Camions Hélie Inc. is a Canadian fire truck manufacturer located in Lanoraie, Québec.
History[]
Héloc Ltée[]
Héloc Ltée was founded by André Hélie in 1993. Héloc experienced financial trouble and was forced into bankruptcy in June 2015.
Camions Hélie Inc.[]
Camions Hélie Inc. was founded by Jean-François Hélie. On 11 December 2014, the company moved into another building at 705, Boulevard Joseph-Arthur in Joliette. In September 2024, the company moved to
Factories[]
City | Address | In Service | Notes |
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Joliette | 1080, Chemin des Prairies | ? - 2014 | |
Joliette | 705, Boulevard Joseph-Arthur | 2014 - 2024 | |
Lanoraie | 140, Rue du Parc-Industriel | 2024 - ... |
Production[]
Hélie mostly builds tankers and rescue trucks on commercial chassis and on used custom chassis. A few refurbished pumpers, mini-pumpers, rescues and aerial trucks were also sold. Most units were delivered to fire departments in Québec. They also acted as Québec dealer for Fort Garry Fire Trucks and Asphodel Fire Trucks Limited.

Héloc Ltée logo (1993-2015)
Fire Truck Products[]
Héloc Ltée[]
- Fort Garry (2011-2014) (None sold)
- Asphodel (2014-2015)
Camions Hélie Inc.[]
- Asphodel (2015-2016)
Used trucks currently owned by Hélie[]
All measurements are in Imperial gallons.
Pumpers[]
- 2012 Spartan Metro Star ELFD / Precision pumper (1250 rear-mount/420) (SN#A7965) (Ex-Gladstone Fire Department (Missouri))
- 2007 E-One Cyclone II pumper (1500/500) (Ex-Service de Sécurité Incendie de Montréal Shop#349-07522)
- 2007 Spartan Advantage FF VA41M-2142 MFD / Smeal pumper (1500/800/40F) (SN#706040) (Ex-London Fire Department (Ontario))
- 2005 Spartan Gladiator / Smeal pumper (1250/500) (Ex-Rocky Mount Fire Department (North Carolina))
- 2004 E-One Typhoon / Superior pumper (1250/600/30F) (SO#127751) (SN#SE 3448) (Ex-Service de Sécurité Incendie de Saguenay)
- 2004 Freightliner FL 70 4x4 / Danko crash truck (500/540/33F/300 lbs. dry chemical) (Ex-Service de Sécurité Incendie de Rouyn-Noranda)
- 2003 Pierce Dash pumper (1250/420/37A/29B) (SN#14263) (Ex-Millburn Fire Department)
- 2003 Pierce Dash 4x4 pumper (1050/420) (SN#13881 or 13880) (Ex-Fairmount Fire Company No. 1 (New Jersey))
- 2003 Rosenbauer Commander 3000 pumper (1050/800/30F) (SN#1277803) (Ex-Strathroy-Caradoc Fire Department)
- 2002 Freightliner FL 80 / Levasseur pumper (1050/800) (SN#LEV-020-02) (Ex-Régie intermunicipale de la région d’East Angus)
- 2002 HME 1871 P2 / Fort Garry pumper (1250/500) (Ex-Ottawa Fire Services) (Currently loaned to Blainville)
- 2001 Freightliner FL 80 / Fort Garry pumper (1050/600) (SN#M6661) (Ex-Georgina Fire-Rescue)
- 1998 Freightliner FL 80 / Maxi Métal pumper (1050/1000) (Ex-Escuminac, ex-Magog, ex-Canton de Magog)
- 1997 Tibotrac T320 pumper (1250/600) (Ex-Châteauguay)
- 1997 Spartan Baron / Dependable pumper (1050/450) (SN#P294-1900-5000-97) (Héloc refurb) (Ex-Markham Fire and Emergency Services (Ontario))
- 1996 International 4900 / Superior pumper (1050/900) (SN#SE 1669) (Ex-Vallée-du-Richelieu, Ex-Saint-Basile-le-Grand)
- 1994 Pemfab / Almonte pumper (1050/500) (SN#8307) (Ex-Ottawa Fire Services)
- 1991 Spartan Diamond / Tibotrac pumper (1050/750) (Ex-Varennes)
- 1990 White-GMC WCN / CDN Foam Boss foam tender (840/800/165F) (Ex-Darlington Nuclear Generating Station Emergency Response Team, ex-Hamilton Fire Department (Ontario))
- 199? Spartan Diamond / E-One pumper (1050/?) (Ex-Newmont Corporation - Mine Éléonore)
- 1987 Amertek 2500L RIV C-1 4x4 crash tender (500/550/75F/500 lbs. DC) (Ex-Gaspé)
Tankers - Pumper/tankers[]
- 2008 Spartan Gladiator GA41L-2142 LFD / Ferrara pumper/tanker (1250/1400) (SN#H-3856) (2022 Hélie refurb/conversion/replace original 625 gallon tank) (Ex-Service de Sécurité Incendie de Brownsburg-Chatham 2022-2023, ex-Columbus Division of Fire (Ohio) 2008-2022)
- 2006 Freightliner Columbia tandem / 1986 Superior body SN# SE699 / rebuilt 1996 SN# SE1608 / 2013 Héloc refurb tanker (-/2500) (Ex-Service de Sécurité Incendie de La Haute-Beauce, ex-Service de Sécurité Incendie de La Guadeloupe - Saint-Évariste - Saint-Hilaire, body ex-Calgary Fire Department)
- 2006 International 7400 / 199? Superior / Héloc refurb tanker (-/1500) (Ex-Régie Incendie Nord-Ouest Laurentides, Ex-Huberdeau-Montcalm-Arundel-et-Barkmere, body ex-?)
