Specifications

Vancouver Police Service
Command
Production Specification
SVI #847 Page 11 of 107 September 18, 2012
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 its 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.
Equipment Allowance
Apparatus Type
Equip. Storage Area
Apparatus Size
lb.
kg.
Special Service Fire
Apparatus
Minimum of 120 cu ft
(3.4 cu mt) of enclosed
compartmentation.
10,000 lb to 15,000 lb
(4,500 kg to 7,000 kg)
GVWR
2,000
910
15,001 lb to 20,000 lb
(7,001 kg to 9,000 kg)
GVWR
2,500
1,135
20,001 lb to 30,000 lb
(9,001 kg to 14,000 kg)
GVWR
3,000 1,350
30,001 lb to 40,000 lb
(14,001 kg to 18,000 kg)
GVWR
4,000
1,800
40,001 lb to 50,000 lb
(18,001 kg to 23,000 kg)
GVWR
6,000
2,700
50,001 lb to 60,000 lb
(23,001 kg to 27,000 kg)
GVWR
8,000
3.600
60,001 lb and up
(27,001 kg)
GVWR
10,000 4,500