{"id":2200,"date":"2017-05-03T07:21:39","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T11:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/?p=2200"},"modified":"2026-04-20T12:05:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T16:05:49","slug":"big-orange-pierce-platform-for-buis-creek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/big-orange-pierce-platform-for-buis-creek\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Orange Pierce Platform for Buis Creek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Coming to the Buis Creek Fire Department is this newly completed 2017 Pierce Arrow XT aerial platform, 1500\/300\/100-feet. The colors are those of Campbell University&#8217;s Fighting Camels. Says me, this is the most striking piece of fire apparatus in North Carolina. (Sorry Greenville, with your purple pumper. Sorry Chapel Hill, with those keen Carolina blue trucks.)<\/p>\n<p>The truck arrived at Atlantic Emergency Solutions in Fayetteville this week. Keep an eye on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/leewilson\">Lee Wilson&#8217;s Flickr site<\/a>, as he&#8217;s been to AES and taken some pictures. For larger versions of this factory picture, see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/piercemfg\/34099956236\/in\/photolist-TXibXW-aqWVdc-8MWdHz-9v3gki\">Pierce Flickr page<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As noted in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.legeros.com\/ralwake\/photos\/weblog\/pivot\/entry.php?id=7005\">blog archives posting<\/a> from 2015, the new platform replaces a 1988 Pierce Arrow rear-mounted platform that originally served the town of Cary.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2201\" src=\"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017-05-03-bcfd.jpg\" alt=\"2017-05-03-bcfd\" width=\"600\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017-05-03-bcfd.jpg 600w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017-05-03-bcfd-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<div data-animation=\"no-animation\" data-icons-animation=\"no-animation\" data-overlay=\"on\" data-change-size=\"\" data-button-size=\"0.7\" style=\"font-size:0.7em!important;display:none;\" class=\"supsystic-social-sharing supsystic-social-sharing-package-flat supsystic-social-sharing-content supsystic-social-sharing-content-align-left\" data-text=\"\"><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Fbig-orange-pierce-platform-for-buis-creek%2F\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u={url}\" data-nid=\"1\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"2200\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Big Orange Pierce Platform for Buis Creek\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-facebook\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Fbig-orange-pierce-platform-for-buis-creek%2F&text=Big+Orange+Pierce+Platform+for+Buis+Creek\" data-main-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url={url}&text={title}\" data-nid=\"2\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"2200\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Big Orange Pierce Platform for Buis Creek\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-twitter\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/link\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Fbig-orange-pierce-platform-for-buis-creek%2F&description=Big+Orange+Pierce+Platform+for+Buis+Creek\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/link\/?url={url}&description={title}\" data-nid=\"7\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"2200\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Big Orange Pierce Platform for Buis Creek\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-pinterest\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coming to the Buis Creek Fire Department is this newly completed 2017 Pierce Arrow XT aerial platform, 1500\/300\/100-feet. 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