August 7, 2008

Ferrara Fire Apparatus Names Phil Lincoln Factory Sales Rep in Florida

Holden, LA – Ferrara Fire Apparatus, Inc., America’s premier manufacturer of custom fire and rescue vehicles, is pleased to announce the addition of Phil Lincoln as its new factory sales representative for the state of Florida.  Lincoln has nearly 25 years experience in apparatus sales, sales management, and product development.  Initially from Massachusetts, Lincoln has worked in the Florida market for over 10 years.

“We believe that bringing in someone with Phil’s knowledge, experience and reputation will help us to increase our market presence in Florida,” said CEO Chris Ferrara.

As he embarks on his service at Ferrara, Lincoln offered these thoughts about the company.  “Ferrara is an extremely exciting organization with which to be associated.  Chris Ferrara has always been known for his heavy duty style of apparatus construction and I’m very excited to be a part of his team.  By virtue of their reputation as a true custom builder, Ferrara is positioned well in an increasingly competitive market, with customers looking for maximum value in their new fire apparatus.”

Lincoln is taking over the Florida territory from Paul Christiansen, who has represented Ferrara in Florida since 2000.  Christiansen has relocated to company headquarters in Louisiana to oversee the company’s marketing efforts.

Ferrara Fire Apparatus manufactures a full line of fire-rescue and emergency vehicles.  Their product line includes the premium Inferno XD and Igniter XD custom chassis, the Intruder 2 custom chassis, aerial ladders and platforms, pumpers and tankers, walk-in and walk-around rescue vehicles, incident command trailers, wild land trucks, airport vehicles and the Strong Arm fire-rescue vehicle.  Ferrara is a leading innovator in the industry, offering such firefighter safety items such as ECE-29 Crash Testing, Independent Front Suspension, Roll Stability Control, Complete Airbag Protection, and SmartWheel steering systems.