Seagrave Fire Apparatus

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Seagrave Fire Apparatus
IndustryTrucks and other vehicles
Founded1881
FounderFredric Seagrave
Headquarters,
USA
Products Emergency services vehicles
Parent ELB Capital Management, LLC
Website http://www.seagrave.com/
The manufacturer's former factory in Columbus, Ohio Steelton area Seagrave plant-crop.jpg
The manufacturer's former factory in Columbus, Ohio
Seagrave Marauder II with Apollo II 105' Tower Seagrave Marauder II with Apollo 2 105' rear mount tower.jpg
Seagrave Marauder II with Apollo II 105' Tower

Seagrave Fire Apparatus LLC is an American fire apparatus manufacturer 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 updates to equipment. [1] Seagrave operates manufacturing facilities in Clintonville, Wisconsin, and Rock Hill, South Carolina, and is an authorized General Services Administration vendor and supplies the federal government of the United States with firefighting equipment. [2]

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History

Seagrave was founded in Detroit, Michigan, in 1881 by Fredric Seagrave and moved to Columbus, Ohio, in 1891. Seagrave was acquired by the FWD Corporation in 1963 and moved their corporate headquarters and manufacturing plant to Clintonville, Wisconsin. [3]

Randolph Lenz, Chair of FWD's parent company, Corsta Corp., became embroiled in a Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation suit and in 2003 all assets of FWD, including FWD Corporation, Seagrave, Baker Aerialscope and Almonte Fire Trucks, were sold to an investment group headed by former American LaFrance executive James Hebe.

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

Canadian operations

Around 1900, Seagrave opened a Canadian plant and subsequently sold a full range of apparatus until 1936. Entering into an alliance with well-known Canadian fire engine builder R. S. Bickle Co "Canadianized" versions of standard Seagrave rigs were assembled at Bickle's Woodstock, Ontario, 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 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.

Seagrave purchased Canadian apparatus builder Almonte Fire Trucks of Carleton Place, Ontario, in 1999. The Carleton Place plant built commercial chassis apparatus and served the Canadian market. Production ceased in 2010, and the building was sold to Eastway Emergency Vehicles.

Products

Chassis

Fire apparatus

References

  1. "Refurbishment". Seagrave Fire Apparatus. Archived from the original on May 15, 2007. Retrieved September 5, 2006.
  2. "GSA". Seagrave Fire Apparatus. Archived from the original on August 30, 2006. Retrieved September 5, 2006.
  3. "Company Overview". Seagrave Fire Apparatus. Archived from the original on August 10, 2006. Retrieved September 5, 2006.