Los Angeles County Lifeguards (not the cast of Baywatch), a division of the Los Angeles County Fire Department has teamed up with the all-American automaker, Ford Motor Company to help save lives while safeguarding Mother Nature. Ford offered the team with the first 10 of a fleet of 45 eco-friendly Escape Hybrids with Intelligent four-wheel-drive, especially equipped for use on rescue patrol along 72 miles of Southern California coastline.
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"We are the largest lifeguard organization in the world, and we have always blazed the trail for the profession. We wanted to be the first public safety agency in the country to go green," says Mike Frazer, chief, Lifeguard Services, Los Angeles County Fire Department.
"This continues the Escape Hybrid's impressive string of endorsements. In addition to being clean and fuel-efficient, the Escape Hybrid is highly functional and durable, proven in hundreds of thousands of miles in taxi service in New York and San Francisco. Now, we are adding lifeguard duty to the list," says Hal Dewsnap, California regional sales manager for Ford Motor Company.
"The Escape Hybrid is one of the cleanest vehicles available today. It meets California's strict Partial Zero Emissions Vehicle (PZEV) standard. To put it in a California summer context, it releases fewer smog-forming emissions into the atmosphere during a three-hour drive (about 180 miles) than grilling one hamburger in your back yard," added Freeman Thomas, Ford%2