ABOUT US

• Company founded.
• First modular all-aluminum fire truck body introduced. Body could be built separately from the chassis and loaded later.

• C-8000 Tilt Cab Canopy Cab model is introduced.

• Introduced Class A “Twin Pump” PTO-driven pump system.

• Opened 82,000 sq. ft. body plant fronting the I-75 Interstate. Plant visible to vacationing fire department personnel.
• E-One sells Hahn 106′ ladders, Simon 106′ articulating aerial platforms and Snorkle aerials.
• A proprietary 4×4 chassis developed with GMC truck. E-One buys 50 chassis per order.

• Federal Signal buys Emergency One.
• 55′ water tower introduced.
• First E-One rescue body introduced.

Added 36,000 sq. ft. south bay addition to body plant.

• 110′ ladder with torque box chassis design introduced. One of the first to be designed utilizing computerized Finite Element Analysis. The first of a modular system of aerials with five basic ladder sections and one chassis and two jack system designs.
• Introduced with jack safety interlocks as standard.
• First aerial, the 110′ ladder, delivered to St. Augustine, FL.

• Opened new 100,000 sq. ft. aerial/chassis plant.
• First ARFF unit is built on a Scammel chassis.
• Built first large industrial pumper for Aramco.

• The Titan ARFF Chassis is introduced.
• The 95′ platform is introduced in the series of modular aerials.
• The 135′ ladder is introduced.

• The Hurricane chassis with the mid-cab engine placement introduced. This cab introduced the first automotive-style molded dash panels in the industry.
• Started using the first CAD system in the industry.
• Introduced the Emergency One built torque aerial chassis. Now building the chassis, cab, and body components.

• Ad campaign started: “We don’t follow tradition, we create it.”
• Introduced the “Hush” rear engine chassis. Quietest cab in the market. This unit was a safety technology truck. Many ideas from this truck became the basis for future NFPA standards.

• Introduced the engine-forward Cyclone chassis. Cab was 7″ taller than the Hurricane cab.
• Purchased the Medusa CAD system.
• Introduced ARFF unit with 55′ aerial.

• Ad campaign “There’s no alternative to innovation” introduced.
• Improved Hush XL rear engine pumper introduced. Utilized a patented gear box for rear wheel drive.
• A central parts warehouse started.

• Introduced the three-section 50′ water tower. Could be mid-ship or rear mounted on chassis with any engine location.
• Emergency One, as a sub-contrator to Teledyne, awarded the P-23 contract by the USAF. Would end up as 248 total 8×8 ARFF units. Award based primarily on performance, not cost. First large ARFF order with independent suspension.
• Introduced a rear engined Hush hazmat unit.
• “America’s Fire Truck” advertising theme introduced.
• E-One receives a 76 unit chassis order for a U.S. Army contract.

• Tilt-cab Cyclone chassis offered.
• American Eagle Fire Apparatus in Gainsville, FL is purchased.
• Mid-engine Hush aerial chassis introduced.

• Opened 65,000 sq. ft. Welcome Center and Recycle facility. Contained a retail store operation know as the “Fire Locker,” one of the first in the fire industry patterned after the Harley-Davidson model.
• The 75′ pumper/ladder introduced.
• Hush EZ Access sliding rear body introduced for easy access to rear engine.
• E-One University started for dealer and customer training.

• Opened ARFF plant for P-23 and other ARFF production.
• First to offer ABS brakes as standard on fire chassis.
• Hurricane Tilt Cab chassis introduced.
• Frontline Ambulances in Pinellas Park, FL purchased. This put E-One in the ambulance business.
• Purchased Superior Emergency Vehicles in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. Superior is the largest builder of fire trucks in Canada.
• The first P-23 delivered. The Titan HPR introduced with a Rockwell supplied independent suspension.

• Introduced the HP 105 Platform with the highest tip load rating in the industry.
• E-One started in-house molding operation of plastic interior dash and trim panels.

