American Lafrance Pacemaker

One of the pre eminent american apparatus builders of the 20th century the company was resurrected in the late 1990s and finally ceased operations in 2014.

American lafrance pacemaker. The pacemaker used tcms cincinnati cab. American lafrance alf was an american fire apparatus manufacturer. Standard powerplant in the new pacemaker was a v6 detroit diesel. 3 new areo dynics 4 new strobe packs and the compartments are starting to fill up.

The pacemaker was a conventional custom fire cab by tcm instead of an american lafrance custom century or pioneer cab. Alfs historical collection of museum quality apparatus will remain at the north charleston american lafrance museum and fire education center. Equipped with tcms widely used cincinnati five man canopy cab the moderately priced pacemaker was intended to fill the gap between the budget oriented pioneer and the companys flagship 1000 series. If its an american lafrance its a pacemaker.

American lafrance alf was an american vehicle manufacturer which focused primarily on the production of fire engines fire aerials and emergency apparatus such as ambulance and rescue vehicles. The home of american lafrance from 1873 to 1985 elmira and later an elmira suburb southport were once billed as the fire truck capital of the world but in january 1985 figgie international incorporated the parent company of american lafrance announced the sacking of that capital. The american lafrance pacemaker was a custom chassis offered by american lafrance between 1972 and 1976. In its heyday alf was known as the cadillac of.

In 1972 american lafrance introduced yet another new custom series. The fire apparatus manufacturers would by these pre built cabs from tcm to use on their lower budget trucks as an alternative to the more expensive manufacturer built custom design cabs like the american lafrance 900 for example. The company was located in summerville south carolina.