Ascendant Class of Aerials

The Pierce Ascendant is a model of quint fire apparatus built by Pierce Manufacturing. The Ascendant was originally introduced in 2015 as a compact single-axle 107-foot rear-mount aerial mounted on a Pierce Enforcer chassis and equipped with a 1500 USGPM Waterous pump and 500 US Gallon tank.

In 2017, Pierce expanded the Ascendant brand by adding a 107-foot tandem-axle aerial, a 107-foot tractor-drawn aerial, and 110-foot single-axle aerial platform. The company also now makes the devices on other brands of Pierce chassis, including the Arrow XT, Impel, Quantum and Velocity.