SOC Vehicles

This recent article from Fire Apparatus magazine describes one of our key public safety markets:
"Special Operations Command (SOC) vehicles have become nerve centers at complex fire scenes and natural disaster calls, serving to link all related communications, direct operations, function as rehab centers, and even issue weather reports."

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