Firehouse.com writer Ed Ballam talks with Rick Suche, president and owner of Fort Garry Fire Trucks Ltd., an apparatus builder in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Rick has been in the fire service for 30 years serving as a volunteer firefighter as well as building fire apparatus that are used in some of the most extreme climates in the world, including the Arctic.
Listen as he discusses maintenance and mechanical concerns that his vehicles face as they often work in extreme envoirnments.
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