TASC

In the 1930s, Charles Trautwein Sr. ran a truck body fabrication shop in Woodbridge, New Jersey. He would occasionally take jobs modernizing older fire apparatus to extend their lifespan and utility.
After World War 2, the postwar demand for fire apparatus led him to expand from rebuilding old fire trucks, to building new fire trucks using commercial truck chassis. His son Charles Trautwein Jr. soon joined him and the company began to use the acronym TASC, short for the Trautwein and Son Company.
The company primarily built on commercial chassis with a large number on Ford and GMC trucks. In the 1960s, they began to build on custom chassis as well.
The company was sold in 1984. The company stopped building new apparatus, but it continued to offer repair and refurbishment of fire apparatus. Today, as TASC Fire Equipment, it supplies firefighting tools and equipment from a new location in Farmingdale, New Jersey.  
Category:Defunct American fire apparatus manufacturers