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History
The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Seagrave Fire Apparatus page on 19 December 2020, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Seagrave Fire Apparatus LLC is a fire apparatus manufacturer in the United States 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. 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.
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 to Clintonville, Wisconsin.
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.
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Subject: 2002 Seagrave Fire Engine St. Charles Fire Department Engine #101
Photographer: Bill Crittenden Date: 24 February 2011 View photo of a 2002 Seagrave Fire Engine (St. Charles Fire Department Engine 101) - 2,011KB |
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Subject: 2002 Seagrave Fire Engine St. Charles Fire Department Engine #101
Photographer: Bill Crittenden Date: 24 February 2011 View photo of a 2002 Seagrave Fire Engine (St. Charles Fire Department Engine 101) - 4,279KB |
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Subject: 2002 Seagrave Fire Engine St. Charles Fire Department Engine #101
Photographer: Bill Crittenden Date: 24 February 2011 View photo of a 2002 Seagrave Fire Engine (St. Charles Fire Department Engine 101) - 1,959KB |
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Subject: Seagrave Fire Engine St. Charles Fire Department Engine #102
Photographer: Bill Crittenden Date: 2011 View photo of a Seagrave Fire Engine (St. Charles Fire Department Engine 102) - 2,424KB |
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Subject: Seagrave Fire Engine Fire Department of New York Engine #16
Photographer: Mateus Maia License: Unsplash View photo of a Seagrave Fire Engine (Fire Department of New York Engine #16) - 1.0MB |
| 18 December 1974 report date | NHTSA Recall 74V245000 1966-1967 FWD, 1970-1971 FWD, 1965-1973 Seagrave STEERING:LINKAGES National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | Recall Page - 1 page |
