August 08 , 2006

FERRARA DELIVERS TWO STRONG ARMS TO TURKEY

Holden, LA - FERRARA FIRE APPARATUS, INC. recently delivered two (2)  Ferrara “STRONG ARM” revolutionary firefighting vehicles to the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality in Istanbul, Turkey.

These two (2) units are in addition to the first Turkish Strong Arm delivered earlier this year. The first unit has been in service since January and has been utilized in a variety of fire and rescue operations with the Istanbul Fire Brigade, said, Chris Ferrara, President and CEO of Ferrara Fire Apparatus.

These units feature Ferrara’s “Inferno” Medium four door custom fire chassis  with IFS Independent Front Suspensions, Cummins ISL-400 HP diesel engines, Hale Q-Max 2000GPM pumps, Foam-Pro’s 2001 Foam systems Ferrara’s trademark heavy duty extruded aluminum bodies, all LED lighting, and CAPS, Ferrara’s complete airbag protection system protecting all outboard seating positions.

Mr. Ferrara added that the Strong Arms are suited for a wide variety of roof, window and wall ventilation applications. The mammoth 1,100# ultra-heavy duty piercing nozzle is fabricated of stainless steel for heavy duty continuous use in brutal environments and features a fortified hardened piercing tool at the tip for pinpoint accuracy combined with compelling force during safe, effective roof or wall ventilation, controlled demolition or other specialized fire ground firefighting operations.

Joel Domangue, Aerial Sales & Product Manager  said, “The Istanbul Fire Brigade and the city administration had the vision and foresight to Think Outside the Box” and identified the Strong Arm as a multi-functional special operations vehicle that had the versatility and capability to address a wide variety of fire and rescue emergencies.  He further stated that the “Istanbul Fire Brigade serves approximately 12-15 million people in a highly congested, extremely busy ninety (90) square mile area.

“A high profile delegation from the Instanbul Metropolitan Municipality recently visited Ferrara’s manufacturing headquarters to inspect the facility and to review and evaluate our products and services and during the visit awarded us the contract on Ten (10) additional All-Wheel Drive Strong Arm firefighting vehicles”. He further stated.

In addition to the roof and wall ventilation, the Strong Arm can be used to deliver 1,500 gallons per minute of flow through 52 individual aqua-jet nozzles that produce a 50 foot water curtain to quickly eliminate the fire source in confined spaces. It is capable of penetrating a 6” solid concrete structure and is no match for asphalt shingle or slate roofs, lap siding exterior walls, box cars, tractor trailers, mobile homes, or steel storage buildings and sea going containers and even lifts up to 10,000 lbs. like a crane.

Ferrara continues to “Lead the Way” by providing innovative products and services to enhance firefighter safety.  We accept our role as the industry’s most progressive and innovative manufacturer. We embrace the opportunity to design safer more efficient emergency fire and rescue vehicles and we accept the challenge to be the best!

Ferrara Fire Apparatus, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of fire and rescue apparatus. Located in Holden, LA and founded by Chris Ferrara in 1982, Ferrara builds a complete line of fire apparatus including Aerial Ladders, Platforms and Strong Arm firefighting vehicles, Custom and Commercial Pumpers, tankers and Rescues, Haz-Mat and Quick Attack vehicles, command trailers as well as Ferrara’s own custom fire chassis’ the Inferno and Igniter featuring IFS independent front suspensions and heavy duty 4- wheel drive.