American Fire Eagle apparatus were built from 1994-1999 at Summerville SC. It was renamed Hammer Fire Apparatus in 2000 after a lawsuit by E-One over the similarities between the AFE logo and their existing American Eagle logo.
The company was started in 1994 by Michael Carter. Carter had worked for American Eagle as a draftsman but left a few months after the company was sold to E-One in 1989. They built about 100 trucks.
The company name is properly expressed as American FireEagle Ltd.