FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Stephanie Morgan
+1 (856) 467-3636
stephanie.morgan@godwinpumps.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Bierschbach and
Godwin Pumps
®
Provide Relief Effort in Red River
Flooding
(
Bridgeport,
NJ — April 2, 2009) Godwin Pumps,
worldwide manufacturer and supplier
of the Dri-Prime® automatic
self-priming pump, joined forces
with Fargo, ND-based distributor
Bierschbach Equipment & Supply
(Bierschbach) to provide Dri-Prime
pumps for the flood relief efforts
along the Red River Valley in
Minnesota and North Dakota.
As a Godwin
distributor, Bierschbach began
making calls to local municipalities
to deliver flood relief through its
inventory of Godwin Dri-Prime Pumps.
“The City of Fargo
took their first two pumps from us
on March 23rd. We have now rented a
total of 34 Godwin Dri-Prime CD100M
and CD150M pumps,” said Mike
Anderson, Branch Manager of
Bierschbach’s Fargo facility. “Some
of the pumps we have on rent are
from our own inventory, and others
were delivered from Godwin’s Helena,
MT branch.”
Realizing that
Bierschbach would be responding to
this emergency, Godwin Pumps
deployed Helena-based Andy Fitzhugh
to assist in the relief effort.
“I arrived in Fargo
late in the day on Tuesday, March
24th. At that point, Bierschbach was
already securing orders including
six CD150M pumps for the city of Ada,
MN. The next morning, we secured an
order for ten CD10
0M
pumps for the city of Moorehead, MN
at 9:00 AM and delivered the pumps
at 2:00 PM the next day. That is how
the rest of this effort unfolded,
with Bierschbach taking orders and
working with us to deliver and set
up equipment as quickly as
possible,” said Fitzhugh.
With
storm sewers backing up throughout
the area, the Godwin Dri-Prime Pumps
were used to pump flooded stormwater
out of the backed up storm sewer,
over the temporary clay dikes, and
into the river. “With the help
of Andy and Godwin, we have been
able to meet the demands this flood
has placed on the area,” said
Anderson. “We expect the pumps to be
on rent for these cities for the
next month, and look forward to
seeing the floodwaters subside
because of the reliability of our
equipment and people.”
About Godwin Pumps
-
Godwin
Pumps maintains a fleet
of over 6,000 portable
rental pumps and 3,200
pieces of related
equipment for use in
dewatering in
construction, mining and
quarrying; in drinking
water supply; and in
wastewater bypasses in
municipal, industrial
and environmental
markets. The Godwin
Dri-Prime®
pump features fully
automatic self-priming
to 28 ft, dry-running
and solids handling
capabilities and is
complemented by a wide
range and variety of
electric submersible
Sub-Prime®,
hydraulic submersible
Heidra® and
gasoline-powered
Wet-Prime pumps. Godwin
Pumps also offers
customized sales and
service training to
distributors.
For rentals, sales or
service, call 856-467-3636, or email
sales@godwinpumps.com. Visit us
on the Internet at
www.godwinpumps.com.
Godwin Pumps, Dri-Prime, Heidra, Sub-Prime,
and the color orange for pumps
are registered trademarks of Godwin Pumps of
America, Inc. All other marks belong to
their respective holders.
Media Contact:
Stephanie Morgan
Corporate Communications Manager
Godwin Pumps
One Floodgate Road
Bridgeport, NJ 08014
Tel: 856.467.3636
Fax: 856.467.2419
email:
stephanie.morgan@godwinpumps.com
