-S Heavyweight winch capable of pulling 12,000lbs. mounted at the front bumper.

A Zone Defense color backup camera system was installed to ease parking maneuvers. A complete emergency lighting and siren package was also installed including LED scene lighting. The vehicles also have LED pole lights. The front passenger area includes a custom fabricated center console to house electrical distribution equipment and controls. We also installed the customer-supplied communications radios with magnetic radio microphones for mobile two-way radios.

The vehicles are finished with black and red paint to match the Arlington Heights FD fleet with computer-generated simulated gold leaf lettering.