Haverhill Police Department's Incident Command Vehicle

April 5, 2005 Guest Speakers
Haverhill Police Department Sergeant David Currier (right) and Officer John Little (left) with 2004-2005 Haverhill Lions President/PDG John Pettis, Jr. (left-center) and Haverhill Life Member and Melvin Jones Eric Powell (right-center).

• Haverhill Police Department Sergeant David Currier and Officer John Little gave Club Members a tour of the Incident Command Vehicle and presented the following information: 
  • The Incident Command Vehicle was purchased in November 2004 for $170,000.00. Monies for the Incident Command Vehicle was obtained through Community Policing Grants.
  • The Incident Command Vehicle has a 30-foot Winnebago body on a Ford Motor Company chassis and was built to Haverhill Police Department design specifications by Farber Specialty Vehicles located in Columbus, Ohio.
  • The Incident Command Vehicle is used as a base of operations for police, fire or emergency management officials responding to hostage situations, fires, missing person searches, large-scale events or any other event deemed necessary.
  • The Incident Command Vehicle has radio, telephone, wireless high-speed Internet, cable television, cell and satellite telephone capabilities and computer systems that allows officers and officials to communicate with national agencies, state police and other local departments. In addition, the Incident Command Vehicle has access to:
    • The police department's computer-aided dispatch center at the police station that includes satellite and aerial mapping views of the entire City of Haverhill
    • National agencies and state police databases such as the Registry of Motor Vehicles and criminal records.
    • Blueprints and schematics drawings of all public schools
  • The Incident Command Vehicle has four inside workstations:
    • One workstation for the officer in command.
    • Three workstations for other police officers, fire department personal or other emergency management official assigned to the vehicle depending on the nature of the incident.
  • The Incident Command Vehicle has one outside workstation that can be quickly assembled and place under a fully automatic and retractable awning. The awning is wind speed sensitive and will retract if the wind speed reaches 30 mph.
  • The Incident Command Vehicle has a conference area in the back that has a 42-inch plasma monitor on the wall as well as video recording capabilities.
  • The Incident Command Vehicle has a video camera mounted on a 36-foot mast that can receive outside area images and play the images on any of the monitors located throughout the vehicle.
  • The Incident Command Vehicle has a bathroom and a galley-type kitchen.
  • The Incident Command Vehicle has a bathroom and a small galley-type kitchen.
  • The Incident Command Vehicle has on board diesel generators and is fully air conditioned.
  • The Incident Command Vehicle is also available for Haverhill's "Mutual Aide Response" for Haverhill's to surrounding Massachusetts and New Hampshire communities.
• Haverhill Police Department Sergeant David Currier and Officer John Little were invited to speak at our Club by Haverhill Melvin Jones Fellow and Life Member Eric Powell.
  

Front and Right Side Views

36-foot Mast & Video Camera Rear View

Officer In Command Workstation

Driving Area

Galley-Type Kitchen Area

Satellite Mapping

Haverhill Police Department Sergeant David Currier (left) and Officer John Little (right)

Right Side View

Rear View

Haverhill Police Department Sergeant David Currier (left) and Officer John Little (right)

Officer John Little In The Workstations Area

Criminal Records