Pierce Manufacturing Inc., the leading North American manufacturer of custom fire apparatus, announced it will begin fulfilling a five-year, $37.2 million contract with the U.S. Army for 51 Pierce Tactical Fire Fighting Trucks (TFFTs). The vehicles will be delivered for deployment through August 2009. To date, Pierce has supplied 87 TFFTs to the U.S. Army.
“This new contract is a strong vote of confidence in the capabilities of the TFFT and in our expertise in engineering and manufacturing a state-of-the-art firefighting vehicle,” said Jim Parker, vice president government and homeland security sales at Pierce. “Pierce is proud to continue to provide the U.S. Army with the TFFT.”
The versatile TFFT was jointly developed by Pierce and its parent company Oshkosh Truck Corporation as a multifunctional vehicle designed for structural fire protection, wildland firefighting, fuel and ammunition storage protection and rescue extrication. The TFFT is built on the Oshkosh HEMTT M977 chassis with a 210-inch wheelbase, a Detroit Diesel 445-horsepower engine and tandem front and rear axles. The TFFT can ford 48 inches of water and climb a 60 percent grade at maximum GVW.
The firefighting system includes a 1,000 gpm single-stage pump, Class A and B foam systems, twin 60-gallon foam cells, a 500-gallon-per-minute roof turret, a 250-gpm bumper turret, a hydraulic generator and telescoping lights.
