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The Dash was manufactured from 1981 to 1999.

It was the first tilt-cab and featured a very short turning radius. The motor was located farther forward and a small walkway separated the cab from the body. The motor housing separated the two jump seats. A small rectangular grill was located between the headlights. On very early production models, the large square headlight trim, as seen on early Arrows, was used. A larger grill with horizontal louvers was available for certain apparatus that required more cooling, but very few of these were built.

There was also a version of the Dash that had no jump seats and the cab rear was rounded off like a Ford C-Series. Another variation used a longer cab that incorporated a large equipment compartment instead of jump seats. This cab was primarily used on large rescue units.

The 4 door Dash was brought out in 1990. The motor was pushed even farther forward, separating the driver and officer, and creating a 4-man bench seat in the rear. The roof of the crew area was raised about ten inches. The back doors were on the rear of the cab and opened onto a walkway. This design worked very well with a top mount pump panel. At the same time the grill was changed to a large vertical rectangle with two horizontal dividers. The oval Pierce emblem was integrated into the top bar of the grill for a short time, but soon returned to being a separate piece. Also, an additional vertical rectangular grill was added over each wheel well. A side rear door option was added during 1992 and the door began at the trailing edge of the wheel well. The doors also extended up to the full height of the raised roof.

The Dash was discontinued in 1999, having been replaced with the Dash 2000.