Performance Advantage Company was founded in Lancaster in 1992 by Dick Young, a second-generation firetruck builder whose experience in the family apparatus business shaped the company’s focus. Today, the privately owned manufacturer is best known for customized tool-mounting brackets developed for fire apparatus, with products used by emergency-service and military organizations around the world.
NFPA 1901
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MIL-S-901D military shock specifications
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U.S. Military Grade B Shock Standards
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Spartan Emergency ResponseFor more than a century, Spartan Emergency Response has built a heritage trusted by firefighters as part of a family of emergency-vehicle brands that includes Smeal Fire Apparatus and Ladder Tower. Based at manufacturing sites across the United States, the company creates custom fire apparatus around the needs of individual fire departments and supports them through a broad North American dealer network. Since joining REV Group in 2020, Spartan has also expanded its Brandon, South Dakota, operation to increase production.STONE CREEK, OH
4 Guys Fire TrucksFrom its start repairing stainless-steel milk tankers in Meyersdale in 1974, 4 Guys Fire Trucks grew into a regional custom builder of stainless-steel fire apparatus. The company builds each truck to a department’s specifications, with customers invited to review engineering drawings and inspect the unit during construction. Its more than 30,000-square-foot plant produces roughly 50 to 60 apparatus annually and backs stainless-steel bodies with a 30-year warranty.MEYERSDALE, PA
Swab Wagon CompanyFounded by blacksmith Jonas Swab in Elizabethville in 1868, Swab Wagon Company makes custom truck bodies and mobile fire equipment, continuing a family-owned manufacturing operation described as America’s oldest continuously operated manufacturer of mobile fire equipment. Its work has evolved from wagons and early truck bodies to custom emergency, utility, and animal-transport vehicles, and it also restores and refurbishes fire apparatus.ELIZABETHVILLE, PA
Seagrave Fire Apparatus, LLCFounded by Fredric Seagrave in 1881, Seagrave is the oldest continuous fire apparatus manufacturer in the United States. From its operations in Clintonville, Wisconsin, the company designs and builds custom fire and rescue apparatus, including its own aerial ladders and chassis, and has roots in FWD's severe-duty commercial and military chassis business. Seagrave also reconditions existing aerials, pumpers, and rescue vehicles.JESSUP, MD