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Peirce Heavy Rescue 44

Manufacturer:  Pierce Manufacturing, Appleton, WI
Year Manufactured: 1991
Cost: $330,000
Years of Active Service:  13 Years (1991-2004)
Radio Designation - Rescue 44
Placed Out of Service - April 19th, 2005
Sold to:  Holmes Fire Company, Holmes, PA
Generator Size: 35 kw
Crew Cab: 8 Personnel (Driver, Officer, 6 Firefighters)


Rescue 44 was the second responding apparatus on all motor vehicle accidents with entrapment in Springfield Township and on I-476 between Exit 2 and Exit 4 and all of the Exit 3 Interchange.  It was the first responding apparatus for assists on entrapments to surrounding communities.  Delivered in November of 1991, Rescue 44 has made the difference on numerous accident scenes and many working structure fires in the middle of some tough winters.  Some features of this unit when it was sold were:

Walk Through Rescue Body Design, 8 Person Crew Cab, 35 Kilowatt Generator, 16' "Night Scan" Light Tower, 8' Little Giant Ladder, 16000 Watts of External Illumination

Specialized Equipment Carried:

  • 4 Bottle- 6000 PSI Air Casade System
  • 2 Air Bottle Fill Station
  • Sierra Air Booster Pump
  • 1 - Low Pressure Air Reel
  • 1 - High Pressure Air Reel
  • 2 - Hurst 32"  "Jaws of Life" - Hydraulic Spreader
  • 1 - Hurst "O" Cutter
  • 2 - Hurst 60" Hydraulic Rams
  • 2 - Hurst 30" Hydraulic Rams
  • 2 - Hurst 20" Hydraulic Rams
  • 2 - 100' Hydraulic Rescue Hose Reels
  • 2 - Electric Hurst Power Units
  • Full Compliment of Paratech High Pressure Air Bags (74 Ton Maximum Lift)
  • 12 Ton Electric Winch (Mounted in Front Bumper)
  • Confined Space Air Equipment
  • Rope Rescue Equipment

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