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Ladder 728 Replacement Committee Major purpose: To analyze, research, and evaluate the replacement needs for a ladder truck for the Roseville Fire Department. Scope: Working within the outlines for the purpose of the committee, to write specifications for a replacement ladder truck that will serve the needs of the fire department for the next twenty years. The committee for the replacement of ladder 728 was organized in May of 1946. The committee consisted of seven members of the fire department, including one Chief and the department Training Captain. The committee spent the remaining seven months of 1996 gathering data, visiting surrounding community's ladder apparatus, as well as researching the major manufacturers of ladder apparatus {Emergency One, Smeal, Sutphen, KME, LTI, And Fierce}. Also during this time Emergency One, Sutphen, and Pierce were able to provide in-house demonstrations of their ladder apparatus. After seven months of research and review the committee began the process of writing the specifications for the replacement ladder truck. The objective of the specifications were to provide a guide to the minimum specifications needed for any manufacturer to meet in order to provide the fire department with the apparatus needed to protect the citizens of Roseville. The process of writing the specs fasted until mid-July of 1997. The committee, using all possible tools in which to try and build a quality fire apparatus as well as hying to keep as generic specs as possible presented a finished copy of the specs to the city attorney for review the first part of August. The city attorney made farther recommendations as for the style and structure of the specs. The committee after making the recommended changes resubmitted the specs for approval by the City attorney and assistant city manager. Approval for the advertisement for bid was given, and the specs were sent out to seven apparatus manufactures