Pierce Manufacturing Inc., an Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK) company, announced today it has added RollTek’s Side Roll Protection System as an option in Freightliner commercial chassis. The integration of the RollTek system in the Freightliner commercial chassis is exclusively available in Pierce fire apparatus. The safety feature was first incorporated into specifications for a recent order placed by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management consisting of 14 Type 3 Interface wildland fire trucks and 25 Type 3 and 4 wildland fire engines.
“We have seen an increase in commercial products in various types of fire apparatus fleets, driven by cost, lead time, and chassis preference,” said Jim Johnson, president of Pierce Manufacturing. “Fire apparatus operators must navigate everything from demanding terrain to narrow rural roads, and rollovers are a significant threat, particularly in tanker products. Becoming the only provider of the RollTek system in Freightliner commercial chassis for fire apparatus is one more step in Pierce’s ongoing mission to help protect firefighters by continuing to enhance and improve fire truck safety systems.”
极端的环境因素和天气状况导致了最近的火灾活动上升，增加了卡车滚动事件。根据国家公路交通安全管理局（NHTSA）和美国消防局（USFA）的说法，消防车事故是工作中消防员的第二大主要原因，滚动量占消防车事故的66％以上年。Rolltek侧面滚动保护系统通过允许将侧面滚动窗帘完全集成到座椅系统中，而不是在崩溃或滚动事件中从墙壁部署，从而有助于保护消防车的乘员。
埃尔登·亚历山大（Elden Alexander）是土地管理局内政部的国家消防设备计划经理。他和他的团队已经看到了以前的夏季“火季节”变成了“火年”，在美国所有地区都有活跃的大火。这些情况增加了全国对高度流动的消防力量的需求。188金博网网址多少作为一项联邦集中式消防设备计划，Rolltek安全技术的进步不仅将使内部火灾部门计划受益，而且将使远远超出。
“While firefighter safety is at the forefront of everything we do, it is inherently a dangerous job,” said Alexander. “On a single fire dispatch, we can respond 100 miles on the highway, traverse steep mountain roads, and then transition to using equipment off-road while suppressing fire. The addition of the RollTek side roll protection system is a remarkable advancement in firefighter safety and assures us that we are helping to ensure every firefighter returns home safely.”
皮尔斯（Pierce）决定提供Rolltek侧面滚动系统作为其Freightliner商业机箱中独家提供的选择，是由内政部部门土地管理局发起的，当时购买协调员将该功能纳入了最新订单的规格中。皮尔斯（Pierce）与IMMI和高级产品评估中心合作，开发了一项计划，以测试和证明Rolltek系统和Freightliner Cab的CAB结构完整性。该应用程序是商业市场中的第一个用于多种CAB配置的应用程序。
“Vehicle safety technology has advanced to a point where it became possible to push side roll protection features from light trucks and custom cab fire vehicles into the commercial-chassis market, which has resulted in the development of a reliable, comfortable, and affordable solution for the whole vehicle,” said RJ Johnson the national fire engine production manager with the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. “It was not as simple as bolting a new seat into the cab, there were significant design alterations and testing conducted. It was evident early in the process that all involved understood the significance of what we wanted to do, and we were going to make this happen.”
To learn more about Pierce Manufacturing and the RollTek side roll protection system, visitwww.piercemfg.com.
