Wheeled Coach Celebrates 50 Years of Industry-Leading Emergency Vehicle Design and Innovation

Wheeled Coach Celebrates 50 Years of Industry-Leading Emergency Vehicle Design and Innovation

WINTER PARK, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
Wheeled Coach, a brand of REV Group, Inc.’s subsidiary REV Ambulance Group Orlando, Inc., and an industry-leading manufacturer of emergency vehicles celebrates 50 years of designing and manufacturing ambulances to serve EMS.

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Mark Van Arnam, President, REV Ambulance Group hands the keys to Fire Chief Fitzgerald to his new Orange County Fire Rescue Department ambulance by Wheeled Coach, at Wheeled Coach’s 50th Anniversary Celebration.

Wheeled Coach was founded in 1975 by Robert Collins Sr. in downtown Orlando, starting with a team of five employees who manufactured mobility vans and Type 2 ambulances. Today the company employs over 700 employees and has built and delivered over 50,000 ambulances to large and small municipalities, and commercial fleets across the globe, in addition to being an approved ambulance supplier for the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). Every ambulance is built in-house in Winter Park, Florida by the team of manufacturing and engineering experts who customize each Wheeled Coach emergency vehicle according to customers’ precise specifications. Wheeled Coach is sold and supported by a dedicated, professional dealer network and is backed by a comprehensive product warranty for exceptional aftermarket support.

“Wheeled Coach is an iconic, thriving brand. REV Group has continually invested in the Wheeled Coach facilities, equipment and employee training to build on that legacy – so we can better serve emergency care providers from small rural agencies to large metropolitan providers such as the Fire Department of New York (FDNY),” said Mark Van Arnam, president, REV Ambulance Group. “This anniversary is a celebration of what we, with our dealers, have accomplished, and a commitment to our future.”

Wheeled Coach was the first in the emergency vehicle industry to:

Conduct IIHS Side Impact Criteria Crash and Roll-Over Testing
Receive the ISO Certified ambulance manufacturer accreditation
Produce CNC machine-cut doors for repeatable accuracy
Engineer internal emergency door releases
Introduce the patented Cool-Bar™ for improved air flow, more accessibility to the compressor and enhanced exterior lighting.

Wheeled Coach will be celebrating their 50^th anniversary with customer and dealers throughout this year at events such as FDIC, the American Ambulance Association’s Annual Conference and EMS World Expo.

For more information, visit www.wheeledcoach.com.

About Wheeled Coach

Wheeled Coach is a brand of REV Ambulance Group Orlando, Inc., a subsidiary of REV Group, Inc. (NYSE: REVG), and is a premier manufacturer of Type I, Type II, Type III and Medium-Duty ambulances for municipal and commercial emergency departments. Built to perform under the most demanding conditions, Wheeled Coach ambulances deliver mission-critical durability. Wheeled Coach leads the industry with more firsts than any other ambulance manufacturer, including being the first to conduct IHS Side Impact Criteria Crash and Roll-Over Testing. It manufactures a full line of ambulances at its production facility in Winter Park, Florida. Since 1975, Wheeled Coach has been Trusted by the Toughest^®.

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 two segments: Specialty Vehicles and Recreational Vehicles. The Specialty Vehicles Segment provides customized vehicle solutions for applications, including essential needs for public services (ambulances and fire apparatus) and commercial infrastructure (terminal trucks and industrial sweepers). REV Group’s Recreational Vehicles Segment manufactures a variety of RVs from Class B vans to Class A motorhomes. REV Group’s 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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Julie Nuernberg

Senior Director Marketing and Communications, REV Group

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Orange County Fire Rescue Department Chief Fitzgerald gets behind the wheel of his new Wheeled Coach ambulance at Wheeled Coach’s 50th Anniversary Celebration.

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Deputy County Administrator of Public Safety, Danny Banks, gives Mark Van Arnam, President, REV Ambulance Group the Orange County Proclamation for Wheeled Coach’s 50th Anniversary Celebration.

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