Landscape Management, October 2012

Douglas Weichman CAFM President Mission Statement NAFA is the association for the vehicle fleet management profession Our purpose is to promote the highest levels of professional management of vehicles enabling all members to improve their ability to contribute to an employers success We seek to accomplish our goals through quality educational endeavors sharing of fleet expertise government and industry relations and a broad range of direct services to members NAFA Fleet Management Association 125 Village Blvd Suite 200 Princeton NJ 08540 Phone 609 720 0882 Fax 609 452 8004 Website www nafa org Email info@ nafa org RESOURCEPROFILES NAFA Fleet Management Association NAFA Fleet Management Association is the worlds premier not for profit association for professionals who manage fleets of sedans public safety vehicles trucks and buses of all types and sizes and a wide range of military and off road equipment for organizations across the globe NAFA is the association for the diverse vehicle fleet management profession regardless of organizational type geographic location or fleet composition NAFA provides its members a full range of products and services including statistical research publications regional chapter meetings government representation seminars online information and an annual Institute Expo The association has several thousand full and associate members in 33 regional chapters in the United States and Canada NAFAs members manage fleets for corporations covering a wide range of manufacturing and service organizations governments whether local state and federal or public service entities public safety law enforcement educational institutions utilities etc still other members serve financial institutions insurance companies non profit organizations and the like Whether a commercial industry or public service NAFA members play an integral part in todays business environment The more traditional fleet vehicles of passenger cars vans and SUVs managed by our members total 14 million and account for 45 billion in assets This number doesnt even account for the additional 180000 police sedans 43000 plus emergency vehicles and 460000 pieces of specialty equipment used by public service fleets as well as commercial ones NAFAs full and associate members are responsible for the specification acquisition maintenance and repair fueling risk management and remarketing of more than 37 million vehicles including more than 12 million trucks In fact NAFA members across the North American continent have more than 420000 mediumand heavy duty trucks in their fleets totaling for more than 21 billion in assets for mediumand heavy duty trucks alone The fleets that NAFA members handle are as diverse as the North American organizations they work for These fleet managers are instrumental in keeping businesses and local governments moving We think its time for people to take a new look at fleet management 125 OCTOBER 2012 LANDSCAPEMANAGEMENT NET