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29-527: The current U.S. Army vehicle used in this role is an Oshkosh -built M1070 tractor unit in A0 and A1 configurations which is coupled to a DRS Technologies M1000 semi-trailer. This combination replaced the earlier Oshkosh -built M911 tractor unit and M747 semi-trailer. To meet a US Army requirement for the transport of the M1 Abrams series main battle tank (MBT) Oshkosh Truck Corporation , now Oshkosh Defense, proposed

58-481: A definitive agreement to acquire Hinowa S.p.A., a privately held international company and manufacturer of track-based aerial work platforms, mini dumpers, lift trucks and undercarriages. Once complete, Hinowa will become part of the Oshkosh Access Equipment segment. The current and recent main defense products of Oshkosh Defense include the following: Products for these market segments are produced under

87-580: A source of clean air, enabling them to work in the presence of smoke or other super-heated gases, such as when making entry into the burning cabin of an aircraft. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) mandates ARFF operations at all U.S. airports that serve scheduled passenger air carriers . These are the only civilian fire protection services that are specifically regulated by any governmental entity. Military bases may have their own ARFF services with specialized duties and training. Airports required to have ARFF services are inspected at least annually by

116-471: Is a type of firefighting that involves the emergency response, mitigation, evacuation, and rescue of passengers and crew of aircraft involved in aviation accidents and incidents . Airports with scheduled passenger flights are obliged to have firefighters and firefighting apparatus on location ready for duty any time aircraft operate. Airports may have regulatory oversight by an arm of their individual national governments or voluntarily under standards of

145-541: Is an American industrial company that designs and builds specialty trucks, military vehicles, truck bodies, airport fire apparatus, and access equipment. The corporation also owns Pierce Manufacturing , a fire apparatus manufacturer in Appleton, Wisconsin , and JLG Industries , a manufacturer of lift equipment, including aerial lifts, boom lifts, scissor lifts, telehandlers and low-level access lifts. Based in Oshkosh, Wisconsin ,

174-399: Is assigned to each FAA Part 139 certificate holder based on a combination of the air carrier aircraft length and the average number of daily departures. If the longest air carrier aircraft at the airport has five or more average daily departures, the matching index is used. If the longest aircraft has less than five average daily departures, the next lower index is used. That index determines

203-704: Is headquartered in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. It has manufacturing operations in eight U.S. states and in Australia, Canada, China, France and Romania, and through investments in joint ventures in Mexico and Brazil. The Access Equipment division is headquartered in McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania; the Defense division in Oshkosh, Wisconsin ; the Fire & Emergency division in Appleton, Wisconsin ; and

232-475: Is still owned by Oshkosh Corporation and housed in the new Global Headquarters building in Oshkosh. The vehicle still runs and is used frequently in demonstrations and parades. The first mass-produced truck was the 2-ton Model A, with seven produced in 1918. The 3.5-ton Model B and 5-ton Model F followed. The Model TR, introduced in 1933, was a diversification for the company and was the first rubber tired earthmover ever built. The model 50-50, introduced in 1955,

261-600: Is valued at $ 6.75 billion for up to 16,901 vehicles. The procurement objective for JLTV stands at 49,099 Army and 9,091 Marines, with the Navy and Air Force also having smaller requirements. The estimated program cost is $ 47.6 billion. JLTV will partially replace the AM General Humvee . On November 7, 2017, the Oshkosh Common Council approved a proposal to sell part of the century -old Lake Shore Golf Course along

290-536: The International Civil Aviation Organization . Due to the mass casualty potential of an aviation emergency, the speed with which emergency response equipment and personnel arrive at the scene of the emergency is of paramount importance. Their arrival and initial mission to secure the aircraft against all hazards, particularly fire, increases the survivability of the passengers and crew on board. Airport firefighters have advanced training in

319-499: The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy transport aircraft. In 1976, the company won a U.S. Army contract to supply 744 M911 heavy equipment transporters , the first in a long line of U.S. Army contracts that now sees Oshkosh Defense as the sole supplier of medium and heavy tactical trucks to the U.S. Army and Marines. On August 25, 2015, Oshkosh was awarded the U.S. military's Joint Light Tactical Vehicle contract. The initial JLTV award

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348-503: The M1070 . A contract for 1,044 M1070s was placed, with production commencing in July 1992. The final U.S. Army contract for the original A0 version called for 195 vehicles. These were delivered between March 2001 and March 2003. A total of 2,488 A0 versions were delivered to the U.S. Army. Following extensive use, some M1070s have been reset to the original build standard by Oshkosh. The M1070E1 model

377-634: The M746 or the M911 truck tractor and the M747 semitrailer . During operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm the M911 vehicles were employed primarily to haul M1 Abrams tanks. However, they demonstrated poor durability when loads exceeded 60 tons. Some are still serving as heavy transports of other military equipment, such as cargo handling equipment. Oshkosh Corporation Oshkosh Corporation , formerly Oshkosh Truck ,

406-712: The Commercial division in Dodge Center, Minnesota . Oshkosh products and services are sold in more than 150 countries around the globe. The company also maintains a global service network. Oshkosh Corp. manufactures, distributes, and services products under ten brands: Oshkosh Defense, JLG , Pierce , McNeilus , Jerr-Dan, Oshkosh Airport Products, Pratt Miller, Frontline Communications, London Machinery Inc., and IMT. Products include JLG and SkyTrak brand telehandlers , wheeled and tracked boom lifts , and other lifting equipment. In November 2022, Oshkosh announced it had entered into

435-593: The FAA for compliance with FAR, Part 139. Military ARFF operations must meet the mission requirements for their individual branch of the service. In many cases the FAA will perform the investigatory duties after an incident, but in instances where significant injuries or any fatal accident the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will investigate and the ARFF contingent will assist where needed. An index

