GROVE CITY, OH – July 10, 2023 – Horton Emergency Vehicles, a subsidiary of REV Group Inc., and a leader in ambulance safety, announces the first Horton ambulance equipped with the Horton Occupant Protection System™ (HOPS) featuring MBrace™ has been delivered to New Orleans EMS for active duty.
Engineered by IMMI, MBrace is a patent-pending advanced airbag safety system designed specifically to protect emergency care providers against head and neck injuries while they are inside the patient compartment during frontal impacts, in addition to ambulance rollovers. MBrace integrates an airbag into an innovative multi-point restraint that protects emergency care providers while allowing them the mobility and freedom to work.
“At New Orleans EMS, provider safety is our number one priority,” said Dr. Meg Marino, Director and Medical Director of New Orleans EMS. “When we learned about MBrace, we knew it was something we wanted to bring to our agency in support of that mission of provider safety.”
“Having the first Horton ambulance equipped with HOPS featuring MBrace deployed in an end-user’s fleet is an important milestone for our company and our industry. We are grateful to New Orleans EMS for taking the lead on raising the bar for EMS safety”, stated Mike Albers, Vice President and General Manager for Horton Emergency Vehicles. “We also appreciate the important role our dealer Southern Emergency & Rescue Vehicle Sales (SERVS) played in introducing New Orleans EMS to Horton vehicles and MBrace technology.”
“SERVS is proud to represent the Horton brand because they are continually on the leading edge of EMS safety,’ said Tim Hutchens, Director of Business Development for SERVS LLC. “Horton is the first and only brand in the ambulance industry to offer MBrace.”
HOPS featuring MBrace is standard equipment on all new Horton orders. Find out more information about MBrace at www.hortonambulance.com/mbrace and watch the New Orleans EMS video at New Orleans EMS Video.
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About Horton Emergency Vehicles
Founded in 1968, Horton Emergency Vehicles, a division of Halcore Group, Inc., is a REV Group company. Horton® ambulances are among the industry’s most technically innovative and customized ambulances and are synonymous with high quality. The exclusive Horton Occupant Protection System (HOPS) keeps the ambulance crew safe while working in the patient compartment. With a manufacturing facility in Grove City, Ohio, Horton ambulances have Strength & Safety In Every Detail™.
About IMMI
IMMI is a global, industry leader in the innovation, design, testing, and manufacturing of advanced safety systems. Founded in 1961, IMMI is headquartered in Westfield, Indiana, and has facilities across the U.S. and in Europe, Mexico and China. They serve a wide variety of specialty vehicle segments, including Fire, EMS, Commercial trucks, school buses, defense, off-highway, child safety, motorcoach and powersports. For more information about IMMI, visit www.imminet.com
About REV Group, Inc.
REV Group companies are leading designers and manufacturers of specialty vehicles and related aftermarket parts and services, which serve a diversified customer base, primarily in the United States, through three segments: Fire & Emergency, Commercial, and Recreation. They provide customized vehicle solutions for applications, including essential needs for public services (ambulances, fire apparatus, school buses, and transit buses), commercial infrastructure (terminal trucks and industrial sweepers), and consumer leisure (recreational vehicles). REV Group’s diverse portfolio is made up of well-established principal vehicle brands, including many of the most recognizable names within their industry. Several of REV Group’s brands pioneered their specialty vehicle product categories and date back more than 50 years. REV Group trades on the NYSE under the symbol REVG. Investors-REVG
GROVE CITY, OH – March 16, 2023 – Horton Emergency Vehicles, a subsidiary of REV Group Inc., and a leader in ambulance safety, announces the launch of Horton Occupant Protection System™ (HOPS) featuring MBrace™, the first of its kind protection for first responders. MBrace is a patent-pending advanced airbag safety system designed specifically to protect emergency care providers inside the patient compartment during frontal impacts, in addition to ambulance rollovers. Horton is the first and only brand in the ambulance industry to offer MBrace. All Horton vehicle orders placed on or after April 1, 2023, will include the MBrace system as standard equipment.
Independent data indicates that nearly 80% of accidents with ambulances that resulted in fatalities and serious injuries were frontal impacts*. MBrace was developed to provide more protection against head and neck injuries during frontal impact collisions, in addition to ambulance rollovers. MBrace integrates an airbag into an innovative multi-point restraint that both protects emergency care providers while allowing them the mobility and freedom to work. Designed and engineered by IMMI and tested extensively with Horton ambulances at the Center for Advanced Product Evaluation (CAPE), MBrace takes EMS protection to a new level.
