Finley Fire Equipment has secured an order for two Pierce® Arrow XT™ pumpers for the Charleston, West Virginia Fire Department. The trucks will be procured through a partnership with the West Virginia Purchasing Division using a National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO) contract.

The order calls for a 100-foot rear-mount Smeal platform and six custom pumpers.

Otto Township's new pumper is built on a 2019 International MV607 four-door chassis and cab with seating for four firefighters, powered by a 350-hp Cummins L9 engine and an Allison 3000 EVS automatic transmission.

The LDM pump is Darley’s tried and true single stage midship pump. It is about 20% smaller and lighter weight, on average, than our competitors’ pumps provided at the same rating points. The LDM pump, although rated to 1,750 gpm, ...

Parts and pieces are what get our rigs to calls each and every day. You, as the purchaser, need to do your own vetting and understand the availability and durability of those parts on your apparatus.

CHARLOTTE, MI—Spartan Emergency Response (“Spartan ER”), a business unit of Spartan Motors, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPAR) has received a new order to build eight fire apparatus for the Charlotte (NC) Fire Department (CFD). The order includes five Class A Smeal Custom ...

The fire apparatus industry is taking a proactive stance when it comes to firefighter cancer prevention by designing new apparatus that makes it easier for firefighters to decontaminate after a fire.

The city of Tunica recently purchased a custom hosebed cover made by Syntex Industries. The hosebed was custom built to the fire department’s exact specifications. Syntex has a wide variety of fastener choices and knowledgeable engineering staff that help with ...

APPLETON, WI—Pierce Manufacturing Inc., has secured an order for 11 custom apparatus for the Indianapolis (IN) Fire Department in Indiana. Placed through Indianapolis-based Pierce dealer, Global Emergency Products, the order is made up of six Pierce® Saber® pumpers, two Enforcer™ ...

The Pleasanton (TX) Fire Department had KME build a rear-mount pumper and a heavy rescue with nearly identical physical profiles.