Midwest Fire Equipment & Repair Co.

Luverne, MN 56156

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About Midwest Fire Equipment & Repair Co.

Midwest Fire Equipment & Repair has been manufacturing high-quality fire apparatus since 1987, working directly with customers to keep costs down.

Contact

901 Commerce Rd.
P.O. Box 524
Luverne, MN 56156
http://www.midwestfire.com
800-344-2059
507-283-9142

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Midwest Fire Equipment & Repair has been manufacturing high-quality fire apparatus since 1987. We work directly with our customers, never through dealers, to keep costs down and communication consistent during the entire sales and manufacturing process. We champion our customer service and create long-term relationships with our customers. By doing this we are able to help devise state-of-the-art approaches to meet each department's needs. We take pride in our work and our ability to produce some of the highest quality, most innovative tankers, tanker-pumpers, pumpers, quick attacks, and brush trucks on the market.

Products and Press Releases

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June 16, 2021
Off-road, mountainous regions are no challenge for the All-Poly Type 3 firefighting apparatus from Midwest Fire.
Dr. Rich Gasaway
Dec. 14, 2020
Hiring Dr. Rich Gasaway, a former fire chief and well-known speaker, is part of Midwest Fire's investment to take the apparatus company to the next level.
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Oct. 28, 2019
Midwest Fire successfully hosted its third annual Manufacturing Day with more than 100 visitors from the area touring the company's facility in Luverne, MN.
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Sept. 10, 2019
Midwest Fire has again been named one of fifty winners in Prairie Business Magazine’s “50 Best Places to Work 2019” contest.
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April 8, 2019
Customers can now complete a specification form of customizable options and features.
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Manufacturing Engineer Sai Rajkumar Vadla.
Oct. 31, 2018
As Midwest Fire's manufacturing engineer, Sai Rajkumar Vadla brings specialized experience in advanced CAD design and engineering simulations.
Joseph Juhl
Oct. 26, 2018
Midwest Fire Equipment & Repair Company (Midwest Fire) announced that the company has hired Joseph Juhl as a sales representative to their growing team.
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Feb. 21, 2018
More than 20 departments responded with Midwest Fire equipment to contain a Northrop grain silo fire.
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Jan. 11, 2018
Midwest Fire Equipment & Repair Company (Midwest Fire) celebrated 30 years of manufacturing fire apparatus.
Joseph Hlushak
Oct. 17, 2017
Midwest Fire Equipment & Repair Company (Midwest Fire) announced today that the company has hired Joseph Hlushak as a new sales representative.

Articles & News

Michael Ratcliffe
Dispatched at 12:30 a.m., Hamilton Township, NJ, firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke and fire throughout a 170-year-old former rubber manufacturing facility. A defensive operation was ordered, and several additional alarms were transmitted, calling in mutual aid from neighboring towns and elsewhere.
Nov. 19, 2024
Manufacturers display the latest and greatest in fire-rescue and EMS apparatus and boats.
Photo by Dennis Walus
Firefighters battle a fire at a vacant school
Nov. 10, 2023
Manufacturers display the latest and greatest in fire-rescue and EMS apparatus and boats.
Photo courtesy of A.H. Stock Manufacturing
Recent improvements in the realm of swivel valves include more use of stainless steel compared with mild steel, air and electric automation, and the capability for changing manual handle positions on the valve.
Aug. 16, 2021
Barry Furey inquired of fire departments that recently purchased a tanker as well as apparatus manufacturers to learn of how new design facets of the vehicles are delivering watershed...
Photo by Scott LaPrade
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Nov. 1, 2020
In the 2020 Apparatus Showcase, manufacturers display the latest and greatest in fire-rescue and EMS apparatus.
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Nov. 1, 2019
In the 2019 Apparatus Showcase, manufacturers display the latest and greatest in fire-rescue and EMS apparatus.
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Accessiblity is important to ensure proper maintenance of components, like the pump module, on this apparatus under construction at the Midwest Fire plant.
Sept. 27, 2019
Choosing the right components, body material and design can pay big dividends when it comes to future maintenance costs.
PolyBilt
Polypropylene is a strong plastic that has gained popularity in the fire service because it's corrosion and impact resistant.
June 21, 2019
Aluminum, stainless steel, polypropylene and even carbon fiber can be used to build fire apparatus bodies, and each material's characteristics give firefighters many choices.
SVI Trucks
Manufacturers say if a layout works particularly well, departments should consider standardizing it for all similar apparatus, like this pair of SVI Trucks heavy rescues delivered to the Charlotte, NC, Fire Department.
May 21, 2019
Rescue rigs are filled with tools for a variety of missions, and thoughtful planning goes into making sure they're easily accessible and balanced to keep vehicles safe and stable...

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Darcie Johnson, Vice President of Accounting and Business Manager of Midwest Fire Equipment & Repair Company.
Nov. 29, 2016
Midwest Fire announced that the company’s Vice President of Accounting and Business Manager Darcie Johnson made Prairie Business Magazine’s 40 Under 40 List.
Midwest Fire was a finalist in a Minnesota small business award program. Pictured here (left to right) are representatives of the company; Dalton Lingbeck is a Sales Representative, Sarah Atchison is President and CEO, Darcie Johnson is Vice President of Business & Accounting and Tyler LeBrun is Manufacturing Engineer/Production Manager.
Oct. 7, 2016
Midwest Fire was a finalist for a Best in Class Small Company Award at the Minnesota Business Manufacturing Awards.
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Sept. 15, 2016
Midwest Fire Equipment & Repair Company (Midwest Fire) announced that the company has once again made the Prairie Business Magazine’s Annual 50 Best Places to Work List.
Midwest Fire will have a brand new 2,000-gallon All Poly Series tanker-pumper from Morehead, N.C., City Fire Department on display at FRI in Atlanta (booth #3505) August 28-29th. The apparatus will leave after the show for delivery to the fire department.
Aug. 26, 2015
Midwest Fire Equipment & Repair Company (Midwest Fire), an SBA certified woman owned small business (WOSB), announced today that it has broken all previous sales records for the...
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June 16, 2015
Midwest Fire Equipment & Repair Company (Midwest Fire) announced the company hired Tyler LeBrun as a new manufacturing engineer.
Midwest Fire Owner/CEO Sarah Atchison
March 17, 2015
Midwest Fire Equipment & Repair Company (Midwest Fire) announced the company's Owner and CEO Sarah Atchison was named one of the Top 25 Women in Business by Prairie Business magazine...
NORTH WHIDBEY FIRE AND RESCUE has taken delivery of two Midwest Fire All-Poly PT2 2500 tanker-pumpers
March 1, 2015
New Fire Apparatus Deliveries
GLYNDON, MN
Feb. 1, 2015
THE ELIZABETH, NJ, FIRE DEPARTMENT has taken delivery of a Pierce Arrow XT custom pumper equipped with a Snozzle High Reach Extendable Turret (HRET) featuring a piercing nozzle...
July 21, 2014
Midwest Fire has received notification from the United States Forest Service that two of their fire apparatus have qualified to be approved by their vendor qualifications.