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Ferrara offers a custom-design process that allows customer to influence how their truck is built. The manufacturing facility, with a floor area of nearly 300,000 square feet, was constructed by Firmin Construction Corporation. In 2017, Ferrara Fire Apparatus became a wholly owned subsidiary after being acquired by the REV Group.
Such aerial manufacturers included Snorkel, Pitman, Aerial Innovations (AI), Ladder Towers Incorporated (LTI), Smeal, Bronto Skylift and Nova Quintech (whose assets Pierce/Oshkosh acquired in 1997). In addition to its main facilities in Wisconsin, it also has facilities in Bradenton, Florida. The Florida facility is a manufacturing site for the ...
The patch of Ladder 119 in Brooklyn still has an image of their Sutphen. Syracuse, New York, has run an all Sutphen Fleet of Ladder trucks for 30+ years. The newest unit being at Truck 3 on the city's West Side. The current roster is 5. As of 2010, this will also include 3 engines with no aerial ladders also built by Sutphen. [citation needed]
Aerial 1956 2-door open-air 2-door enclosed 4-door enclosed 2-door wide-body enclosed 100' Mid mount ladder or rear mount ladder Available as 2-axle tiller truck Pumper Water Tender 1951 Snorkel truck 1961 50' 65' 75' 85' First Crown snorkel truck is an International Harvester COE chassis. [3] TeleSquirt 1969 54' 55' 75'
A quintuple combination pumper or quint is a fire-fighting apparatus that serves the dual purpose of an engine and a ladder truck. “Quintuple” refers to the five functions that a quint provides: pump, water tank, fire hose, aerial device, and ground ladders. [1] Tillers and tractor-drawn aerials also have quint features, and are dubbed ...
The 1926 engine came 150 to 750 gpm pumpers, chemical and hose trucks powered by 6-cylinder Waukesha engines. In 1928 came a pumper with fully enclosed cab, the first of its kind from a major U.S. manufacturer, and in 1931 a one-man operation hydro-mechanical aerial ladder hoist used on an 85–ft articulated ladder truck.
American LaFrance (ALF) was an American vehicle manufacturer which focused primarily on the production of fire engines, ladder trucks, and emergency apparatus such as ambulance and rescue vehicles. Originally located in Elmira, New York , the final iteration of the company was located in Summerville, South Carolina .
In the United States, turntable ladders with additional functions such as an onboard pump, a water tank, fire hose, aerial ladder and multiple ground ladders, are known as quad or quint engines, indicating the number of functions they perform. [10] The highest TL in the world is the Magirus M68L, with a range of 68 meters (223.1 ft). [11]