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SERVICE SEVERE Power, versatility in refuse truck line F reightliner Trucks brought its line of severe-duty trucks spec'd for the waste-haul market to the WasteExpo show in Las Vegas, Nev. Featured trucks included: gas-powered truck with a McNeilus 25- yard rear loader body; loader; and tomizer automated side loader body. "The waste industry is changing, " says The disaster relief eff orts of Tad Agoglia, center, and crew members Andy Nissley, left, and Tim Wolkowicz earned Agoglia a 2009 CNN Hero award. Agoglia is adding equip- ment owners and truck drivers from his Pennsylvania hometown to the First Response team of seven people. Severe-duty disaster relief First Response Team lends heav y-lifting hand T ad Agoglia and his crew arrived at what was left of Haiti within a week of the 2010 earthquake that left large swaths of Port- au-Prince in shambles. The team used their Cat excavator and Peterbilt dump truck to clear rubble for a medi- cal clinic, and along the way Agoglia was struck by the opportunity to fill a vast need. "I began to realize no one organization can fix everything, but it's extremely important we all make a contribution," he says. For nearly fi ve years, that's been the essence of Agoglia's charity work with his First Response Team of America (fi rstresponseteam.org). In 2007, after a tornado tore through Greensburg, Kan., Agoglia used heavy equipment from his own for-profi t hurricane cleanup contracting business to help residents and business owners in ways other organizations couldn't. "I saw a need for heavy lifting, " Agoglia says. "I wanted to take what I had and see if I could assist." By 2009, after serving as fi rst responders on the scene of at least 18 storms, the First Response Team offi cially became a nonprofi t. Companies like Caterpil- lar, Peterbilt and chainsaw maker Stihl began donating critical equipment for Agoglia's efforts. Agoglia is adding equipment owners and truck drivers from his Pennsylva- nia hometown to the First Response team of seven people. – Amanda Bayhi 78 COMMERCIAL CARRIER JOURNAL | SEPTEMBER 2012 Mark Faro, Freightliner's vocational seg- ment manager for product marketing. "The private market wants productivity, and the government market is focused on versatility, but everybody has to be smart with their purchases in today's economy. These are versatile hard-working trucks. " to handle "unlimited applications. It can pick up a construction site waste container in the morning and haul a water sprayer or a sander in the afternoon." Stay on top of Freight- liner's SD (Severe Duty) line via its monthly Severe Duty Report. To subscribe, scan the QR with your smartphone or go to freight- linertrucks.com/multimedia/newsletter.