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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]
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.
His first motorized ladder truck was on a Rambler chassis, and this was followed by others based on Couple Gear, White, Duplex, Nash and Dodge. 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 ...
Products for these market segments are produced under the Pierce, Oshkosh, Frontline and Jerr-Dan brands, and include pumpers, aerials, tankers, wildland fire appliances, Striker ARFF vehicles, airport crash trucks, snow plows, and various configurations of wreckers and recovery trucks, ambulances/medical vehicles, and police/homeland security ...
The last truck coming off the line in 1987. At the time of its closure, Peter Pirsch & Sons was the oldest privately owned fire truck manufacturer in the United States. [3] The last custom fire engine built under the Pirsch name was delivered to, and is currently owned by the Osceola, Arkansas Volunteer Fire Department. (1987).
Over $30,000 in equipment was stolen from Key Peninsula Fire Aug. 1, the fire department said.. Someone broke into four vehicles at midnight outside the Key Center station, the department’s ...
Richard Hammond has admitted that he “never thought” he’d be making television with his The Grand Tour co-stars Jeremy Clarkson and James May for as long as 22 years.. The presenting trio ...
Category for manufacturers of fire service vehicles (fire engines). Pages in category "Fire service vehicle manufacturers" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.