A hidden winch assembly for a vehicle, including: a winch assembly including a mounting structure defining a plurality of mounting points disposed on one side of the winch assembly; and a bumper structure including a mounting plate disposed on a back side of the bumper structure, wherein the mounting plate is disposed at an angle between a vertical plane of the vehicle and a horizontal plane of the vehicle; wherein the mounting structure of the winch assembly is coupled to the mounting plate of the bumper structure at the plurality of mounting points via a plurality of fasteners. A top portion of the bumper structure and/or the surrounding fascia component(s) define an opening through which the winch assembly can be viewed and/or accessed from an exterior of the vehicle. The opening includes one of a fixed panel, a removable access panel, a pivotable access panel, and a translatable access panel.

An off-road vehicle has a frame assembly including a forward frame assembly. The forward frame assembly includes left and right bottom level longitudinal frame members having forward ends and left and right upright leading frame members having bottom ends coupled to the forward ends of the left and right bottom level longitudinal frame members, respectively. The off-road vehicle includes a gear case coupled to the left and right bottom level longitudinal frame members. The off-road vehicle also includes a winch coupled to the left and right bottom level longitudinal frame members and positioned aft of the left and right upright leading frame members such that the winch is horizontally interposed between the gear case and the left and right upright leading frame members.

A firefighting vehicle includes a firefighting vehicle body constructed and arranged to perform firefighting operations, a vehicle receiver coupled with the firefighting vehicle body, and a vehicle accessory which includes equipment constructed and arranged to operate while attached to firefighting vehicle body, and an attachment assembly constructed and arranged to attach the equipment to the firefighting vehicle body. The attachment assembly includes a base constructed and arranged to support the equipment and an insert coupled with the base. The insert is constructed and arranged to engage with the vehicle receiver. The attachment assembly further includes an auxiliary receiver coupled with the base. The auxiliary receiver is constructed and arranged to engage with an insert of an auxiliary accessory that is different from the vehicle accessory.

A controller of a winch control device performs: a first control for, when a winding operation is applied in a free mode, switching the mode of a brake device from the free mode to a coupled mode; a second control for, when a winch operating member is returned to a neutral position, switching the mode from the coupled mode to the free mode in a state where a command for adjusting the secondary pressure of a brake force regulator to a set pressure, which is larger than an operation amount corresponding pressure corresponding to the operation amount of a brake operation, is input into the brake force regulator; and a third control for inputting into the brake force regulator a command for adjusting the secondary pressure of the brake force regulator to the operation amount corresponding pressure.