- 2004 GMC T8500 tandem / Asphodel tanker (400/2800) (Ex-Linacy Fire Department)
- 1996 Ford LTS-9000 / Lazer Inox tanker (210/4500) (Ex-Service de Sécurité Incendie de Berthier-sur-Mer)
- 1996 International 4700 / 1994 Carl Thibault / 2013 Héloc refurb tanker (-/1500) (Ex-Service de Sécurité Incendie de Val-Alain, Body ex-Grande-Île, ex-Salaberry-de-Valleyfield) (Loaned to Service de Sécurité Incendie de Scott)
- 1993 International 4900 / Carl Thibault pumper/tanker (1050/2000) (Ex-Régie Incendie Nord-Ouest Laurentides, ex-Lac-Supérieur)
- 1993 Ford F-900 / Wabash / 2013 Héloc refurb tanker (500/2500) (Ex-Lac-des-Plages - Saint-Émile-de-Suffolk, ex-Joussard District Fire Department)
- 1990 Ford LTS-8000 / Thibault pumper/tanker (1050/1500) (Ex-Saint-Louis-de-France, ex-Trois-Rivières)
- 1982 International S1900 / 199? Levasseur tanker (420/2000) (Ex-Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc, ex-Dolbeau-Mistassini)
Rescues[]
- 2014 International 4300 / 1984 E-One walk-in rescue (Body ex-Boston Fire Department)
- 2008 Spartan Gladiator GA41L-2142 LFD RR / 2012 Hackney walk-around rescue (SN#12F09410) (Ex-Oakville Fire Department (Ontario))
- 2005 Spartan Gladiator / SVI walk-around rescue (Ex-?)
- 2004 American LaFrance Eagle walk-in rescue (Ex-Oklahoma City Fire Department)
- 2002 Freightliner FL 70 / 2008 Héloc/Transit walk-in rescue (Ex-Régie intermunicipale de la région d’East Angus)
- 2001 International 4700 / Maxi Métal walk-around rescue (Ex-Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Ex-Saint-Timothée)
- 2000 E-One Cyclone walk-around rescue (Ex-O'Neal Volunteer Fire Department)
- 2000 Freightliner FL 60 / Mickey Truck Bodies / Héloc walk-around rescue (Ex-Interstate Batteries truck)
- 1996 GMC Top Kick / Dependable walk-in rescue (Ex-Edwardsburgh-Cardinal Township Fire Department)
- 1994 GMC Top Kick / Dependable walk-in rescue (Ex-Haldimand County Fire Department)
- 1993 International 4600LP / 2000 Dependable walk-in rescue (Ex-Haldimand County Fire Department)
- ? / 1986 C.P. Morissette/Maxi Métal walk-in rescue (Body ex-L'Ange-Gardien, ex-Gatineau)
Aerials[]
- 2014 KME Severe Service tandem aerial (-/-/109' AerialCat rear-mount) (SN#GSO-9582) (Ex-Boston Fire Department Shop# SP-259 L16)
- 2011 E-One Cyclone II aerial (-/-/100' rear-mount ) (Ex-Boston Fire Department Shop# SL-253 L23))
- 2008 Pierce Arrow XT 6710 aerial (-/-/100' rear-mount platform) (SN#20070) (Ex-Lockport Township Fire District (Illinois))
- 2008 American LaFrance Eagle quint (1250/400/30A/110' LTI rear-mount) (Ex-Longueuil)
- 2006 American LaFrance Eagle 134 aerial (2000/300/100' LTI rear-mount platform) (Ex-Fort Wayne Fire Department)
- 2006 Spartan Advantage FF MFD / Smeal aerial (1500/500/40F/55' rear-mount ladder) (SN#603110) (Ex-Vaughan Fire and Rescue Service)
- 2005 American LaFrance Metropolitan quint (1250/400/20A/25B/75' LTI rear-mount) (Ex-Longueuil)
- 2005 American LaFrance Metropolitan quint (1250/400/20A/25B/75' LTI rear-mount) (Ex-Longueuil)
- 2004 American LaFrance Metropolitan 134 quint (1250/400/30A/75' LTI rear-mount) (Ex-Longueuil)
- 2000 E-One Cyclone II aerial (1250/190/95' rear-mount platform) (SN#122290) (Ex-Tallahassee Fire Department (Florida))
- 2000 E-One Cyclone II MFD / Superior aerial (1250/250/30A/30B/75' rear-mount ladder) (Ex-demo) (SN#SE 2067) (E-One SN#120097) (Ex-Longueuil, ex-Brossard)