FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MES and SeaWestern Emergency Vehicles Announce Strategic Realignment of Apparatus Division YAKIMA, WA – Municipal Emergency Services, Inc. (MES) and SeaWestern Emergency Vehicles (an MES Company) today announced a strategic restructuring of their emergency vehicle operations to better serve fire departments and first responders across the United States. As part of this transition,…

A reflection from Jordan Koffler, SeaWestern Emergency Vehicles When you walk through our building in Yakima, it doesn’t take long to realize you’re standing in a place with a lot of history. Not just company history — fire service history. Our story traces back more than eighty years to 1945, when Cascade Fire Equipment began…

Kirkland, WA – November 25th, 2025 – MES Life Safety (“MES”), a national leader in fire, safety, and emergency response solutions, today announced its acquisition of SeaWestern Inc. (“SeaWestern”), a respected Washington based supplier of firefighting and safety equipment. This acquisition expands MES’s presence and capabilities across the Western United States, reinforcing the company’s mission to…

Union Gap Fire Rescue was looking to replace an older commercial chassis Type 1 engine and a mini pumper/ brush truck with a Type 1 pumper that could run as its first-out response unit and be able to handle structural fire calls and other fire suppression situations. Union Gap had worked with KME in the…

Yakima, WA – Yakima Fire Department was the first agency in the west to embrace mechanized fire apparatus. View full article here from the Yakima Herald Republic: https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/yakima-firefighters-and-community-members-mark-arrival-of-new-fire-engines/article_8bf69574-0c0d-11ef-af2f-2f1e0db406c8.html

We want to personally announce that our company, Cascade Fire & Safety / Cascade Fire Equipment Corporation, has been acquired by SeaWestern Inc. effective 3/1/24. In making the decision to sell our business, we wanted to make certain that the acquiring company would be one to maintain the reputation and goal that we at Cascade…

KME—Yakima (WA) Fire Department pumper. Severe Service cab and chassis; Cummins X12 500-hp engine; Hale Qmax 2,000-gpm pump; 750-gallon polypropylene water tank; Duo-Safety ground ladders; low hosebed; lowered crosslays; dual EMS compartments with interior and exterior access; customized interior storage modules on doghouse and between rear seats. Dealer: Mark Merritt, Cascade Fire & Safety, Yakima,…

Fouts Bros. Western Star 3,000 Gallon Water Tender (Demo) Sold to Laramie County Fire District #6 in Burns, WY Special thanks to Fire Chief Jay Beavers and his team for their support. Full article on fireapparatusmagazine.com

Brand new unit completed and delivered to Orting Valley Fire and Rescue. Loaded with features – this is a brush truck built to work. Thank you to Chief Gibson, BC Goodwin, and Lt. Weigley and the entire team at OVFR for choosing Cascade Fire & Safety. View full article on fireapparatusmagazine.com

We know your terrain because we’ve been there. At Cascade Fire, we are firefighters, so we know what it takes to get your personnel to the fire line battle and back again. Cascade delivers power, performance, and durability. From the chassis up, we design and assemble our Wildland apparatus with the highest quality components. Configuration…