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The following podcast produced by EMS World explains how the shortage of new ambulances being produced continues to pose a challenge for EMS agencies nationwide. One option that isn’t new but has been getting renewed attention is ambulance remounts. REV Group’s Mark Van Arnam describes the process. Click here access […]

Demystifying Ambulance Remounts: A Key Solution to the Vehicle Crisis

This entry was posted in GVS News Remount on April 24, 2023

GLENVIEW, ILLINOIS – February 1, 2023 – The Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services (CAAS) is pleased to announce that Mark Postma has accepted the position of Interim Administrator for CAAS’s Ground Vehicle Standard. Mark Postma succeeds Mark Van Arnam, who held the Administrator position from the inception of the […]

CAAS Announces Interim Administrator for Ground Vehicle Standard (GVS)

This entry was posted in GVS News on February 2, 2023

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 ...

This entry was posted in GVS News Standard on February 11, 2020

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

This entry was posted in GVS News Remount Standard on December 17, 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

This entry was posted in GVS News Remount Standard on October 15, 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

This entry was posted in GVS News Remount Standard on June 20, 2019

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

This entry was posted in GVS News Remount on August 1, 2017

Click below to access the presentations from the CAAS GVS Remount Forum on June 7 2017 GVS Remount Forum Presentations – June 7 2017 FINAL

CAAS GVS Remount Forum Presentations

This entry was posted in Remount on June 10, 2017

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

This entry was posted in GVS News on March 25, 2016

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

This entry was posted in GVS News on January 21, 2016