A Trusted Legacy. Flexible solutions for every need.
For over a century, Spartan Emergency Response (ER) and its portfolio of brands— Smeal Fire Apparatus and Ladder Tower (LT)—have established a legacy as leading full-line builders of custom fire apparatus. With strategic specialization and flexible solutions, we manufacture pumpers, steel aerials and platforms built on Spartan Fire Chassis. The collaboration among our engineering, manufacturing and sales teams has driven leading innovations in safety, ergonomics and serviceability. This interdisciplinary approach is how we fuel breakthrough solutions for our customers in the U.S., Canada and beyond.
At Spartan ER, we engineer and build on the legacies that firefighters trust, always putting first responders first.
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Making Possibilities Reality
Virtually anything is possible with Spartan ER. First responders inspire us to continually listen and collaborate to ensure they have the right equipment readily accessible when responding to emergencies. From our multiple manufacturing sites across the U.S., we deliver flexible, strategic, specialized solutions to meet each unique fire department need.
We believe true safety begins with ergonomics, which is why we engineer our fire apparatus with innovations that optimize functional design for unparalleled crew safety, comfort and efficiency. The possibilities are endless in our quest to engineer some of the most advanced safety features available today.
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2025 Fire Truck Training Conference Kicks Off
Besides the EVT test preparation classes, the conference features supplier-lead classes that focus on specific apparatus components, as well as more advanced classes, many of which are hands-on.
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