Seagrave Fire Apparatus
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Seagrave Fire Apparatus LLC is a manufacturer of fire apparatus
Fire apparatus
A fire apparatus, fire engine, fire truck, or fire appliance is a vehicle designed to assist in fighting fires by transporting firefighters to the scene and providing them with access to the fire, along with water or other equipment...

 that specializes in pumper and rescue units, as well as aerial towers. In addition to manufacturing new equipment, they refurbish, repair and upgrade older Seagrave apparatus, including National Fire Protection Association
National Fire Protection Association
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 updates to equipment. They are a major supplier to the New York City Fire Department
New York City Fire Department
The New York City Fire Department or the Fire Department of the City of New York has the responsibility for protecting the citizens and property of New York City's five boroughs from fires and fire hazards, providing emergency medical services, technical rescue as well as providing first response...

 and the Los Angeles Fire Department
Los Angeles Fire Department
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.

Seagrave was founded in Detroit, Michigan
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...

 in 1881 by Fredric Seagrave and moved to Columbus, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...

 in 1891. Seagrave was acquired by the FWD Corporation
Four Wheel Drive
The Four Wheel Drive Auto Company, more often known as Four Wheel Drive or just FWD, was founded in 1909 in Clintonville, Wisconsin, as the Badger Four-Wheel Drive Auto Company by Otto Zachow and William Besserdich.-History:...

 in 1963 and moved their corporate headquarters to Clintonville, Wisconsin
Clintonville, Wisconsin
Clintonville is a city in Waupaca County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 4,736 at the 2000 census.- Geography :Clintonville is located at 44°37'27" North, 88°45'29" West ....

.

Randolph Lenz, Chair of FWD's parent company, Corsta Corp., became embroiled in a Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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 suit and in 2003 all assets of FWD: FWD Corporation, Seagrave, Baker Aerialscope and Almonte Fire Trucks were sold to an investment group headed by former American LaFrance
American LaFrance
American LaFrance is an emergency and vocational vehicle manufacturer, currently based in Summerville, South Carolina. Focusing primarily on emergency apparatus fire engines and fire aerial including ambulance and rescue vehicles.-History:...

 executive James Hebe. Today, the Seagrave group is a flagship company of ELB Capital Management.

Seagrave operates US manufacturing facilities in Clintonville, Wisconsin
Clintonville, Wisconsin
Clintonville is a city in Waupaca County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 4,736 at the 2000 census.- Geography :Clintonville is located at 44°37'27" North, 88°45'29" West ....

 and Rock Hill, South Carolina
Rock Hill, South Carolina
Rock Hill is the largest city in York County, South Carolina and the fourth-largest city in the state. It is also the third-largest city of the Charlotte metropolitan area, behind Charlotte and Concord, North Carolina. The population was 71,459 as of . Rock Hill has undergone rapid growth between...

 and is an authorized General Services Administration
General Services Administration
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 vendor and supplies the United States Federal Government with firefighting equipment.

Canadian operations

Around 1900 Seagrave opened a Canadian plant and sold a full range of apparatus off and on from there until 1936. Entering into an alliance with well known Canadian fire engine builder R. S. Bickle Co "Canadianized" versions of standard Seagrave rigs where assembled at Bickle's Woodstock, Ontario
Woodstock, Ontario
Woodstock is a city and the county seat of Oxford County in Southern Ontario, Canada. Woodstock is located 128 km southwest of Toronto, north of Highway 401 along the historic Thames River...

 plant, and sold under the Bickle-Seagrave banner. After several ownership changes, and closure in 1956, Bickle's successor King-Seagrave Ltd. continued to assemble Seagrave fire apparatus in large numbers until 1973, when FWD Corp opted not to renew its agreement. King continued to produce fire apparatus on commercial chassises until its closure in 1985.

Today, Seagrave has its Canadian manufacturing operation in Carleton Place, Ontario
Carleton Place, Ontario
Carleton Place is a town in the eastern portion of Eastern Ontario, Canada, in Lanark County, about west of downtown Ottawa. It is located at the crossroads of Highway 15 and Highway 7, halfway between the towns of Perth, Almonte, Smiths Falls, and the nation's capital, Ottawa...


Chassis

  • Marauder II - Current Chassis Design
  • Marauder - Out of Production
  • Attacker - Current Chassis Design
  • Commercial - Current Chassis Design
  • Commander II - Out of Production
  • Commander - Out of Production
  • Flame - Out of Production

Fire apparatus

  • Fire engines
    • Custom Pumper
    • Commercial Pumper
    • Commercial Quick Attack Pumper
    • Custom Pumper Tanker
    • Commercial Pumper Tanker
    • Custom Rescue Pumper
    • Commercial Rescue Pumper

  • Fire trucks
    • Aerialscope II Tower Ladder
    • Force Aerial Ladder
    • Meanstick Quint
    • Tractor Drawn Aerial Ladder
    • TowerMax Rear-Mount Platform Tower Ladder
    • TowerMax Mid-Mount Platform Tower Ladder

  • Tankers
    • Custom Tanker
    • Commercial Tanker

  • Rescues
    • Specialist Rescue/HazMat
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