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Pierce Fire rigs

Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 8:01 am
by SDnative
Anyone who is interested in how fire rigs are manufactured by Pierce should look for the show Ultimate Factories on National Geographic Channel. They use a number of videos of SD Fire Dept rigs in action. It was on last night, and will show again sometime. "Check your local listings."

Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 10:58 am
by Brian
Here is the guide for National Grographic Channel.
http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tvlistings ... nNum=24959

Ultimate Factories
Fire Trucks
Sat, Jun 21, 3:00 PM Run Time: 60 min.
Genre: Documentary
Over 1,500 highly skilled workers at the 800,000-square-foot Pierce Manufacturing operation use high-tech tools to create a made-to-order fire truck in 45 days.
http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tvlistings ... 8696180015

Cox Cable North 108 NGC Sat 6/21 3:00 PM
Cox Cable North 718 NGCHD Sat 6/21 3:00 PM
Cox Cable North 108 NGC Thu 6/26 2:00 PM
Cox Cable North 718 NGCHD Thu 6/26 2:00 PM

Time Warner Ch: 218 NGC Sat 6/21 3:00 PM
Time Warner Ch: 718 NGCHD Sat 6/21 3:00 PM
Time Warner Ch: 218 NGC Thu 6/26 2:00 PM
Time Warner Ch: 718 NGCHD Thu 6/26 2:00 PM
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Notice this other fire truck show watch out for.
Don't see when the next time it will be on.

E-1 Fire Trucks
Genre: Documentary
Firefighters rely on the cutting-edge tools of towering bucket trucks, high-speed rescue vehicles and high-tech wildfire firefighting trucks.
http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tvlistings ... 0524350000

Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 11:14 am
by SDnative
Thanks for looking up the listing. I only caught part of the show.