Oshkosh Truck Subsidiary Pierce Develops Special Services Vehicle for Fire, Homeland Security and Law Enforcement Markets

OSHKOSH, Wis.--April 27, 2006--Oshkosh Truck Corporation , announced today that its fire apparatus subsidiary, Pierce Manufacturing Inc., introduced a new Special Services Vehicle (SSV) for fire, rescue, government, homeland security and law enforcement markets. Introduced under Pierce's value-priced Contender(R) brand, the SSV was unveiled on the opening day of both the Fire Department Instructor's Conference (FDIC) in Indianapolis, Ind., and the Government Security and Expo Conference (GOVSEC) show in Washington, D.C.

"The new Contender SSV extends Pierce's already extensive line of homeland security apparatus, providing the law enforcement and homeland security markets with a customizable, rugged vehicle that can be optimized for their specific application at a value price point," said John Randjelovic, executive vice president and president of Pierce.

The SSV can be configured for mobile command and communications, incident command, special weapons and tactics (SWAT), explosive ordinance disposal, bomb response and mobile laboratory applications. Pierce's Contender SSV is built on a GMC chassis with a choice of 14- or 18-foot body lengths.

Oshkosh Truck Corporation is a leading manufacturer of specialty trucks and truck bodies for the defense, fire and emergency, concrete placement and refuse hauling markets. Oshkosh Truck is a Fortune 1000 company with products marketed under the Oshkosh(R), Pierce(R), McNeilus(R), Medtec(TM), Geesink(R), Norba(R), Jerr-Dan(R), CON-E-CO(R) and London(R) brand names. The company is headquartered in Oshkosh, Wis., and had annual sales of $2.96 billion in fiscal 2005.

To learn more about Oshkosh Truck Corporation, visit its web site at www.oshkoshtruckcorporation.com. To learn more about Pierce homeland security product offerings, visit www.piercehomelandsecurity.com.