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Pear River
August 13, 2025 | NEW YORK
RON JEFFERS, New Jersey Editor

Photo by RON JEFFERS
This article is a direct street report from our correspondent and has not been edited by the 1st Responder newsroom.
Pear River has accepted delivery of a Pierce Saber 1500-gpm/1000-gwt/20-gft pumper-tanker. The cab has eight seats. The front bumper has a trash line discharge gate and hose basket, plus there are two cross-lay hose beds and a booster reel mounted on the officer's side of the apparatus. Ground ladders, pike polls and two lengths of hard suction hose are stored in a rear torque box. In addition, there are coffin-style compartments, scene lights, rear vision camera, manually operated deck gun, wheel well storage space, one rear discharge gate and one rear tank fill intake. It carries 1000-feet of 5-inch LDH.