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City of South Bend Central Services Division <br />Fire Service, Inc./Wheeled Coach Ambulance <br />Specification <br />To meet this Agency's requirements for safety standards the Bidder shall provide <br />documentation that the ambulance manufacturer has conducted "dynamic" testing <br />to validate the design, manufacturing processes, materials and workmanship used <br />in the production of the ambulance proposed in response to this specification. <br />To validate the materials, manufacturing processes, quality management system <br />and workmanship utilized in the installation of seats, seat belts, secondary <br />restraining devices, cabinet construction, oxygen cylinder retention and module to <br />chassis attachment a Hygee sled test shall be performed. This test shall simulate a <br />frontal impact to the ambulance module at a minimal impact force of 20 g. A test <br />report from a third parry testing agency independent of the ambulance <br />manufacturer shall be submitted with the bid response proving compliance to this <br />requirement. <br />To validate the materials, manufacturing processes, quality management system <br />and workmanship utilized in the construction of the modular body the Bidder <br />shall provide documentation that the ambulance manufacturer has conducted a <br />side impact crash test. The Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) Crash Test <br />Protocol Version 5 shall be used as a guideline for this testing requirement. <br />The "target" vehicle (Ambulance) shall be struck by the "bullet" (SUV / Pickup <br />Truck) vehicle at the fore and aft center of gravity of the target vehicle. To <br />comply with the requirements of this specification the bullet vehicle shall be a <br />SUV or pickup truck with a minimum gross vehicle weight (GVW) of at least <br />4,000 lbs. To provide this Agency accurate data in a "real world" environment <br />the use of a Moving Deformable Barrier (MDB) and cart as the "bullet" vehicle is <br />not permissible. <br />The "target" vehicle (Ambulance) shall contain instrumented Anthropomorphic <br />Test Devices (crash test dummy) meeting the following requirements and seating <br />locations. <br />1. Squad Bench Hybrid 3 ATD instrumented with head, chest, and pelvic <br />accelerometers, upper neck load cell, chest potentiometer, and femur load <br />cells. <br />2. Ambulance Cot - Hybrid 3 ATD instrumented with head, chest, and pelvic <br />accelerometers, upper neck load cell, chest potentiometer, and femur load cells. <br />10070-0003 11 /05/20 <br />11 <br />