Detroit Fire Department to finally receive new apparatus

[fcdan]

Just because the local Smeal dealer posted on FB that they got the Detroit contract, it is not official from what I know. The Detroit city council has not voted on it and no purchase order has been issued. Of the three manufacturers who submitted bids, the Smeal proposal least met the Detroit spec. One of the issues is the cab, the Detroit spec called for a one manufacturer for cab and hose body. The Smeal's would be built with a Spartan cab and chassis.