First Choice Fire & Safety Named Ferrara Fire Apparatus Dealer

Holden, LA—Ferrara Fire Apparatus, Inc. has named First Choice Fire & Safety as its dealer in North Carolina. First Choice, with President Mike Bordeaux and sales representative David English, has provided service for fire departments in the state for over two decades.

Ferrara Fire Apparatus President/CEO Chris Ferrara comments on his newest dealer, “We’ve known Mike and his team at First Choice for many, many years. He is known to his customers as a man of his word and has an excellent reputation across the state and region. Mike has his own service department to take care of vehicles sold by First Choice. Like the other dealers we’ve brought on board recently, First Choice embodies everything we are looking for in a partner: dedicated service and sales personnel who bring a passion for the fire industry.”

“We are very happy to be a member of the Ferrara team, and look forward to offering Ferrara’s full line of heavy duty fire apparatus to our customers in North Carolina,” says Bordeaux.

For more information, visit www.ferrarafire.com.


Ferrara Pumpers

Heavy Duty. Custom. Craftsmanship. It’s what you’ve come to expect from Ferrara. All of our construction is heavy duty, from our industry leading extruded aluminum bodies, to our traditional 12 gauge galvanneal or 3/16″ thick formed aluminum bodies, or our premium 12 gauge stainless steel bodies. Each of our pumper fire body styles can be customized to meet your exacting demands.


With Ferrara, you don’t have to tailor your operations to someone else’s idea of a fire truck. We build your fire truck for you, with some of the finest craftsmen in the industry today. A lot of companies claim flexibility, but what do you really get? Body length A, B or C and a couple choices of compartment depths.

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