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The Fire Apparatus Manufacturing Industry in North America

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December 15, 2010
83 Pages - SKU: SPVH6046716

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Countries covered: North America

Post 9/11, the fire apparatus manufacturing industry received a major boost in demand as the Department of Homeland Security provided grants to fire departments to upgrade their equipment. 2006 was a very good year for the industry, with the additional advantage of significant pre-buy activity ahead of the implementation of EPA 2007 emission standards.

Leading players continued to display strong growth and good revenue numbers after 2006, but the industry began to feel the pressures of the recession during 2008. Fire apparatus purchases are typically funded from municipal tax receipts, and fire departments began to experience a budget squeeze when tax receipts declined as a result of decreased levels of economic activity.

Two leading manufacturers have gone through turbulent times through most of the past two years, and a number of small manufacturers have withdrawn from this segment.

Currently, innovation in fire truck design is driven by the need to carry a greater number of rescue tools. Fire apparatus is increasingly required to respond to EMS calls where a rescue operation has to be performed, and while the pump on the fire engine is not engaged, it must, however, retain fire suppression capabilities. Additionally, most leading manufacturers now offer a predesigned “value for money” fire truck featuring fewer options. These models have been designed for the fire department on a tight budget.

Power requirements on a fire truck are high, and therefore alternative fuel-powered engines have not yet made significant inroads into this application. Green initiatives in the form of power-saving options are, however, being introduced.

A. INTRODUCTION: A.1 Preface; A.2 Scope & Methodology; A.3 Product Definitions
B. SUMMARY OF MAJOR FINDINGS: B.1 Overview; B.2 Recent Changes & Consolidations; B.3 Market Size
C. INDUSTRY CHALLENGES & MARKET OUTLOOK: C.1 Demand Drivers & Market Challenges; C.2 Market Outlook
D. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN PRODUCT & TECHNOLOGY: D.1 Product Innovation; D.2 Firefighting Technology; D.3 Alternative Fuel
E. MARKET ANALYSIS: E.1 Industry Structure; E.2 Market Size; E.3 Product Analysis
F. COMPANY PROFILES: 1st Attack Engineering, Inc.; 4 Guys, Inc.; Advanced Fabrications and Manufacturing, Inc.; Alexis Fire Equipment Co.; Allain Equipment Manufacturing Ltd; American LaFrance; Anchor-Richey Emergency Vehicle Services, Inc.; Bluegrass Fire Apparatus; Boise Mobile Equipment; Brand FX Body Company; Carl Thibault Emergency Vehicles; C.E.T. Fire Pumps Mfg.; Colet Special Vehicle Design; Commercial Body Builders Ltd.; Crimson Fire; CSI Emergency Apparatus LLC; Custom Fab and Body; Custom Fire Apparatus, Inc.; Danko Emergency Equipment Co.; Dependable Truck and Tank Ltd.; Eastway Emergency Vehicles; Emergency Vehicles, Inc.; E-One; Ferrara Fire Apparatus; Fort Garry Fire Trucks; Fouts Bros. Fire Equipment; Good Hope Fire Apparatus; H & W Emergency Vehicles; Hackney Emergency Vehicles; HME; Holland Enterprises; Hub Fire Engines; KME; Levasseur, Inc.; M & W Fire Apparatus; Maintainer Custom Bodies, Inc.; Marion Body Works, Inc.; Maxi Metal Inc.; Metalfab Fire Apparatus; Midwest Fire Equipment & Repair Co., Inc.; Monroe Truck Equipment; Oshkosh Airport and Municipal Products; Pierce Manufacturing, Inc.; Precision Fire Apparatus Inc.; Precision Tank & Equipment; Rescue One; Rosenbauer America LLC; Seagrave Fire Apparatus, LLC; Smeal Fire Apparatus Co.; Southern Fire Service & Sales, Inc.; Spencer Manufacturing, Inc.; Summit Fire Apparatus; Sutphen Corp.; SVI Trucks; Swab Wagon Co., Inc.; Toyne, Inc.; Unruh Fire, Inc.; US Tanker Fire Apparatus, LLC; W. S. Darley Co.; Weis Fire & Safety Equipment Co., Inc.; West-Mark; Wolverine Fire Apparatus Co.; Wynn Fire Equipment LLC

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