“Pioneering safety is in Horton’s DNA, and our partnerships with industry leaders, such as IMMI, have enabled us to keep advancing the level of safety that is available to emergency care providers”, stated Mike Albers, Vice President and General Manager for Horton Emergency Vehicles. “We are excited to offer MBrace as standard equipment. Improving the safety of our ambulances is one of our highest priorities.”
Customers who already have a Horton ambulance on order can work with their Horton dealer to add MBrace to their order, depending on how far along it is in the design process. In addition, MBrace will be available for Horton remounts that are performed at the REV Remount Center in Grove City, OH.
“The launch of MBrace is the culmination of years of research and development with partners such as Horton, who share our goal of raising the bar on safety through innovation,” said Larry Gray, CEO of IMMI.
The MBrace system will be on display in the Horton Emergency Vehicles booth #4920 and the IMMI booth #4632 at FDIC International in Indianapolis, Indiana from April 27 – 29, 2023. Find out more information about MBrace at www.hortonambulance.com.
*Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System 1991-2000; Green J. et al, “Reducing Vehicle Crash-Related EMS Worker Injuries Through Improvements in Restraint Systems”, World Congress on Safety & Health at Work. 9/05.
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About Horton Emergency Vehicles
Founded in 1968, Horton Emergency Vehicles, a division of Halcore Group, Inc., is a REV Group company. Horton® ambulances are among the industry’s most technically innovative and customized ambulances and are synonymous with high quality. The exclusive Horton Occupant Protection System (HOPS) keeps the ambulance crew safe while working in the patient compartment. With a manufacturing facility in Grove City, Ohio, Horton ambulances have Strength & Safety In Every Detail™.
About IMMI
IMMI is a global, industry leader in the innovation, design, testing, and manufacturing of advanced safety systems. Founded in 1961, IMMI is headquartered in Westfield, Indiana, and has facilities across the U.S. and in Europe, Mexico and China. They serve a wide variety of specialty vehicle segments, including Fire, EMS, Commercial trucks, school buses, defense, off-highway, child safety, motorcoach and powersports. For more information about IMMI, visit www.imminet.com
About REV Group, Inc.
REV Group companies are leading designers and manufacturers of specialty vehicles and related aftermarket parts and services, which serve a diversified customer base, primarily in the United States, through three segments: Fire & Emergency, Commercial, and Recreation. They provide customized vehicle solutions for applications, including essential needs for public services (ambulances, fire apparatus, school buses, and transit buses), commercial infrastructure (terminal trucks and industrial sweepers), and consumer leisure (recreational vehicles). REV Group’s diverse portfolio is made up of well-established principal vehicle brands, including many of the most recognizable names within their industry. Several of REV Group’s brands pioneered their specialty vehicle product categories and date back more than 50 years. REV Group trades on the NYSE under the symbol REVG. Investors-REVG
The long-time ambulance manufacturing team of Mark Van Arnam and Randy Hanson have been selected to lead the REV Ambulance Group. Mark will serve as President for the Group and Randy will function as Chief Operating Officer.
“Mark and Randy have worked together in our company’s ambulance operations for over 35 years” stated Paul Bamatter, Chairman of REV Group’s Board of Directors. “They are well known as the leading ambulance team in the business.”
The REV Ambulance Group is the largest ambulance manufacturing corporation in the industry, and consists of legendary brands AEV, Horton, Leader, Road Rescue and Wheeled Coach.
“Our main objective is to provide our customers and dealers the high-quality vehicles that they need and that we are known for,” Bamatter added. “We believe this new leadership team will take our ambulance group to the next level.”
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About REV Group, Inc.
REV Group companies are leading designers and manufacturers of specialty vehicles and related aftermarket parts and services, which serve a diversified customer base, primarily in the United States, through three segments: Fire & Emergency, Commercial, and Recreation. They provide customized vehicle solutions for applications, including essential needs for public services (ambulances, fire apparatus, school buses, and transit buses), commercial infrastructure (terminal trucks and industrial sweepers), and consumer leisure (recreational vehicles). REV Group’s diverse portfolio is made up of well-established principal vehicle brands, including many of the most recognizable names within their industry. Several of REV Group’s brands pioneered their specialty vehicle product categories and date back more than 50 years. REV Group trades on the NYSE under the symbol REVG.
REV Group, Inc. (NYSE: REVG), which includes specialty vehicle manufacturer Horton Emergency Vehicles, announces Mike Albers has joined Horton as Vice President and General Manager. Reporting to Anoop Prakash, President, REV Ambulance Division, Albers oversees Horton’s manufacturing facility, aftermarket parts, service and state-of-the-art REV Remount Center based in Grove City, Ohio.
