HME has provided the heavy-duty transportation industry and the fire industry with a 100-years of forward-thinking engineering firsts. From founder Magnus Hendrickson’s ground-breaking axle and suspension innovations in 1913, the first  tilt-cab design for a fire apparatus in 1983, to the introduction of the first Compressed Natural Gas Fire and Rescue truck, and touch-screen pump [...]

HME engineers and designs storage solutions to maximize capacity for equipment, gear, hoses and tools, as well as improving crew efficiency. Be sure to take an inside look into the innovations and progress HME has made in optimizing storage and performance, as well as the impact it’s making on today’s Heavy Rescue and Rescue Pumpers [...]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwPneE3n6QM Take a quick ride with the HME Scorpion™ in another new HME Two-Minute-Drill video. It’s as fast and exciting as the HME Scorpion is in action. The first tandem steer axle and dual drive aerial in the fire industry, the HME Scorpion offers exceptional maneuverability, safety and enhanced capability along with a number of [...]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I1QDiWz0-0 Another fast-moving HME 2-Minute-Drill video featuring the new HME MiniMax™. For the full length video visit the HME YouTube Channel. The list of HME Fire Trucks to make an appearance at this year’s FDIC in Indianapolis, April 22-27, 2013, is being made right now. One of the stars of last year’s show was the [...]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=06l6Hs4rYMo If you haven’t seen the “It’s Michigan Made” television program that aired in 2012 on WXYZ, Detroit, here’s a chance to watch it from our new, condensed 2-minute-drill HME video collection, now available on the HME YouTube Channel. In 120-seconds you’ll catch all the highlights and best features of HME fire trucks, innovations, technology [...]

HME Ahrens-Fox is celebrating its 100th Anniversary in 2013. We’ll be sharing the history and traditions of the company, along with some of the most notable fire trucks over the past decades, during the coming year. The HME of today can trace its roots back to 1913, and founder Magnus Hendrickson. Magnus Hendrickson was an [...]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=00fB38OxeDs The HME MiniMax™ has recently  made its video debut on the HME YouTube Channel. Find out how HME engineers have expanded the capacity and capability of traditional mini-pumpers without sacrificing the maneuverability and economy that have been the mainstays of mini-pumper designs for over 40 years.

While HME produces a wide range of fire apparatus to meet every need for every fire department around the world, five HME Fire Trucks stood out as fan favorites in 2012. We like to call them the HME Fab Five. Is your favorite HME Fire Truck on the list? If it’s not, let us know! [...]

At HME we’re dedicated to building the best fire trucks possible. HME Fire Apparatus aren’t  just designed smart and built tough, but are made to deliver dependable service and the highest level of performance and safety possible. HME fire trucks are engineered and manufactured, down to the last detail, nut, bolt, durable stainless steel panels [...]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FhZvGxPMFY “Over the Wildlands of the West, the Great Lakes, the winding roads of the East, America depends on its hometown firefighters, and its HME Fire trucks …” This is just part of the narrative and the beginning of the HME Made-for-America television spot now hitting the airwaves nationally. This production is an expanded and [...]