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What the Truck?!
Management
ers on things like maintenance reminders, excess
speeding, hard brakes etc. We also use the
data for actual onsite billing, dispatching and
knowing where our fleet is at all times, which
has improved our efficiencies tremendously. "
- Taylor Sears, COO, Silent Guard
We spent over
$50,000 in fuel
costs for 2021,
a significant
increase from
2020.
- Taylor Sears,
Silent Guard
" We have a third party that installs and provides
an online portal for us to track our vehicles.
It also allows us to put in reminders for
things like registration, oil changes and other
maintenance. " - Patrick Kilbourn, Director of
Marketing, Stone Security
" Mainly used for technician location in
the field for scheduling purposes. " - Brian
Schmidt, Schmidt Security Pro
" Every vehicle in our fleet has GPS enabled.
It assists with scheduling as well as ensuring all
drivers are following policy. In the event of accidents,
the system has helped drivers by showing
that they were driving properly. " - Mike
Jagger, CEO, Provident Security
" For the past decade, LOUD has used GPS
to verify vehicle location. This is specifically
used to verify timesheets, customer billing and
that vehicles are only used within normal operating
hours or as permitted. " - Eric Widner,
G.M., LOUD Security Systems
" This is useful for auditing payroll if we
have suspicions, and routing service calls in a
dynamic fashion. " - Brian Duffy, CEO, Per
Mar Security Services
" Each vehicle is fitted with a GPS tracker
that tracks location as well as other things like
vehicle speed, harsh braking, crash detection,
fuel usage, etc. " - Jonah Serie, V.P. - Field
Operations Administration, Brinks Home
Managing Rising Gas Prices
" We do everything we can to consider travel
time while scheduling whenever possible. Otherwise,
while there is not much option, we have
raised the price of services when necessary and
added in trip charges where appropriate. Unfortunately,
this simply passes the cost along to
the customer. " - Eric Widner
" We spent over $50,000 in fuel costs for
2021, a significant increase from 2020. Efficient
processes are important, something that
we focus on weekly. It takes everyone buying
into that concept. We try to instill a 'never be
content mentality, be better today than we were
yesterday.' " - Taylor Sears
" Our bill has just been climbing higher
and higher. We try to minimize the trips beSSI
2022 SECURITY VEHICLE FLEETS SURVEY
(Poll of 10 participating companies, ranging in fleet sizes from 12 to 322)
87
6
Average Security
Vehicle Fleet Size
Average Years Vehicles
Kept in Service
155,000
56%
Purchased vs. Leased
67%
50
Percentage
Providing
Employees a Car Allowance
Ford
30%
Average Miles Vehicles Kept
in Service
Percentage
Vehicles
Most Popular Vehicles
Nissan 2%
Chrysler
4%
Toyota
8%
GM
20%
Other (Honda
and Mazda) 1%
RAM
(single large
company
fleet)
35%
58%
0%
43%
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Percentage
Permitting
Vehicles Kept at Employees'
Homes
Percentage
Alternative-Fuel,
Electric or Hybrid Vehicles
Percentage
Planning to
Buy/Lease Alternative-Fuel,
Electric or Hybrid Next
3 Years
Average 2021 Vehicles
Put in Service in 2021
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