What does FMC stand for on those fire trucks and other trucks?

I know I will loose points here but I wanna see if anybody out there knows beside myself.

No, I don’t think it’s Ford.

My initial thought was FMC Corp (ex Food Machinery Corp, later just FMC.) And that’s what I’m going with.

I found several references to engines & pumpers that were built with FMC bodies and/or water pumps. I checked their website and they don’t show any new fire equipment, so I guess they sold or exited that line of business.

Here is a refererence:
< www.firebooks.com/catalog.asp?CID=0A26002DAA8&DID=2020&Mode=ProdByCat&TP=21&Cat=276 >

FMC started in San Jose building food processing equipment, and later built military equipment such as the Bradley Fighting Vehicle. But they sold that business to United Defense in the 1980’s.
Good luck!

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2 Responses to “What does FMC stand for on those fire trucks and other trucks?”

ceprn on November 10th, 2009 at 9:15 pm

Ford Motor Company.
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Tom-SJ-CA on November 10th, 2009 at 9:57 pm

No, I don’t think it’s Ford.

My initial thought was FMC Corp (ex Food Machinery Corp, later just FMC.) And that’s what I’m going with.

I found several references to engines & pumpers that were built with FMC bodies and/or water pumps. I checked their website and they don’t show any new fire equipment, so I guess they sold or exited that line of business.

Here is a refererence:
< http://www.firebooks.com/catalog.asp?CID=0A26002DAA8&DID=2020&Mode=ProdByCat&TP=21&Cat=276 >

FMC started in San Jose building food processing equipment, and later built military equipment such as the Bradley Fighting Vehicle. But they sold that business to United Defense in the 1980’s.
Good luck!
References :

kingsportfire.com