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

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,…