Pierce Dash CF

[Roto-Ray]

[quote name='cml0774' timestamp='1342628129' post='492556']

I dont get it; doesnt look driver friendly. The pump panel being so low it looks you have to keep bending over to do anything and you have to avoid the attack lines rite above the pump panel.[/quote]

This isn't a feature of the Dash CF, this is part of the PUC body and pump system. For departments that don't fight a lot of fire, and don't need to access intake/discharge panels routinely, it's probably not much of an issue.

There is alot of room for the driver and officer but you inconveince the crew in the back; just my opinion but I would rather have the room for the crew in the back.

Some departments that only routinely run with 3 or 4 personnel aren't taking nearly the apprehension to the rear engine tunnel that some volunteer departments are. We (the fire service) successfully rode with a rear engine tunnel for decades, and some departments feel like that it doesn't take away from their firefighter's needs, and still provides the officer some much-desired leg and elbow room. I suppose each department has to weigh the benefits and downsides of this cab design.