HISTORY OF SVI TRUCKS SVI was Super Vac's first product-line expansion, entering the market of custom-built fire/rescue apparatus in 1971. The SVI division specializes in the manufacture of the following truck types built to the customer's specifications:
·Emergency Rescue - Carries tools and equipment for rescue operations
·Haz-Mat - Carries specialized equipment to battle hazardous-material incidents
·Mobile Air - Provides air-compressing equipment to refill breathing-air bottles on site
·Command Post - Provides command-support facilities for larger emergency situations
Trucks are available with walk-in or non walk-in bodies, and are built from corrosion-resistant steel, stainless steel, or weight-saving aluminum. Bodies can be built on the commercial or custom chassis of the customer's choice.
Refurbish Area In 1985, SVI began a fire-apparatus refurbishing service that has restored numerous worn and damaged rescue, pumper, and aerial trucks to peak operational condition. Other services include replacing older cabs with the latest 4-door models, replacing rusted bodies with weather-resistant aluminum bodies, replacing water tanks on tanker trucks, and bringing any apparatus up to current NFPA standards.
Super Vac - The parent Company of SVI
The parent company of SVI, Super Vacuum Mfg. Co., Inc. is a leading manufacturer of portable ventilation fans, emergency flood light towers, and rescue trucks serving fire and police departments, search-and-rescue teams, and other emergency-response services across the country and around the world.
The company was founded in the 1930's as the Super Vacuum Propeller Company designing and producing innovative propellers for various uses. Super Vac found it's market in producing efficient ventilators to remove smoke, heat and gasses in fires and other emergency situations. The company has since expanded into the related fields of fire rescue trucks and flood lighting for emergency support services. Located in Loveland, Colorado, Super Vac employs more than 100 people in its three divisions: Super Vac, SVI Trucks, and Command light.
Facilities
In 2003, Super Vac completed its third building on the company's 6.4-acre campus to accommodate expanding manufacturing demands. The new 40,000-square-foot facility houses corporate offices, truck finishing, and engineering offices. SVI Trucks refurbishing, service center, and foundry occupy a separate 23,000-square-foot building while the main Fan and Command Light operations share another 25,000-square-foot facility.
Super Vac is well represented by national dealerships for all of its products throughout the United States and overseas. Nearly every night on the news across the nation, Super Vac products can be seen helping fire fighters do their jobs: saving lives. Super Vac takes great pride in the high-quality equipment it produces for the fire service. The pride is visible in the products it produces, as well as in the employees responsible for manufacturing these products.
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