Good afternoon SCFMA members and guests:

The May session will be on Tuesday, May 15, 2012, starting at 10:00am. The meeting will be held at:

Newmar Products
2911 W. Gerry Ave.
Santa Ana, Ca. 92704

This months presentation will be on Allison 4th Gen and Prognostics and will be presented by Barry Jeshurin.

I apologize for the short notice. If you have any questions, please feel free to email or call me.

Thank you in advance,

Tina Aguilar

South Coast EVS
2020 S. Baker Ave.
Ontario, Ca. 91761
#909-930-2278
#909-930-5258 fax

Feb 16th 2012 – Remember this is a different date than normal!

Location:

WATTCO – Fairfield, CA

2230 Cordelia Road, Fairfield, CA 94534

707-435-9233 if you get lost, which you will if you use GPS and not the map below.

Training: 12v Accessory Wiring – Do’s and Dont’s – Fires and Smoke

Map: http://g.co/maps/ezdt3

Good afternoon

SCFMA members and guests:

The February session will be held on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 starting at 10:00am.  The session will be held at the San Diego Convention Center:

Location:  San Diego Convention Center

                Room 17A (on the mezzanine level)

                111 West Harbor Drive

                San Diego, CA 92101

This month’s training presentation will be on alternators and starters. This training will be presented by DELCO and WESTPAC heavy duty truck parts.

Please RSVP as soon as possible by phone or email so that we ensure adequate seating.  Coffee, juice and pastries will be provided compliments of WESTPAC.

As this session is being held in conjunction with the FirehouseWorld training symposium at the San Diego Convention Center, South Coast Fire Equipment is offering Pierce VIP exhibitor floor passes to the SCFM Association.  To receive your complimentary VIP exhibitor floor pass just open the attachment and enter “Promo Code” EX151.  Your pass will be ready for you at the convention center exhibitor floor registration booth when you arrive.

Exhibitor floor hours are:

Tues, Feb 21: 11:30 AM – 5 PM
Wed, Feb 22: 11 AM – 5 PM
Thurs, Feb 23: 10 AM – 2 PM

The March session will be held on March 20, 2012 at the Rancho Cucamonga Fire Shop (next to Station 4).

The CFM Academy will be in April so a separate SCFMA session will not be held.

Thank you and if you have any questions, please feel free to email or call me.

Tina Aguilar
South Coast EVS
2020 S. Baker Ave.
Ontario, Ca. 91761
#909-930-2278
#909-930-5258 fax

Thursday April 26th
NCFMA Business Meeting: 9-10:30
Niehoff Alternator Class – 11:00-3:00pm

February 16th 2012
Location: Wattco – Fairfield, CA

HiTech EVS

August 16th 2012
TBD

October 18th 2012

Location: TBD

December 13th 2012
Dec 13,2012 Valley power Systems

The January session will be presented by Quinn Caterpillar to familiarize the SCFMA with the new Caterpillar on-road product line. This training session will be held at Rio Hondo.

February 2012

February 21^st, Tuesday
Location: San Diego Convention Center Meeting Room
During Firehouse World Show, Exhibition Passes will be provided.
Host: Westpac.  Bendix presentation

March 2012

March – Rancho Cucamonga

April 2012

TBA

May 2012

May – Newmar, Santa Ana

Re: Safety Defect Recall Notification filed with NHTSA

Meritor WABCO Recall Number 11E039000
Ferrara Fire Apparatus Campaign # 11V-507

Ferrara Fire Apparatus Inc. has been notified by Meritor WABCO that a defect, which relates to motor vehicle safety, exists in units with Electronic Stability Control Systems (ESC) installed. Our records indicate only 104 Inferno / Igniter chassis has received one of the suspect ESC modules. The purpose of this letter is to inform you of our plan for addressing this defect.

What the defect is and the risks involved in vehicle safety:

Meritor Wabco has determined that under certain unique road and driving conditions involving tight, successive, highly banked curves in opposite directions, vehicle body roll and road inclination characteristics may adversely affect the slip angle calculation by the ESC Module. This might cause the ESC system to perceive an oversteering situation and therefore apply the front axle outer wheel service brake until the vehicle is perceived to be stable by the ESC. This unnecessary brake intervention may pull the vehicle out of the curve, requiring the driver to counter steer to keep the vehicle on its intended path. If the driver is slow to react during this described unnecessary ESC intervention, the vehicle may deviate from its intended path. All known occurrences of this described condition have occurred on tight S-type curves that are highly banked above 6 degrees. The faster the vehicle is drives on this unique road condition, the tighter the curves and higher the bank, the more likely the occurrence of unnecessary oversteer brake activation by the ESC.
What Ferrara Fire Apparatus is doing to resolve this issue.

Once the required replacement ESC modules have been procured, a Ferrara Fire Apparatus Inc. field service technician will visit each affected location to replace the defective module and recalibrate the ESC system. Replacement ESC modules should be available to Ferrara Fire Apparatus by Meritor WABCO by November 30, 2011. Vehicles affected will be attended to as quickly as possible thereafter.

Other Manufacturers Fire apparatus will also be affected and they will be handled by their own recall campaign notifications. The Meritor Wabco ESC Module part numbers affected are:

• 446 065 020 0
• 446 065 027 0
• 400 850 179 0
• 400 850 185 0
• 400 850 195 0

Any questions pertaining to this Safety recall should be directed to:
Charlie Grimes @ 800-443-9006 Ext. 3011 or Email charlieg@ferrarafire.com

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