Fleet Facility Tour: San Diego County, Calif.
The six-level, $22 million building consists of a fleet services operation on the ground floor and five levels of parking for fleet and other departments. Photos by Vince Taroc
The new facility services 1,900 of the county's vehicles and equipment. It is the biggest of the county's eight maintenance facilities.
The facility has a light-duty side, a heavy-duty side, and flex bays for any type of work.
The new facility includes a centralized oil distribution system.
Master Fleet Technician, and the fleet's primary bus mechanic, Agustin Espinoza prepares to dismount a bus tire from an MCI coach Sheriff prisoner transportation unit.
The fleet's training room was repurposed using equipment from its previous facility.
A fall protection system allows technicians to work on larger equipment safely.
Senior Fleet Technician Kenny Ho lifts a passenger van to perform regularly scheduled preventive maintenance services. Ho is the dedicated technician for the fleet's new one-hour PM program.
The county has outsourced parts management for nearly 20 years.
The fleet has 32 service bays, which means each technician has two to three bays to work on.
The indoor exhaust evacuation system along with carbon dioxide sensors, allows technicans to work even when the doors are closed. The exhaust system is capable of doing five complete air exchanges every hour.
Pictured are fleet staff who work at the new facility, including the day's facility tour guides Brad Northup (far left), John Manring, (third from left), and Sharyl Blackington (center).
Clearly marked signs show parking spots marked for fleet vehicles.
The county's fuel island provides gasoline and diesel fuel for fleet vehicles.
An indoor structure allows fleet to securely store vehicles involved in accidents that can't be released yet.
The top floor of the building is reserved for fleet vehicles and houses vehicles coming in and going out of service. It is ready to be upfitted with solar panels.
The shop features all new equipment, including above-ground lifts and mobile column lifts.