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Date Aired: 10/10/2025

Featuring: Chief Pat Leonard, Assistant Chief Colton Leonard & host Alie Reetz

Guests:

• Pat Leonard is fire chief of the Hershey Volunteer Fire Company in Pennsylvania.
• Colton Leonard is assistant chief of the Hershey Volunteer Fire Company in Pennsylvania.
• Alie Reetz is a marketing associate at Pierce Manufacturing.

Resources:

• Hershey Volunteer Fire Company, Pennsylvania
  • Facebook page
• Training
• Service and Maintenance
  • Product support
  • Parts and product support
• Enforcer™ custom chassis
  • Podcast episode
• Pumper
  • Podcast - pumper overview
  • Podcast - pumper design
  • Podcast - Lee's Summit Fire Department
• Fire apparatus procurement
  • Design ordering process
  • How to conduct a community needs assessment
  • 4 critical factors for an effective fire truck procurement committee
  • Order lifecycle
  • Podcast - Albuquerque fire and rescue
  • Podcast - Lexington County fire rescue service
• Fire apparatus ergonomics
  • First five minutes
  • Pumper fire truck design
  • Fire truck hose deployment
• Fire apparatus standardization
  • Podcast episode
• Volunteer Fire Department

Join us as we continue to bring together customers, industry professionals and Pierce experts in future episodes, providing a platform for insightful discussions on the advancements and challenges within the firefighting community.

Whether you’re in the market for the latest in fire apparatus technology, or just passionate about the firefighting community and its evolution, this episode of Pierce™ Dispatch is for you.

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