No matter your location—big city or rural community—we offer and customize the ideal aerial apparatus to meet your needs and budget. Smeal is built to one set of specifications: yours. Our complete line of products are well-defined and designed to give you exactly what you need. Before you put your fire apparatus to the test, we put it through our own rigorous testing—making sure our design, engineering, and craftsmanship meet the highest industry standards.
With over 60 years of experience, our wide aerial and apparatus product line ranges from products targeting the rural and metro markets as well as the large city and urban fire departments. With one of the widest product offerings, we have what you need when looking for a premium aerial apparatus.
Dan DesRochers has joined their executive leadership team and will oversee E-ONE, Ferrara, KME, Spartan Emergency Response, Smeal, Spartan Fire Chassis and Ladder Tower.
Smart Flo is a new integrated pressure governor system offered on REV Fire Group apparatus that puts the operator in command with total system control in one location.
Spartan Emergency Response has introduced Smart Reach™ Multi-Stance™, a patented new Smeal® ladder and outrigger control system that offers increased versatility and functionality...
Apparatus Architects Tom Shand and Michael Wilbur talk about the new fire apparatus and innovations that they found while walking the show floor at FDIC. Listen as they name their...
A young firefighter is lucky to be alive after the fire engine she was driving rolled over in Kansas. Apparatus builders are doing more and more to keep firefighters safe in crashes...
Do you see the industry becoming more assembly-line oriented or utilizing more custom designs? Ferrara: An apparatus manufacturer will need to do both. The assembly-line units...
Tom Shand and Michael Wilbur explain why studying a department's history and the future needs of its response district are key to specifying a new rig's ladder complement.
The Blue Ridge Volunteer Fire Company, Bluemont, Loudon County, VA, has taken delivery of a 2017 Smeal pumper built on a Spartan Metro Star cab and chassis.
Woodstock, VA, Volunteer Fire Company, in Shenandoah County, has taken delivery of a 2017 Smeal 105-foot rear-mount aerial built on a Spartan cab and chassis.
The Wilson Borough Volunteer Fire Department, Northampton County, PA, have taken delivery of a 2017 Smeal custom pumper, built on a Spartan cab and chassis.