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Seagrave Fire Apparatus LLC is an American
Seagrave Fire Apparatus
{{Authority control Emergency services equipment makers Truck manufacturers of the United States Motor vehicle manufacturers based in Wisconsin Manufacturing companies based in Wisconsin Companies based in Wisconsin
Seagrave Fire Apparatus LLC is an American fire apparatus
A firefighting apparatus describes any vehicle that has been customized for use during firefighting operations. These vehicles are highly customized depending on their needs and the duty they will be performing. These duties can include firefighti ...
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
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updates to equipment. Seagrave operates manufacturing facilities in Clintonville, Wisconsin
Clintonville is a city in Waupaca County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 4,591 at the 2020 census. The area that became Clintonville was first settled in March, 1855.
History
Clintonville lies within ancestral Menominee territo ...
, and Rock Hill, South Carolina
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, and is an authorized General Services Administration
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vendor and supplies the federal government of the United States
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with firefighting equipment.
History
Seagrave was founded inDetroit
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, Michigan
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, in 1881 by Fredric Seagrave and moved to Columbus, Ohio
Columbus () is the state capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest, after Chicago, an ...
, in 1891. Seagrave was acquired by the FWD Corporation in 1963 and moved their corporate headquarters to Clintonville, Wisconsin
Clintonville is a city in Waupaca County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 4,591 at the 2020 census. The area that became Clintonville was first settled in March, 1855.
History
Clintonville lies within ancestral Menominee territo ...
.
Randolph Lenz, Chair of FWD's parent company, Corsta Corp., became embroiled in a Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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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
American LaFrance (ALF) was an American vehicle manufacturer which focused primarily on the production of fire engines, fire aerials, and emergency apparatus such as ambulance and rescue vehicles. Originally located in Elmira, New York, the fin ...
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'sWoodstock, Ontario
Woodstock is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. The city has a population of 40,902 according to the 2016 Canadian census. Woodstock is the seat of Oxford County, at the head of the non-navigable Thames River, approximately 128 km from ...
, 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 Almonte may refer to:
People
* Almonte (surname)
Places
* Almonte, Spain, a town and municipality in Huelva province, Spain
* Almonte, Ontario, a town in Ontario, Canada
* Almonte, California, an unincorporated community in Marin County
Rivers ...
of Carleton Place, Ontario
Carleton Place is a town in 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 cap ...
, 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
*Capitol Full-tilt cab - Current Chassis Design *Marauder II Full-tilt cab - Current Chassis Design *Attacker HD Split-tilt cab - Current Chassis Design *Commercial - Current Chassis Design *Grizzly APC
The Grizzly APC is a 22-ton infantry mobility vehicle designed and manufactured by Academi for urban combat.
Design
4x2, 4x4, and 6x6 versions with three different Caterpillar diesel engines are available.
Its armor, called the "Blackwater High ...
- Current Chassis Design
*Marauder - Out of Production
*Concorde - Out of Production
*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 **Apollo II 105' Rear-Mount Platform Tower Ladder **Aerialscope II 75' Mid Mount Tower Ladder **Aerialscope II 95' Mid Mount Tower Ladder **Force Aerial Ladder **Meanstick Quint 500lb tip load **Tractor Drawn Aerial Ladder **Patriot ladder 100' 250lb tip load **TowerMax Rear Mount Platform Tower Ladder (Out of Production) **TowerMax Mid Mount Platform Tower Ladder (Out of Production) **Apollo Rear Mount Platform Tower Ladder (Out of Production) *Tankers **Custom Tanker **Commercial Tanker *Rescues **Specialist Rescue/HazMatReferences
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