AMERICAN LaFRANCE 1926 Fire Engine Truck, Lake City Florida Fire Department, American La France Lake City FL.

AMERICAN LaFRANCE 1926 Fire Engine Truck,

Lake City Florida Fire Department, American La France Lake City FL.

 AMERICAN LaFRANCE FIRE ENGINE TRUCK

LAKE CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT Florida

225 NW Main Blvd # 101

Lake City, FL 32055-3964

Lake City Florida Fire Dept. Phone Number  
386-758-5442

AMERICAN LaFRANCE 1926 Fire Engine Truck 2, 

Lake City Florida Fire Department, American La France

AMERICAN LaFRANCE FIRE ENGINE TRUCK

LAKE CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT Florida

American Lafrance 1974 Fire Truck, Engine 3, Hudson New Hampshire Fire Department Town of Hudson, NH Fire Department 15 Library Street

American Lafrance 1974 Fire Truck Engine 3,

Hudson New Hampshire Fire Department

1974 American LaFrance Reel Truck with 2200' 4" supply hose. Engine 3 was donated to a fire department in Honduras

Town of Hudson, New Hampshire
Fire Department
15 Library Street
Hudson NH. 03051

Hudson City Fire Dept. Phone Number
(603) 886-6021

The Hudson Fire Department has the strength of 46 full time members and 17 call firefighters, which serve a residential population of 24,729 residents, according to the 2006 Census estimate for Hudson, which is ranked tenth among New Hampshire's incorporated cities and towns. Our three (3) fire stations provide services to a geographical area of over 28.5 square miles of land area and 0.8 square miles of inland water area. That service area includes residential, commercial, and rural areas. In addition to our career and call firefighters our department has a Deputy Fire Chief of Operations, Deputy Fire Chief of Support Services, a Training and Safety Officer, Fire Prevention Officer, Fire Inspector, an Administrative Aide and an Executive Secretary, who perform a variety of important roles.

American LaFrance 1916 Fire Truck at Madison Georgia Fire Department Station, Morgan County GA. AMERICAN LA FRANCE

American LaFrance 1916 Fire Truck at Madison Georgia Fire Department Station,
Morgan County GA.

MADISON GEORGIA FIRE DEPARTMENT
Morgan County GA. 
 

American La France 1916 Fire Truck at Madison Georgia Fire Department Station 
Side Fire Hoses, Morgan County GA.

American LaFrance 1916 Fire Truck at Madison Georgia Fire Department Station,
Hand Crank Starter Front, Morgan County GA.

American La France 1916 Fire Truck Side at Madison Georgia Fire Department,
Hand crank starter front, Morgan County GA.

MADISON GEORGIA FIRE DEPARTMENT
118 N Main Street
 Madison, GA. 30650

Madison Georgia Fire Dept. Office Phone Number
(706) 342-1256

FIRE Emergency
911

AMERICAN LAFRANCE Fire Truck Engine Pumper, ARABI GEORGIA, Crisp County GA. Fire Department

AMERICAN LAFRANCE Fire Truck Engine pumper, 

Arabi Georgia, Crisp County GA. Fire Department

ARABI GEORGIA CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT Crisp County
Arabi,GA. 31712

AMERICAN LAFRANCE Fire Truck Engine pumper, Arabi Georgia, 

Crisp County GA. Fire Department

AMERICAN LAFRANCE Fire Truck Engine pumper, Arabi Georgia, 

Crisp County GA. Fire Department

ARABI GEORGIA CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT

Arabi,GA. 31712

This 1954 American LaFrance Type 700 fire engine formerly served the City of Crossett (AR), and is now privately owned.

This 1954 American LaFrance Type 700 fire engine
formerly served the City of Crossett AR. 71635

and is now privately owned.

History

One of the oldest and most famous fire apparatus manufacturers in America is the American LaFrance Fire Engine Company. With roots that go back to approximately 1832, the companies that went on to become American LaFrance built hand drawn, horse drawn, and steam powered fire engines. Founded in 1873 by Truckson LaFrance and his partners as the LaFrance Manufacturing Company selling hand powered equipment. The International Fire Engine Company, corporate predecessor of American LaFrance, built some steam power fire engines between 1903-1907. Apparatus built by International included everything from horse drawn steamers, hose wagons, and hook & ladders to chemical engines, water towers and combinations. The American LaFrance Fire Engine Company was officially formed in 1903. Its corporate offices and manufacturing plant were located in Elmira, New York. It also operated a Canadian plant in Toronto, Ontario, where it sold apparatus under the name Lafrance-Foamite, until 1971. ALF delivered its first motorized fire engine in 1907. Over the years, American LaFrance built thousands of fire trucks including chemical engines, combination pumpers, aerial ladder trucks, Aero Chief snorkel trucks, and even airport crash trucks. The classical style of the American LaFrance apparatus is easily recognized. Some of the company's innovations led to changes in the industry, most notably the cab forward style cab. The company has recently undergone a major rebirth and is once again turning out distinct custom fire trucks and other emergency vehicles.
In 1995, the company was bought by Freightliner LLC, which is a subsidiary of Daimler AG. Freightliner continued to utilize American LaFrance's original nameplates and designations including the Eagle custom chassis. Many of their Liberty products are built on Freightliner LLC M2 or Sterling Acterra chassis. ALF has additional manufacturing facilities in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, Sanford, Florida, and Hamburg, New York. As of 2005, they are the fifth largest manufacturer of emergency vehicles in North America.
In December 2005, it was announced that Freightliner had transferred the ownership of American LaFrance to the New York-based investment firm, Patriarch Partners, LLC. The headquarters and main plant in Ladson, South Carolina were not included in the transaction. However, Patriarch Partners were allowed to use the plant until early 2007, when DaimlerChrysler began using the plant for assembly of the Dodge Sprinter. Under new ownership ALF relocated within the Charleston, South Carolina metro area in summer 2007 to a brand new facility including manufacturing and corporate HQ, with close to 500,000 sq ft (50,000 m²) of total space
On January 28 2008, American LaFrance filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. On July 25 2008, the company emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy with a revised business plan to transfer the firetruck body building portion of the business to the remaining Hamburg, NY (formerly RDMurray Inc.) and Ephrata, PA (formerly Ladder Towers Inc.) facilities. The Summerville, SC plant would continue to manufacture fire truck cab and chassis, but would increase their focus on vocational vehicles and the Condor vehicle line.