Welcome to Boise Mobile Equipment.
Established in 1990, Boise Mobile Equipment, Inc. (BME) supplies apparatus to municipal fire departments, fire districts, all branches of the US military and other Federal Agencies (US Forest Service, National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management). BME has built more than four hundred Fire Trucks for the US Forest Service, alone. Many of these trucks spend their entire working lives in an off-road environment.
These Agencies return to BME, year after year, for trucks because the BME product has earned a reputation for being rugged and reliable. BME utilizing state of the art equipment for the design and manufacturing of our Fire Apparatus. We utilize AutoCAD and Solid Works 3D automated and computerized drafting workstations in our engineering department. All Fire Engines are designed from the ground up with each Fire Department's needs in mind.
We manufacture our products in a modern 25,000 sq. ft. facility using the finest materials available. We incorporate industry leading major components such as; for example; Hale®, Waterous® or Darley® Fire Pumps, Class One gauges and wiring systems, Akron® and Elkhart Brass® goods, United Plastics Poly Tanks®, Custom Fiberglass® water tanks, and many others. The design and materials are blended with experienced and detailed craftsmanship resulting in a quality product, unsurpassed in the industry. View our photogallery of trucks!
Recent Clients
USFS R5 Has taken delivery of the first fifteen of the BME Model 113 (USFS Model 62). BME would like to thank the Cleveland National Forest for the use of their apparatus during Fire Rescue 2006.
BME and Crimson Fire Crimson Fire Partners With Boise Mobile Equipment for Wildland/Interface Units
BRANDON, S.D., Jan. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crimson Fire, Inc. will begin marketing Boise Mobile Equipment's Wildland/Interface vehicles, used to battle wildland fires, through its extensive network of dealer-partners to reach U.S. fire departments that are wrestling with the growing population shifts into rural areas ....continued
City of Redlands, California The City of Redlands has taken delivery of a BME Model 113 (USFS Model 62) and a BME Model 206 Type 3 Wildland Tanker.
City of Boise, Idaho The City of Boise has ordered four additional BME Class A fire apparatus. These units will be built on Spartan Gladiator chassis and will bring the number of the cities BME front line engines to twelve. Additionally, the city has ordered two BME Model 126 Light Wildland units and has purchased a BME represented, 103' Crimson Tractor Drawn Aerial.
The National Park Service has ordered two BME Model 164's (Crew, Carriers) two BME Model 123's (Type 3 Heavy) apparatus and three Model 126's (Type 6).
USFS R1 The USDA Forest Service, Region 1 has taken delivery of eighteen Type 6 apparatus to be designated a new model. The unit features a aluminum fire body with extensive compartmentation, 300 gallon water tank, 20 gallon foam tank and a 34 HP Turbo Diesel Pump Engine.
USFS R3 The USDA Forest Service, Region 5 has ordered twelve Type 3's to be completed by 3 QTR 2007. BME continues to be the prime supplier of Wildland Fire Apparatus to the USDA Forest Service.
City of Redlands, California Wildland Apparatus will be featured at the FIREHOUSE WORLD EXPO 2007 in San Diego. Please stop by booths 815 and 1105.
City of Coeur d' Alene The City of Coeur d' Alene has ordered a Custom Heavy Walk-Around Rescue on a Spartan "Big Easy" cab and chassis and a BME Model 126, Type 6 variant built on a GMC 5500, 4X4 cab and chassis. The Rescue will feature an all aluminum body, 25 kW PTO generator and breathing air system. The type 6 will feature an all aluminum firebody, diesel driven pump and a FoamPro foam system.