E-ONE Adds Two New Dealers in the Northeast

E-ONE appoints two new dealers and welcomes Nassau Fire Apparatus of West Babylon, New York, and Patriot Fire, LLC, of Trappe, Maryland, to its exclusive family of E-ONE dealers.  Nassau Fire Apparatus will be representing E-ONE throughout all of Long Island and Patriot Fire’s territory will include Delaware and Maryland.

“We require our new dealers to have reputations for customer service, a wealth of knowledge and experience in our industry, and be organizations that will represent the E-ONE brand with the distinction it has come to deserve,” said George Logan, Vice President of Commercial Operations. “Both Nassau Fire Apparatus and Patriot Fire Apparatus more than meet these expectation and we look forward to a long, prosperous partnership.”

With almost 50 years of experience in the emergency vehicle sales, equipment and service industry, Nassau Fire Apparatus will now be the exclusive E-ONE dealer for Long Island, New York. Along with its expansive 15,000 square foot facility, Nassau offers customers nine full-time emergency vehicle technicians, four certified welders, seven road service trucks, two full-time sales managers and a 17-person sales team. 

Patriot Fire brings more than 25 years of sales, service, and repair and fabrication experience to Delaware and Maryland.  With two locations to serve customers, Patriot Fire is a full-service facility equipped with experienced sales representatives and skilled service technicians. With an extensive background in servicing all major apparatus brands, Patriot Fire has been impressed with E-ONE’s quality improvements over the last few years.

“We have repaired all the major manufacturer’s apparatus over the years and we are well-aware of the issues E-ONE had many years ago, but we have been very impressed by their transformation throughout the manufacturing facilities and their best-in-class quality achieved over the past few years. The improvements are obvious when touring the E-ONE facilities,” said Steve Beavers, president of Patriot Fire.  “We are very excited to now be a part of the E-ONE team and feel we can do a great job for our customer’s with E-ONE’s products and support.”

Visit www.E-ONE.com to find a dealer near you.

As a leading manufacturer of first responder vehicles, E-ONE engineers, manufactures and markets mission-critical vehicles including custom and commercial pumpers tankers, Water Master vacuum tankers, aerial ladders and platforms, command and communication apparatus, quick attack units, industrial trucks, and aircraft rescue firefighting vehicles. The company sells its products world-wide and is headquartered in Ocala, Florida. E-ONE is an ISO 9001 registered and CCC certified manufacturer.  For more information, visit www.e-one.com.

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