The Pierce Mobile Command Vehicle – An Exterior Look

Since 2001, America’s homeland security requirements have been constantly evolving. Our first responders encounter a wide variety of emergencies – from terrorist acts to natural disasters to structure fires. Often in these types of scenarios, command and control will be required across several municipalities versus just a single department responding to the incident. In those instances, you’ll want a Pierce Mobile Command Vehicle at the scene.

Underslung Body Support

The Pierce exclusive underslung body support structure – fully welded side and rear platforms bolted to the chassis frame rails – support all exterior compartments to provide maximum load carrying capacity and ensure a long vehicle life. With exterior compartments, the goal is to maximize available cubic feet because they house much of the auxiliary components that support the communications equipment.

The Four Body Sides

Most important, Pierce bodies are engineered first and manufactured second. Many interior outfitters take receipt of a manufactured step van and then cut into roof and side sheets to accommodate generators, windows, or cable input boxes. At Pierce, every body cutout has been pre-determined by an engineer to ensure the structural integrity of the body remains intact.

Pierce offers fully-engineered slide-outs, extending up to 30” from the body to provide operators more inside space during command and control scenarios. Slide-out widths range from 66” to 132” depending on the chassis model, the body size, and the interior and exterior options.

The exterior side, front, and rear sheets of the body are made of 3/16” aluminum sheets with vertical support tubes acting as a giant truss and providing greater body rigidity to support all roof-mounted items.

Roof

Pierce constructs the roof using 1/8” aluminum sheets with a cross tube structure. All roof seams are continuously welded. The roof is welded to the sidewalls, which provides rigidity, durability and stepping safety. In addition, the roof accommodates the weight of many roof-mounted options (satellite dishes, air conditioners, observation decks, etc.). All cutouts are engineered and framed out with reinforcement plates welded at locations of heavy roof-mounted objects.

At Pierce, we consider both aspects of the vehicle – the interior and the exterior, as they are equally important. Pierce sales representatives know that a well-equipped command center with the proper platform will get to the incident, and a robust chassis with a fully-outfitted interior can manage it. Anything inferior should not be accepted. Pierce representatives will help the customer procure the most robust chassis/body combination without compromising maximum functionality of communications, workspace, storage and habitability.

Next month: The Pierce Mobile Command Vehicle – An Interior Look.

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