ahrens fox fire engine company 1937 ahrens fox fire engine at the automotive museum name ahrens fox fire engine company type fire apparatus manufacturer founded 1910 headquarters cincinnati ohio usa website www.hmeahrensfox.com 1927 ahrens fox fire engine 1939 ahrens fox engine the ahrens fox fire engine company is an ohio based fire truck manufacturer . the company was founded in 1910 by john p ahrens and charles h fox and built its first motorized fire engine in 1911 . by the end of the following year production of horse drawn fire apparatus ceased completely . since then over 1500 pieces of fire apparatus were built until 1977 . ahrens fox fire engines were recognizable by the chrome sphere on the pump that was used to hold air and smooth the outgoing pressure from the pump . during the year 1913 only ahrens fox built a 44 hp following then actual rating practice automobile . like at rival american lafrance the idea was to sell these cars to bigger fire brigades as car of duty for their chiefs . also like at alf it was not successful for ahrens fox either although for ahrens fox the results were more consequential ; there was only one model a huge six cylinder called the e c battalion roadster . it was guaranteed to go faster than 50 mph and featured a four speed gearbox . a small pickup bed was added for some items that were thought to be useful for the head of a fire brigade and was included in the base price . only six of these roadster pickups were built during 1913 ; it seems all stayed in cincinnati . ahrens fox abandoned the idea and never returned to it . today ahrens fox and all of its assets parts and paper is owned by w. kenneth menke of webster groves missouri . the ahrens fox name is licensed to hme incorporated which also manufactured hendrickson trucks . the old ahrens fox factory at 214 east 14th street in over the rhine has been converted into luxury condominiums . 1 references edit vaccariello linda nov 2006 . the new downtown . cincinnati magazine . p. 122 . retrieved 2013 05 16 . sources edit standard catalogue of american cars 1805 1942 beverly rae kimes editor . and henry austin clark jr. 2 . edition 1985 ; krause publications iola wi 54990 isbn 0 87341 111 0 p. 19 external links edit official ahrens fox fire engine company website capecodefd.com nyfd.com history of ahrens fox and the nyfd wikimedia commons has media related to ahrens fox engine vehicles . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ahrens fox fire engine company & oldid 743395707 categories fire service vehicle manufacturersemergency services equipment makersmotor vehicle manufacturers based in ohiodefunct companies based in cincinnatidefunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the united statesvehicle manufacturing companies established in 18681868 establishments in ohiohidden categories commons category without a link on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages magyarnederlands edit links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 13 11 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view