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+ | |Successor = Rosenbauer Minnesota |
| + | |Headquarters = North Branch MN |
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| + | |Factories = Wyoming MN,<br/>North Branch MN - Closed 1992 |
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| + | |Products = Pumpers, Tankers,<br/>Aerials, Rescues,<br/>ARFF |
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| + | |Website = https://www.rosenbaueramerica.com/ |
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| + | |Founder = Elmer Abrahamson |
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| + | |Acquired by = Rosenbauer LLC |
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+ | |Acquired Year = 1995 |
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| − | '''General Safety Equipment Corporation''' was an American fire apparatus manufacturer located in Wyoming, Minnesota. It is now |
+ | '''General Safety Equipment Corporation''' was an American fire apparatus manufacturer located in Wyoming, Minnesota. It is now Rosenbauer Minnesota. |
==History== |
==History== |
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===General Safety Equipment 1956-1995=== |
===General Safety Equipment 1956-1995=== |
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| − | Growth continued through the 1950s, 60s, 70s and 80s, as the company built trucks on commercial chassis for fire departments in Minnesota and surrounding states. In the 1970s, the company introduced custom chassis with the International CO-8190 cab and [[Seagrave]] chassis and they also added |
+ | Growth continued through the 1950s, 60s, 70s and 80s, as the company built trucks on commercial chassis for fire departments in Minnesota and surrounding states. In the 1970s, the company introduced custom chassis with the International CO-8190 cab and [[Seagrave]] chassis and they also added 50', 65' and 75' [[TeleSqurt]] made by Snorkel. |
| − | Production was moved to a new plant in Wyoming in 1992 |
+ | Production was moved to a new plant in Wyoming Minnesota in 1992. |
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| + | === Rosenbauer America - Onward from 1995 === |
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| + | In 1995, General entered into a partnership with [[Rosenbauer]]. Today, General operates the Rosenbauer plant in Wyoming, Minnesota as Rosenbauer Minnesota, LLC., and builds trucks for fire departments in the US and Canada. |
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==Products== |
==Products== |
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| − | + | Rosenbauer Minnesota builds pumpers, tanker, aerials, rescues, and ARFF on commercial and custom chassis. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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[[Category:Defunct American fire apparatus manufacturers]] |
[[Category:Defunct American fire apparatus manufacturers]] |
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Revision as of 05:53, 18 April 2021
General Safety Equipment Corporation was an American fire apparatus manufacturer located in Wyoming, Minnesota. It is now Rosenbauer Minnesota.
History
Minnesota Fire Equipment Company 1930s-1956
General Safety was formed in Lindstrom, Minnesota in the late 1920s when blacksmith Elmer Abrahamson built a truck for his hometown fire department. He formed a company called Minnesota Fire Equipment Company and delivered trucks to a number of departments in his immediate area. in 1939, the remaining fire apparatus business assets of the W.S. Nott Company were transferred to the Minnesota Fire Equipment Company. The company moved its manufacturing facilities to North Branch in the late 1940s and changed its name to General Safety Equipment Company in 1956.
General Safety Equipment 1956-1995
Growth continued through the 1950s, 60s, 70s and 80s, as the company built trucks on commercial chassis for fire departments in Minnesota and surrounding states. In the 1970s, the company introduced custom chassis with the International CO-8190 cab and Seagrave chassis and they also added 50', 65' and 75' TeleSqurt made by Snorkel.
Production was moved to a new plant in Wyoming Minnesota in 1992.
Rosenbauer America - Onward from 1995
In 1995, General entered into a partnership with Rosenbauer. Today, General operates the Rosenbauer plant in Wyoming, Minnesota as Rosenbauer Minnesota, LLC., and builds trucks for fire departments in the US and Canada.
Products
Rosenbauer Minnesota builds pumpers, tanker, aerials, rescues, and ARFF on commercial and custom chassis.