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Earl Sherman & Company was a fire apparatus manufacturer located in Oakland, California.

History[]

Earl Sherman & Company was founded in 1947 as a truck body builder. In the 1950s they began an association with L.N. Curtis & Sons building fire apparatus. They also built apparatus independently including a number of wildland fire engines for the US Forest Service and California Department of Forestry in the 1960s.

Sources[]

  • Sorenson, Wayne and Wood, Donald F. Motorized Fire Apparatus of the West 1900-1960. Polo, IL: Transportation Trails 1991. ISBN 9780933449114
  • McCall, Walter M.P. Illustrated Encyclopedia of American Fire Engine Manufacturers. Hudson, WI: Iconografix, 2007. ISBN 9781583882528
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