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Midwest Fire Equipment & Repair Co.

Midwest Fire Equipment & Repair has been manufacturing high-quality fire apparatus since 1987, working directly with customers to keep costs down.
901 Commerce Rd. P.O. Box 524
Luverne, MN 56156
800-344-2059
507-283-9142

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Midwest Fire Equipment & Repair has been manufacturing high-quality fire apparatus since 1987. We work directly with our customers, never through dealers, to keep costs down and communication consistent during the entire sales and manufacturing process. We champion our customer service and create long-term relationships with our customers. By doing this we are able to help devise state-of-the-art approaches to meet each department's needs. We take pride in our work and our ability to produce some of the highest quality, most innovative tankers, tanker-pumpers, pumpers, quick attacks, and brush trucks on the market.

Products

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Off-road, mountainous regions are no challenge for the All-Poly Type 3 firefighting apparatus from Midwest Fire.
June 16, 2021

Press Releases

Dr. Rich Gasaway
Hiring Dr. Rich Gasaway, a former fire chief and well-known speaker, is part of Midwest Fire's investment to take the apparatus company to the next level.
Dec. 14, 2020
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Midwest Fire successfully hosted its third annual Manufacturing Day with more than 100 visitors from the area touring the company's facility in Luverne, MN.
Oct. 28, 2019
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Midwest Fire has again been named one of fifty winners in Prairie Business Magazine’s “50 Best Places to Work 2019” contest.
Sept. 10, 2019
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Customers can now complete a specification form of customizable options and features.
April 8, 2019
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Manufacturing Engineer Sai Rajkumar Vadla.
As Midwest Fire's manufacturing engineer, Sai Rajkumar Vadla brings specialized experience in advanced CAD design and engineering simulations.
Oct. 31, 2018
Joseph Juhl
Midwest Fire Equipment & Repair Company (Midwest Fire) announced that the company has hired Joseph Juhl as a sales representative to their growing team.
Oct. 26, 2018
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More than 20 departments responded with Midwest Fire equipment to contain a Northrop grain silo fire.
Feb. 21, 2018
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Midwest Fire Equipment & Repair Company (Midwest Fire) celebrated 30 years of manufacturing fire apparatus.
Jan. 11, 2018
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Midwest Fire Equipment & Repair Company (Midwest Fire) announced today that the company has hired Joseph Hlushak as a new sales representative.
Oct. 17, 2017
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Darcie Johnson, Vice President of Accounting and Business Manager of Midwest Fire Equipment & Repair Company.
Midwest Fire announced that the company’s Vice President of Accounting and Business Manager Darcie Johnson made Prairie Business Magazine’s 40 Under 40 List.
Nov. 29, 2016

Articles

Michael Ratcliffe
Dispatched at 12:30 a.m., Hamilton Township, NJ, firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke and fire throughout a 170-year-old former rubber manufacturing facility. A defensive operation was ordered, and several additional alarms were transmitted, calling in mutual aid from neighboring towns and elsewhere.
Manufacturers display the latest and greatest in fire-rescue and EMS apparatus and boats.
Nov. 19, 2024
Photo by Dennis Walus
Firefighters battle a fire at a vacant school
Manufacturers display the latest and greatest in fire-rescue and EMS apparatus and boats.
Nov. 10, 2023
Photo courtesy of A.H. Stock Manufacturing
Recent improvements in the realm of swivel valves include more use of stainless steel compared with mild steel, air and electric automation, and the capability for changing manual handle positions on the valve.
Barry Furey inquired of fire departments that recently purchased a tanker as well as apparatus manufacturers to learn of how new design facets of the vehicles are delivering watershed...
Aug. 16, 2021
Photo by Scott LaPrade
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In the 2020 Apparatus Showcase, manufacturers display the latest and greatest in fire-rescue and EMS apparatus.
Nov. 1, 2020
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In the 2019 Apparatus Showcase, manufacturers display the latest and greatest in fire-rescue and EMS apparatus.
Nov. 1, 2019
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Accessiblity is important to ensure proper maintenance of components, like the pump module, on this apparatus under construction at the Midwest Fire plant.
Choosing the right components, body material and design can pay big dividends when it comes to future maintenance costs.
Sept. 27, 2019
PolyBilt
Polypropylene is a strong plastic that has gained popularity in the fire service because it's corrosion and impact resistant.
Aluminum, stainless steel, polypropylene and even carbon fiber can be used to build fire apparatus bodies, and each material's characteristics give firefighters many choices.
June 21, 2019
SVI Trucks
Manufacturers say if a layout works particularly well, departments should consider standardizing it for all similar apparatus, like this pair of SVI Trucks heavy rescues delivered to the Charlotte, NC, Fire Department.
Rescue rigs are filled with tools for a variety of missions, and thoughtful planning goes into making sure they're easily accessible and balanced to keep vehicles safe and stable...
May 21, 2019
VIKING and Hainsworth have partnered to win a U.S. firefighter contract in New Mexico.
Oct. 1, 2015
TheFireStore has entered into an agreement to supply Baltimore County, MD, with G1 Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA), manufactured by MSA.
Aug. 1, 2015