• HM 100 introduced.
• Started Employee Innovator of the Month Program.
• Opened an ambulance manufacturing plant in Ocala, FL.
• Introduced the Trident multipurpose vehicle. This combined firefighting, rescue and medical response into one vehicle.
• The Sentry chassis introduced. This was an entry-level custom chassis with a small engine, limited options and flush cab doors.
• HM 100 ladder introduced.

• Introduced the HP 75 two-person tip load ladder. This aerial was designed entirely in Pro-Engineer Solids Modeling software, one of the first applications of this type of software in our industry.

• Bronto Aerial Lift Co. in Tampere, Finland purchased.
• “The Liquidator” very-high-volume industrial pumper introduced.
• CR 100 ladder with 750 tip load introduced.

• Cyclone II chassis introduced as well as the HP 100 two-person tip load aerial ladder.
• 26-unit Australian Air Force Air Transportable ARFF units designed and built.

• First manufacturer to offer stainless steel plumbing as standard.

• Saulsbury Fire Apparatus in Tully, New York purchased.
• Daytona Concept vehicle displayed.

• The Sentry II chassis introduced.
• The first E-One tiller ladder, The HP 100 with V-Max cab introduced.
• The first “Side Stacker” style hose bed aerial body is introduced on the HP 75 ladder.

• E-One tests cabs in excess of the European ECE-R29 Crash Worthiness Standard. First in the industry to obtain third-party certification.

• The HP 95 Mid-Mount and Bronto F100RLP aerial platforms introduced.
• The Typhoon Chassis introduced.
• The P-5 Titan ARFF truck introduced.

• Jackel Brush Truck series introduced.
• Plastisol in the Netherlands purchased by Federal Signal.
• The Titan HPR G-series ARFF truck introduced for a large Netherlands order. Utilized composite contruction technology from Plastisol.

• Titan G-series ARFF unit with Bronto aircraft penetrator boom introduced.
• Bronto 114′ RLP unit introduced.

• Aerial Information System (AIS) released.

• HP 100 Platform released.
• Quest cab introduced.

• American Industrial Partners (AIP) purchased E-ONE.
• Hybrid rescue built and displayed at the Super Bowl.

• HP 78 Launched (750 tip load).

• REV Fire Group founded.
• CR 137 launched (update to original CR 135).

• eMAX pumper introduced at FDIC.

• Urban interface version of the eMAX shown at FDIC.
• Metro 100 product bulletin was released (shown at 2014 FDIC).

• Low Travel Height 100′ ladder (LTH 100) introduced.

• HPS 105 ladder (steel) released.
• Hush Series (HS) pumpers released.
• Bronto F116RLP+ released.

• HPS100 Platform (steel) released.

• Metro 100 Quint (renamed 100′ single-axle Quint for a period of time).
• HR 100 ladder introduced for Metro 100 Quint.
• Advanced Aerial Control System (AACS) released.

• HR 100 Tandem released (12′ jacks).
• VM8 light rescue and mini pumper (Formed aluminum body using huck bolt contruction, FRP panels).
• P8 4×4 ARFF built.

• F135 RLX Bronto introduced.
• New Typhoon cab introduced.
• HP 100 Platform upgraded to have -10 degree angle performance, option for short jack released.
• Battery-powered IMS made available.
• VM8 Rescue pumper introduced.
• P8 6×6 65′ HRET ARFF built.
• P8 6×6 ARFF built.

• New 100″ wide Cyclone cab released.
• Option for short jack on HP 100 Platform released.
• VM8 2000 tanker production started.
• Spartan chassis VM8 rescue pumper was introduced.
• P8 air transportable ARFF delivered to Air Force.

• 110′ single axle Quint was introduced.
• VM8 3,000 tanker built.
• DND air transportable P8 ARFF.

• LTH 100 and 110 tandem models began to share the HR 100 12′ jack chassis / body.
• First customer-built 4-jack HP 95 MM delivered.
• 4-jack HP 95 MM with -11 degreerange developed.
• Vector all-electric fire truck produced.

• Short jack option available for CR 100/137 and 95-Platform.
• Spartan chassis HP75 product reintroduced with several units built and delivered.
• First Vector built for customer.
• Industrial HP 100 Platform built with 4,000 GPM pump rating and up to 3,000 waterway flow.