Madison to purchase city’s first electric fire truck

Pierce Manufacturing Inc., an Oshkosh Corp. company, has secured a purchase order from the Madison Fire Department for a Pierce Volterra electric pumper. The purchase order agreement follows an 18-month trial placement of a Pierce Volterra pumper at the department’s busiest station, Station No. 8, making it the first electric fire truck in service in North America. The Madison Fire Department was one of three fire departments across the United States to collaborate and provide daily operational data to assist with the final development, evaluation, and on-highway certification processes.