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Midwest Fire was a finalist in a Minnesota small business award program. Pictured here (left to right) are representatives of the company; Dalton Lingbeck is a Sales Representative, Sarah Atchison is President and CEO, Darcie Johnson is Vice President of Business & Accounting and Tyler LeBrun is Manufacturing Engineer/Production Manager.
Midwest Fire was a finalist for a Best in Class Small Company Award at the Minnesota Business Manufacturing Awards.
Oct. 7, 2016
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Midwest Fire Equipment & Repair Company (Midwest Fire) announced that the company has once again made the Prairie Business Magazine’s Annual 50 Best Places to Work List.
Sept. 15, 2016
Midwest Fire will have a brand new 2,000-gallon All Poly Series tanker-pumper from Morehead, N.C., City Fire Department on display at FRI in Atlanta (booth #3505) August 28-29th. The apparatus will leave after the show for delivery to the fire department.
Midwest Fire Equipment & Repair Company (Midwest Fire), an SBA certified woman owned small business (WOSB), announced today that it has broken all previous sales records for the...
Aug. 26, 2015
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Midwest Fire Equipment & Repair Company (Midwest Fire) announced the company hired Tyler LeBrun as a new manufacturing engineer.
June 16, 2015
Midwest Fire Owner/CEO Sarah Atchison
Midwest Fire Equipment & Repair Company (Midwest Fire) announced the company's Owner and CEO Sarah Atchison was named one of the Top 25 Women in Business by Prairie Business magazine...
March 17, 2015
NORTH WHIDBEY FIRE AND RESCUE has taken delivery of two Midwest Fire All-Poly PT2 2500 tanker-pumpers
New Fire Apparatus Deliveries
March 1, 2015
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THE ELIZABETH, NJ, FIRE DEPARTMENT has taken delivery of a Pierce Arrow XT custom pumper equipped with a Snozzle High Reach Extendable Turret (HRET) featuring a piercing nozzle...
Feb. 1, 2015
Midwest Fire has received notification from the United States Forest Service that two of their fire apparatus have qualified to be approved by their vendor qualifications.
July 21, 2014
CUMMINS INC. and NISSAN unveiled a technical study called the Nissan Frontier Diesel Runner - Powered by Cummins at the recent Chicago Auto Show. The heart of this vehicle is ...
March 1, 2014
Vice President of Accounting and Business Manager Darcie Johnson.
Darcie Johnson has been named vice president of accounting and business manager for Midwest Fire in Luverne.
Jan. 21, 2014
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Firehouse® presents its annual Apparatus Showcase, featuring the latest manufacturer offerings.
Nov. 1, 2013
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The Fire Apparatus Manufacturers' Association (FAMA) has awarded its 2013 Phillip L. Turner Fire Protection Scholarship to University of Maryland student Maria Theodori, holding certificate. Theodori, a senior majoring in fire protection engineering, received a $5,000 scholarship in recognition of her academic achievement and commitment to the fire service. In addition to her academics, Theodori is president of the university's Society of Fire Protection Engineers Student Chapter. Last summer, she interned in Greece with the Forest Research Institute of Athens to research wildfires and how to decrease home vulnerability on the wildland/urban interface. The award is given annually by FAMA and has been sponsored since 2009 by FAMA member Akron Brass Co. With Theodori are Akron Brass representatives Tim Van Fleet, left, and Dave Durstine, accompanied by Tammy Laridaen of the FAMA Education Committee.
HONEYWELL SAFETY PRODUCTS has donated more than $50,000 in respiratory and protective safety gear to the City of High River, Alberta, to aid first responders, town workers and...
Nov. 1, 2013
Midwest Fire Equipment & Repair Company have announced that company founders Scott and Pam Schneekloth have sold the company to a family investor group lead by Sarah Atchison....
Sept. 4, 2013
THE MATTAWAN, MI, VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT has placed in service a Midwest Fire Model PT4 3000 tanker-pumper built on a Freightliner chassis. Components include a 330-hp Cummins engine, 1,000-gpm Hale MG pump and 3,000-gallon tank. Indicate 2XX on the Reader Service Card.
THE MATTAWAN, MI, VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT has placed in service a Midwest Fire Model PT4 3000 tanker-pumper built on a Freightliner chassis. Components include a 330-hp Cummins...
March 25, 2011