With over 25 years of operations, supply chain and product management expertise in manufacturing and industrial environments, Albers most recently served as the General Manager at Monroe Towmaster LLC, a division of Monroe Truck Equipment Company, where he had full P&L responsibility for multiple manufacturing sites in Litchfield, MN. Prior to Monroe Towmaster, Mike held progressive leadership roles with Load King, SFI, Olympic Steel and served eight years in the U.S. Air Force.
“We are delighted to welcome Mike to the team to build on the tremendous Horton legacy and lead the organization in its next phase of growth,” stated Anoop Prakash, President, REV Ambulance Division. “Mike brings with him deep operational experience, a collaborative leadership style, and a passion for quality, and I am confident Horton will exceed our dealer and customers’ expectations under his leadership.”
Albers holds a bachelor’s degree in Management/Logistics from Park University in Parkville, MO and is a Six Sigma Black Belt professional.
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About REV Group, Inc.
REV Group companies are leading designers and manufacturers of specialty vehicles and related aftermarket parts and services, which serve a diversified customer base, primarily in the United States, through three segments: Fire & Emergency, Commercial, and Recreation. They provide customized vehicle solutions for applications, including essential needs for public services (ambulances, fire apparatus, school buses, and transit buses), commercial infrastructure (terminal trucks and industrial sweepers), and consumer leisure (recreational vehicles). REV Group’s diverse portfolio is made up of well-established principal vehicle brands, including many of the most recognizable names within their industry. Several of REV Group’s brands pioneered their specialty vehicle product categories and date back more than 50 years. REV Group trades on the NYSE under the symbol REVG. Investors-REVG
About Horton Emergency Vehicles
Founded in 1968, Horton Emergency Vehicles, a division of Halcore Group, Inc., is a REV Group company. Horton® ambulances are among the industry’s most technically innovative and customized ambulances and are synonymous with high quality. The exclusive Horton Occupant Protection System (HOPS) keeps the ambulance crew safe while working in the patient compartment. With a manufacturing facility in Grove City, Ohio, Horton ambulances have Strength & Safety In Every Detail™.
REV Group, Inc. (NYSE: REVG), with subsidiaries that manufacture Horton®, AEV®, Road Rescue®, Wheeled Coach® and Leader®brand ambulances, announces the opening of a second REV Ambulance Remount Center, in Grove City, Ohio. The investment in the new center reaffirms REV Group’s commitment to support emergency vehicle customers and extend the life of their ambulance purchase with state-of-the-art remount services. In addition, the facility is equipped to handle advanced service work, including body, paint, and accident repairs.
“The addition of our second REV Ambulance Remount Center allows us to better support our dealers and customers across the Midwest and Atlantic Coast, said Anoop Prakash, President, REV Ambulance Group. “We are thrilled to have the opportunity to provide this sustainable service option to our customers so they may extend the life of our high-quality ambulance bodies.”
The REV Ambulance Remount Center in Grove City is a new 63,000 square foot facility backed by years of REV expertise in manufacturing, remounting and repairs. All remounted vehicles adhere to our factory specifications and industry safety standards, such as Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS), to provide customers and state regulators with peace of mind when it comes to safety for their crews. Each remount comes with a workmanship warranty and, for REV brand ambulances, keeps intact the ambulance brand’s original structural warranty. The REV Ambulance Remount Center is focused on current and retired REV Ambulance Group brands and will also accept non-REV emergency vehicle brands on a case-by-case basis.
Remounting an ambulance provides an alternative to the purchase of a new vehicle when faced with budgetary constraints. It is also a cost-effective way to extend the life of an existing vehicle and provides the opportunity to make upgrades. In addition, REV Financial Services offers financing to facilitate remount and repair investments.
The first REV Ambulance Remount Center was opened in Jefferson, North Carolina, in 2015.
For more information, contact your local AEV, Horton, Leader Road Rescue or Wheeled Coach dealer.
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About REV Group, Inc.
REV Group® companies are leading designers and manufacturers of specialty vehicles and related aftermarket parts and services, which serve a diversified customer base, primarily in the United States, through three segments: Fire & Emergency, Commercial, and Recreation. They provide customized vehicle solutions for applications, including essential needs for public services (ambulances, fire apparatus, school buses, and transit buses), commercial infrastructure (terminal trucks and industrial sweepers), and consumer leisure (recreational vehicles). REV Group’s diverse portfolio is made up of well-established principal vehicle brands, including many of the most recognizable names within their industry. Several of REV Group’s brands pioneered their specialty vehicle product categories and date back more than 50 years. REV Group trades on the NYSE under the symbol REVG. Investors-REVG
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