We publish the CAAS Ground Vehicle Standard for Ambulances on a three-year revision cycle. We have just completed Year 1 of GVS V2.0, which initially went into effect on July 1, 2019. Our GVS committee will convene in Year 3 to develop and establish GVS V3.0. We already have a […]
GVS News

CAAS GVS featured in the January 2020 issue of Fire Apparatus. Click on image below to read the article.
Ambulance Standard Revised – as featured in Fire Apparatus magazine – January ...

CAAS GVS featured in the November 2019 issue of Fire Apparatus. Click on image below to read the article.
Remounts Defined – as featured in Fire Apparatus Magazine – November 2019

JEMS October 2019 article on the update to the Ground Vehicle Standard. Click on image below to read article.
CAAS Updates Its Ground Vehicle Standard – JEMS October 2019

JEMS June 2019 article on the release of the CAAS GVS Remount Standard. Click on image below to read article.
Remounts Defined – JEMS June 2019 article

We are pleased to share with you some of the latest developments with the CAAS GVS Remount Standard project. Rethinking Remounts is an excellent article from the August 2017 issue of JEMS that outlines some of the most important details of CAAS’s June Remount Forum in Charlotte. Also, since the […]
Rethinking Remounts – JEMS August 2017 Article

For Immediate Release March 28, 2016 The Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services (CAAS) has announced the publication of its long awaited Ground Vehicle Standard for Ambulances, CAAS GVS v.1.0. “Our broad based GVS committee spent over two years developing this new consensus standard for ambulances”, stated Mark Van Arnam, […]
CAAS Releases Ground Vehicle Standard for Ambulances

Mark Van Arnam, founder and CEO of American Emergency Vehicles, has announced his retirement from the North Carolina based manufacturer of ambulances. “It is extremely difficult to leave AEV”, stated Van Arnam. “But, the company is performing well, and is run by a strong team.” Mark has been in the […]
Van Arnam Retires from AEV, Will Now Head CAAS GVS

For Immediate Release: Contact: Sarah McEntee, CAAS Executive Director Phone: 847-657-6828 Email: Sarahm@tcag.com Glenview, IL, January 11, 2016: The Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services (CAAS) is pleased to announce that it has achieved accreditation from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) for its standards development program. Mark Postma, CAAS […]