Pensacola Shares Their Mounting Systems and Cases

Pensacola Shares Their Mounting Systems and Cases

Friday, 01 November 2013 14:28

We have written about the Pensacola Fire Department and their RAM Mounting systems and Gumdrop cases in the past, but we wanted to revisit it now that we have started to sell these great vehicle mounting system and cases.

Pensacola offered to share the research they conducted on tablet cases and mounting systems. Pensacola has a deployment of seventeen tablets running StreetWise CADlink in their apparatus, including 6 engines, 2 ladders, 3 rescues, the fireboat, ARFF vehicle, and battalion chief.

Jarrod Gruber, a Lieutentant with the department and coordinator of the StreetWise project, said they had looked into various cases and mounting system before settling on products from Gumdrop cases and RAM mounting systems. “All of the components have worked perfectly and I wouldn’t change anything,” said Gruber in regards to both the cases and mounts.

Lieutenant Gruber said the department wanted the tablets to be easily accessible to the apparatus officer, but also easily removable in the event the tablet needed to be carried on the scene. The protection offered by Gumdrop’s “Drop Tech” cases reduced the risk of breakage to the consumer-grade devices due to drops or splashes.

The department was gracious enough to share the part numbers, listed below, for the hardware in the photos provided with this article.

RAM-234-6: RAM Mount Plastic Universal Netbook Laptop Tablet Mount Tough Tray II Cradle
RAM-201U-B: RAM Mount Aluminum 2.25 inch Short Length Dual 1.5 inch Socket Arm
RAM-202U: RAM Mount Aluminum 2.5 inch dia Base with 1.5 inch Ball
RAP-365-224-1U: RAM Mount Triple Locking Suction Cup Base with 1.5 inch C-Ball – needed for trucks only
RAM-316-1-202U: RAM Mount RAM POD1 Vehicle Floor Mount with 1.5 inch Socket and Round Plate – needed only for the Battalion Chief SUV’s

If you have interest in any of the things mentioned, please contact Rich Ferguson here at StreetWise and he will help you get your department set up with mounts and cases!