Coast Apparatus Inc.

Coast Apparatus Company was a fire apparatus manufacturer located in Martinez, California.
==History==
Coast was established in 1946 when two former employees of FABCO purchased that company's fire apparatus division. Initially the company focused on commercial chassis equipment, but later offered their own custom chassis. In the mid-1950s Coast began to offer a conventional custom chassis based on an International heavy duty commercial chassis. In the late 1950s Coast added a custom cab forward chassis.
Coast built a number of large pumpers using Sterling, Peterbilt and International chassis with many powered by powerful Hall-Scott engines.
Coast was acquired by the Howe Fire Apparatus Company in 1965.
==Sources==
*Sorenson, Wayne and Wood, Donald F. Motorized Fire Apparatus of the West 1900-1960. Polo, IL: Transportation Trails 1991.
*McCall, Walter M.P. Illustrated Encyclopedia of American Fire Engine Manufacturers. Hudson, WI: Iconografix, 2007. ISBN 9781583882528
Category:Defunct American fire apparatus manufacturers