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One of the largest fire apparatus companies in the US, it was founded in 1913 by Humphrey Pierce and his son Dudley as the Pierce Auto Body Works Inc., and concentrated on building custom truck bodies for the Ford Model T. The first production facility was designed in 1917 and enlarged in 1918 by architect Wallace W. DeLong. [2]
Pierreville is a major centre for the manufacture of fire trucks. Local builder Pierre Thibault Canada Ltee. built fire apparatus in Pierreville from 1938 to 1990. In 1968, members of the Thibault family established a competing business, Pierreville Fire Trucks, across the river in Saint-François-du-Lac. It operated until 1985.
In 1926 came the first complete Peter Pirsch fire engines; these were 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 US manufacturer, and in 1931 a one-man operation hydro-mechanical aerial ladder hoist used on an 85 ft ...
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The Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Company was an American motor vehicle manufacturer based in Buffalo, New York, active from 1901 to 1938.Although best known for its expensive luxury cars, Pierce-Arrow also manufactured commercial trucks, fire trucks, boats, camp trailers, motorcycles, and bicycles.
Pirsch's company was very successful from the 1920s through the 1980s. The Memphis, Tennessee Fire Department and the Washington DC Fire Department were both particularly loyal customers of Pirsch fire trucks. [4] By the late 1980s, the company built around 100 trucks a year and conducted around $10 million a year in business. [3]
Oshkosh Corporation, formerly Oshkosh Truck, is an American industrial company that designs and builds specialty trucks, military vehicles, truck bodies, airport fire apparatus, and access equipment. The corporation also owns Pierce Manufacturing, a fire apparatus manufacturer in Appleton, Wisconsin, and JLG Industries, a manufacturer of lift ...
Morehead Fire Department, KY. 1979 Pierce-Hendrickson custom cab Engine 7 HME Mt. Kisco (NY) Fire/Rescue 15. HME, Incorporated (Hendrickson Mobile Equipment) is a custom fire engine manufacturer in Michigan. The company was founded in 1913 (112 years ago) () as the Hendrickson Motor Truck Company by Magnus Hendrickson. Hendrickson Motor Truck ...