Oshkosh Truck Subsidiary, Pierce, To Supply 55 Fire Trucks to U.S. Forest Service in California.Business Editors OSHKOSH, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 6, 2001 Oshkosh Truck Oshkosh Truck NYSE: OSK, is a manufacturer of specialty trucks and truck bodies for defense, industrial and fire emergency applications. It is based in Oshkosh, Wisconsin and employs about 7,000 people worldwide in five countries. Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : OTRKB), a leading manufacturer of specialty trucks and truck bodies, announced today that its subsidiary, Pierce Manufacturing Pierce Manufacturing is an Appleton, Wisconsin based manufacturer of custom fire and rescue apparatus and a wholly owned subsidiary of Oshkosh Truck Corporation. Pierce was acquired by Oshkosh in 1996. , will supply the United States Forest Service “USFS” redirects here. For the figure skating organization, see U.S. Figure Skating. The USDA Forest Service is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's national forests and national grasslands. in California with 56 fire fighting fire fighting, the use of strategy, personnel, and apparatus to extinguish, to confine, or to escape from fire. Fire-Fighting Strategy Fire fighting strategy involves the following basic procedures: arriving at the scene of the fire as rapidly as vehicles for combating wildland and urban interface fires. The order is valued at $3.9 million. Many of the vehicles will be delivered by July of 2002 - in time for next year's dry season - and will significantly increase the number of wildland fire fighting vehicles in California. As part of a national fire plan, the 55 vehicles will be added to 140 fire fighting vehicles that protect California's 18 national forests. "We're very pleased that Pierce(R) fire trucks will be playing such a critical role in protecting the citizens, property and natural resources of the State of California. These trucks will incorporate the fire fighting advantages of every Pierce brand truck, but will be customized for the wildland and urban interface application, to provide the best value," said Robert G. Bohn, Oshkosh's chairman, president and chief executive officer. The order includes 31 tanker trucks and 25 Hawk(TM) wildland trucks. The new trucks meet the requirements of the federal General Services Administration The General Services Administration (GSA) was established by section 101 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C.A. § 751). The GSA sets policy for and manages government property and records. schedule so other governmental agencies - federal, state and local - can purchase like vehicles through the GSA (1) (Global mobile Suppliers Association, Sawbridgeworth, U.K., www.gsacom.com) A membership organization of suppliers of GSM products and services. Its goal is to promote GSM as the worldwide mobile communications standard. See GSM Association and GSM. Advantage program (www.gsaadvantage.gov). These vehicles represent Pierce's commitment to expand its model offerings for the wildland and urban interface fire fighting market. Pierce also offers the proprietary Hercules(TM) compressed air foam system A Compressed Air Foam System for hand hose, abbreviated CAFS, is a system used in firefighting to deliver fire retardant foam for the purpose of extinguishing a fire or protecting unburned areas from becoming involved in flame. that is especially effective in wildland and urban interface fires. Nationally, there were 122,800 wild fires in the United States in calendar year 2000 that burned 8.4 million acres. The federal government spent $1.3 billion preserving the nation's natural resources. More than 30,000 people were involved in fighting these fires. Those figures don't include efforts by state and local governments. As recently as August 2001, there were 42 major fires burning in the country involving more than 500,000 acres of land. Oshkosh Truck Corporation (NASDAQ: OTRKB) is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of specialty trucks and truck bodies for the fire and emergency, defense, concrete placement and refuse collection markets. Products are marketed under the Oshkosh, Pierce, McNeilus, Medtec, Geesink and Norba brand names. Oshkosh is a Fortune 1000 company and had annual sales of $1.45 billion in fiscal 2001. |
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