464-608: The Jerr-Dan (towing and recovery vehicles), Pratt & Miller (engineering and product development), Frontline Communications (media communications and similar), McNeilus (refuse/garbage and concrete mixers), IMT (field service vehicles and mounted cranes), and London (concrete mixers). Oshkosh will also produce the U.S. Postal Service's Next Generation Delivery Vehicle (NGDV). Since 1989, Oshkosh has completed nineteen acquisitions and three divestitures: Aircraft rescue and firefighting Aircraft rescue and firefighting ( ARFF )

493-560: The M1070A1 concluded in August 2014, with 1,591 new vehicles built. The M1000 trailer is used with the M1070A0 and M1070A1 tractors. The M1000 was originally developed as a private venture by Southwest Mobile Systems, later Systems & Electronics Inc (SEI), now DRS Technologies , as a response to a possible US Army requirement for transporting M1 and M1A1 MBTs. A production order for 1,066 M1000 units

522-451: The Pierce, Oshkosh, Frontline and Jerr-Dan brands, and include pumpers , aerials , tankers , wildland fire appliances , Striker ARFF vehicles , airport crash trucks , snow plows , and various configurations of wreckers and recovery trucks, ambulances /medical vehicles, and police / homeland security vehicles. Oshkosh produces for the commercial/civil market a variety of products under

551-405: The application of firefighting foams, dry chemical and clean agents used to extinguish burning aviation fuel in and around an aircraft in order to maintain a path for evacuating passengers to exit the fire hazard area. Further, should fire either be encountered in the cabin or extend there from an external fire, the ARFF responders must work to control/extinguish these fires as well. Primary to

580-552: The company employs approximately 15,000 people around the world at 130 facilities in 24 countries. It is organized in four primary business groups: access equipment, defense, fire and emergency, and commercial. Founded in 1917 as the Wisconsin Duplex Auto Company, the company was created to build a severe-duty four-wheel-drive truck . After the first prototype was built, the company began to develop rapidly. This first four-wheel-drive truck, known today as "Old Betsy",

609-434: The fire to allow for the best possibility of extinguishment, maximum possibility for evacuation and/or until additional resources arrive on the scene. Due to the intense radiant heat generated by burning fuels, firefighters wear protective ensembles that are coated with a silvered material to reflect heat away from their bodies, called a fire proximity suit . They also must wear self-contained breathing apparatus to provide

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638-402: The hazard mitigation and safe evacuation of ambulatory passengers is the need to perform rescue operations . Passengers unable to extricate themselves must be removed from the aircraft and provided medical care. This process is extremely labor-intensive, requiring both firefighters and support personnel. Due to the nature of a mass casualty incident , rescue workers employ triage to classify

667-543: The shore of Lake Butte des Morts to Oshkosh Corp. for its new headquarters. On November 22, 2017, the Oshkosh Corporation announced it would build the new headquarters on the golf course. The city plans to redevelop the rest of the golf course into a new public space. On February 7, 2018, the U.S. Army announced that the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles A2 (FMTV A2) contract had been awarded to Oshkosh Defense. Oshkosh

696-480: The victims and direct their efforts where they can maximize survival. Subsequent to the emergency being declared under control, the ARFF function reverts to one of protecting the scene, eliminating any peripheral or slowly evolving hazards and assisting to preserve the scene for investigators. In 2016, an Emirati fire fighter died from burns when trying to fight the fire in the Emirates Flight 521 crash. The man

725-798: Was already building the FMTV A1P2, having been awarded this contract in August 2009. As of August 2021, Oshkosh has built around 40,000 FMTVs for the US military and others. In February 2020, Oshkosh Corporation was named one of the 2020 World's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere . In February 2021, Oshkosh Defense was awarded the U.S. Postal Service 's Next Generation Delivery Vehicle (NGDV) mail truck contract for between 50,000 and 165,000 units over ten years, with production start targeted for 2023. The fleet will include low-emissions internal combustion engine vehicles as well as battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and could be worth over $ 6 billion. Oshkosh Corporation

754-554: Was developed in the mid-1990s in conjunction with the U.S. Army as a possible Technology Insertion Program (TIP) for the M1070. No orders were placed. In March 2008, Oshkosh Defense announced a contract award from the U.S. Army to begin engineering and initial production of the next-generation of HET. Oshkosh announced in October 2010 its first delivery order for the M1070A1 HET. Production of

783-755: Was placed by the U.S. Army in 1989. By July 2009 more than 2,600 M1000 trailers had been ordered. The M25 tank transporter was a heavy tank transporter and tank recovery vehicle used in World War II and beyond by the US Army . Nicknamed the Dragon Wagon , the M25 was composed of a 6×6 armored tractor ( M26 ) and 40-ton trailer ( M15 ). Prior to 1993, the U.S. Army employed the Commercial Heavy Equipment Transporter (C-HET), which consisted of either

812-457: Was the first truck created specifically for the hauling of concrete. The first aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF) W2206 With rollover snow plows or snow blowers were delivered to all branches of US military for airfield snow removal. Oshkosh has also produced aircraft tow tractors, and in 1968 the company designed and built the U-30 tow tractor , 45 of which were built for the U.S. Air Force to tow

841-532: Was the only fatality. Due to the rarity of aircraft fires, firefighters often have other usual duties such as luggage loaders or security guards, which they have to abandon at fire alarms. Specialized fire apparatus are required for the ARFF function, the design of which is predicated on many factors but primarily: speed, water-carrying capacity, off-road performance, and agent discharge rates. Since an accident could occur anywhere on or off airport property, sufficient water and other agents must be carried to contain

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