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The following unofficial (and mostly incomplete) delivery lists of fire apparatus manufacturers are offered by the California Chapter of SPAAMFAA at no charge as a means of disseminating this historical information. All we ask in return is that you help us by contributing any additions or corrections. Availability of any specific list is subject to change without notice.
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This manufacturer built several air and air/light units for departments in Southern California from the late-1970s until they moved out of state in 2002. 1 page.
B&Z Truck Bodies of Azusa built many fire apparatus for the U.S. Forest Service and the California Department of Forestry from the 1960s through the 1980s. 1 page.
BME started building apparatus in Boise, Idaho, in about 1990. They pioneered compressed air foam systems for use on wildland and interface fires and became a major producer of USFS apparatus. The list is only partially complete. 7 pages.
The California Pacific Machinery Company built a handful of pumpers for departments in the Sacramento area during the early 1980s. 1 page.
With vertical reaches up to 150 feet, it was hard to miss the awesome Firebird aerial platforms. Calavar delivered about fifty of them all over the world from 1969 to 1984. 2 pages.
This machine shop in Tonopah built many pumpers for small departments throughout Nevada and neighboring states starting in the late-1970s. They are still in business. 1 page.
Based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this manufacturer sold apparatus all over the western United States during the 1970s. San Diego bought a bunch of them! 2 pages.
C.C. Douglass Manufacturing (later Douglass Truck Bodies) of Bakersfield built many small patrol pumpers and rescues for departments in California from the late-1960s to the present. 2 pages.
FABCO started out by converting Model T Fords into light-duty trucks in the 1920s and ended up building some interesting custom and commercial fire apparatus in the 1930s and 40s. 2 pages.
Very little is known about this California manufacturer except that they built a few rigs for departments in the Sacramento area during the 1970s. 1 page.
This company was a continuation of Fire-X under new owners (see below). They built pumpers, rescues, brush trucks, and airport units in the 1980s and 90s. 3 pages.
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When Yankee closed their shop in Los Angeles in the early 1970s, some of the employees went on to form Fire-X. They built a variety of RIV and ARFF units during the 1970s and 80s. 2 pages.
This small, but growing, apparatus manufacturer is located in Spokane, Washington. They started building brush rigs, attack pumpers, and tankers in the 1970s and are still in business. 2 pages.
This Oregon company was formed by two former employees of Western States Fire Apparatus in the late-1980s. They are still in business. 2 pages.
Harbor builds utility truck bodies, some of which were used in fire service applications starting in the late-1970s. Most of their rigs were delivered in Southern California. 1 page.
This small company started building sirens in San Jose in the 1920s, and went on to make a handful of apparatus during the 1930s. 1
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Hirst started building apparatus in California during the 1920s and continued until the early 1940s. They built their own custom chassis as well as using many commercial chassis including Peterbilt. 1 page.
Klein Products of Kansas had a branch in Ontario, California. Klein built a variety of apparatus ranging from small wildland water tenders to huge airport crash units from the 1960s to the 1990s. 1 page.
La Mesa Sheet Metal in La Mesa, California, had a subsidiary operation known as Robeson Fire Apparatus. They built many unique apparatus on commercial chassis from the 1940s to the 1990s. 1 page.
Marion Body Works of Marion, Wisconsin, started building fire apparatus in the 1960s. This list includes about 1,000 deliveries from 1966 to the present. 21 pages. Available only by e-mail.
The Ochoco Manufacturing Corporation builds tankers in Oregon. They were one of the first manufacturers to used hydraulically driven pumps powered by engine ptos. 1 page.
Based in Healdsburg, California, Opperman and Son built tankers, wildland pumpers, and rescues starting in the 1970s. They are still in business. 1 page.
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Paoletti started building fire apparatus in San Leandro, California, in about 1975. They produced several hundred rigs over the next twenty years. 2 pages.
Pauls of Walnut Grove, California, specialized in building tankers on used commercial chassis during the 1970s and 80s. 1 page.
Starting in the late-1970s, Phenix built a lot of apparatus for the USFS as well as for several Southern California departments. The company is still in business. 2 pages.
This company was located in Hartford, Connecticut, and built bicycles, automobiles, and fire apparatus during the period of about 1897 to 1917. The list covers deliveries to California and a few other states. 2 pages.
Based in the Los Angeles area, this body company built a lot of rescues and patrols for L.A. County and other departments starting in the 1980s. They are still in business. 1 page.
The Earl Sherman Body Company of Oakland, California, built apparatus for L.N. Curtis, but they also built some under their own name from the 1950s through the 1970s. 1 page.
Starline was a fire apparatus dealer in Boise, Idaho. They also built and sold low-cost, commercial-chassis pumpers and tankers under their own name during the 1970s and 80s. 1 page.
This Colorado company sold exhaust fans and later added lights and apparatus. They are still in business and have built an estimated 450-500 rigs to date. 6 pages.
This well-known fire equipment distributor started building their own apparatus in the mid-1950s. This list includes more than 2,500 entries from 1955 to 2003. 47 pages. Available only by e-mail.
Very little is known about this Sacramento body company, but they built some interesting brush trucks, rescues, and others starting in the 1980s. 1 page.
Western Fire Equipment of Brisbane, California, was a fire equipment distributor. During the 1970s and 1980s, they also outfitted a variety of apparatus. They went out of business in the 1990s. 1 page.
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