Fire apparatus and ambulances plug into shore power at the station to keep batteries charged and equipment ready. Driving away while still plugged in can damage the inlet, the cord and the station. We wire shore power status into GPS trackers so departments can see it, across Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Alabama, Florida and Mississippi.
Shore power is a connection from the station's electrical supply to an inlet on the vehicle. It runs battery chargers, keeps medications and equipment conditioned, and powers onboard devices while the vehicle is parked. Many inlets are auto eject types that release the cord when the engine starts, but cords still get pulled out, damaged or left connected in other cases.
Wire colors are in our Vehicle Wiring Database.
A shore power drive-off can tear the inlet off the vehicle or the receptacle off the wall, putting a unit out of service. An alert lets officers address it immediately. On the other side, units that are not being plugged in may suffer weak batteries, which shows up as no-start calls. Time on shore power highlights those habits.
For fleet managers, shore power records also help diagnose battery and charging problems. A unit that keeps failing to start despite being plugged in points to a charger or battery fault rather than a habit at the station.
Shore power is often added with pump engaged, emergency lights and siren signals. See fire truck pump monitoring and fire truck and ambulance tracking.
Fire departments, EMS agencies, police departments with equipment heavy vehicles, and utilities that keep restoration trucks charged at the yard.
This is one of the work truck and equipment applications we wire into GPS trackers. See all of them on our PTO and equipment monitoring page, and find wire colors for your truck in our Vehicle Wiring Database.
We wire PTO monitoring into trackers from all of these brands. Need heavy duty trackers for trucks or heavy equipment? Every brand below makes them, so pick yours and we install it.
Common questions
Yes, with a shore power status signal wired into the tracker.
No. Only low voltage status signals are used.
We install across Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Alabama, Florida and Mississippi.
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