Pierce Manufacturing Inc. has received an order for 18 Contender® by Pierce brand fire apparatus valued at $5.4 million from the Lancaster County Fire Service in Lancaster County, SC. The order includes eight custom pumpers, eight rescue vehicles and two dry-side tankers, including the state’s first fleet of Hercules™ Compressed-air foam (CAFS) equipment. The apparatus will be delivered beginning in June 2008.
Lancaster County covers an area of 549 square miles and is located just south of Charlotte, NC. The county’s 19 fire departments are comprised of approximately 300 volunteer fire fighters.
“Purchasing these vehicles involved years of research, and it was a true team effort with our county fire commission, county council and county administration,” said Lancaster County Fire Service Director, Morris Russell. “We met with other departments, visited tradeshows, evaluated specifications and reviewed bids from 10 different manufacturers. Our commission decided to go with the Contender trucks, and it was the right decision for us.”
“This order is a major vote of confidence for the Contender brand and its product, service and support network,” said Mike DuFrane, vice president of sales for Contender. “It is noteworthy that these eight custom pumpers all are equipped with our Hercules™ CAFS system, making this the state’s first fleet of CAFS pumpers.”
Each of the eight Contender custom pumpers are equipped with a 400 hp engine, 1,000-gallon water tank, Husky® dual agent foam system, Hercules CAFS, rollup compartment doors and a top mount pumphouse with Control Zone™ pump panel.
The eight Contender rescues are built on commercial chassis and each features a 310 hp engine, two-door cab, 16-foot aluminum body, rollup doors, full-height, full-depth transverse compartments, slide-out and tilt trays, 25 kW PTO generator and scene lights.
Both Contender dry-side tankers are built on commercial chassis and feature a 2,000-gallon poly water tank, air actuated dump chutes, 2,500-gallon folding tank, roll-up doors, 500 gpm pump and stainless steel plumbing.
Spartan Fire & Emergency Apparatus of Roebuck, S.C. is the local Pierce dealer.
More info: www.piercemfg.com
