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| Industry | Trucks and other vehicles |
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| Founded | 1881 |
| Founder | Fredric Seagrave |
| Headquarters | , USA |
| Products | Emergency services vehicles |
| Parent | ELB Capital Management, LLC |
| Website | http://www.seagrave.com/ |
Seagrave Fire Apparatus LLC is an Americanfire 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, includingNational Fire Protection Association updates to equipment.[1] Seagrave operates manufacturing facilities inClintonville, Wisconsin, andRock Hill, South Carolina, and is an authorizedGeneral Services Administration vendor and supplies thefederal government of the United States with firefighting equipment.[2]
Seagrave was founded inDetroit,Michigan, in 1881 by Fredric Seagrave and moved toColumbus, Ohio, in 1891. Seagrave was acquired by theFWD Corporation in 1963 and moved their corporate headquarters and manufacturing plant toClintonville, Wisconsin.[3]
Randolph Lenz, Chair of FWD's parent company, Corsta Corp., became embroiled in aFederal 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 formerAmerican LaFrance executive James Hebe.
Today, the Seagrave group is a flagship company of ELB Capital Management.
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 builderR. S. Bickle Co "Canadianized" versions of standard Seagrave rigs were assembled at Bickle'sWoodstock, 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 builderAlmonte Fire Trucks ofCarleton 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.
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