Dallas put two kinds of electric apparatus on the street this year: a battery-electric crash truck at Love Field and a Pierce Volterra pumper. In Germany, the year brought an electric aerial ladder that weighs less than 16 tonnes.
Rosenbauer L32A-XS electric
A 32-meter Rosenbauer ladder on MAN's battery-electric eTGM, under 16 tonnes, went to the North Rhine-Westphalia fire institute at Interschutz 2026 in June.
Rosenbauer PANTHER 6x6 electric, Dallas Love Field
Dallas Fire-Rescue has been testing this battery-electric crash truck at Love Field's Station 21 since April.
Pierce Volterra pumpers
On Pierce's parallel-electric Volterra, batteries handle the response and the pumping on typical calls, and a diesel engine is there for extended incidents. All four delivery pages list a Cummins B6.7 rated at 360 horsepower.
Bernalillo County Fire & Rescue, delivered Sept. 17: Velocity chassis, 2,000 gallon-per-minute (gpm) Waterous midship pump, 750-gallon tank.
Frederick County Division of Fire & Rescue, July 7: Enforcer chassis, 1,500 gpm, 750 gallons.
Dallas, March 12: Enforcer chassis, 1,500 gpm, 500 gallons.
Lawrence-Douglas Fire Medical, Feb. 5: Enforcer chassis, 2,000 gpm, 500 gallons.
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- World debut: Rosenbauer and MAN present the first all-electric aerial ladder under 16 tonnes (Rosenbauer)
- Rosenbauer L32A-XS electric for North Rhine-Westphalia Fire Service Institute (Rosenbauer America on YouTube)
- Innovative partnership between Rosenbauer and the Dallas fire service brings PANTHER 6x6 electric to Dallas Love Field Airport (Rosenbauer)
- The FIRST Fully-Electric ARFF Vehicle in the World - PANTHER electric (Rosenbauer America on YouTube)
- Volterra electric fire truck (Pierce Manufacturing)
- Bernalillo County Fire & Rescue pumper (Pierce Manufacturing)
- Frederick County Division of Fire & Rescue pumper (Pierce Manufacturing)
- Dallas Fire Department pumper (Pierce Manufacturing)
- Lawrence-Douglas Fire Medical pumper (Pierce Manufacturing)
