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  Florida County saves $150,00 in annual fuel costs with CalAmp Fleet Intelligence Imagine saving enough money in fuel costs annually to buy a handful of new vehicles. Or to invest in that new tool your maintenance team requires. Or maybe even to reward your best employees with performance bonuses. That’s some serious fuel savings. And an undeniable return on investment for Fleet Intelligence software. That’s the result experienced by a Florida County Public Works department after they installed a GPS-powered Fleet Intelligence solution from CalAmp. CalAmp, the California-based company which has long held a leadership position in the telematics industry, serves scores of cities, counties, states and universities with the same customer-focused technology designed to make fleets safer, smarter and more efficient deployed by some of North America’s most profitable and dynamic private businesses. CalAmp’s success serving private and public fleets is rooted in that fact that its intuiti...

  Winters in the bustling New England town of South Windsor, Connecticut, north of Hartford, are synonymous with snow and ice, which often keep the town’s fleet of 40-plus street service vehicles engaged. Real-time visibility into the location of each vehicle allows Scott Yeomans, street services associate manager, to move his snowplows like chess pieces, helping operators plow roads faster and more efficiently.    In fact, when a South Windsor resident calls emergency services, Yeomans typically has a snowplow at the resident’s location, clearing the way for emergency vehicles, even before help arrives.   A GPS fleet tracking system from CalAmp makes it possible.   “We find where the nearest truck is located, move it over, and start plowing the area. Then the operator will jump out and start shoveling the sidewalk,” said Yeomans. “Oftentimes, our guys are done before EMS arrives.” As a result, EMS gets in and out faster. And when it comes to emer...