Akron Brass

Akron Brass is a long-established American brand of firefighting equipment, best known for fire nozzles, water monitors, valves, appliances and the plumbing hardware fitted to fire apparatus. The brand traces its roots to the early 20th century in Akron, Ohio, where it built a reputation for brass fire-service fittings — the origin of the "Brass" in its name. Over the decades it broadened into a full line of fire-ground equipment: handline and master-stream nozzles, monitor nozzles and deck guns, foam and water valves, hydrant and intake appliances, and the valves, drains and piping assemblies used by fire-truck builders. Today Akron Brass operates as part of IDEX Corporation, an industrial group whose fire and safety segment also includes other well-known fire-service brands. Within that group, Akron Brass is positioned as a premium, specification-grade supplier to municipal and volunteer fire departments, fire-apparatus OEMs and industrial fire-protection users. Its products are sold through fire-equipment distributors rather than direct to end users, and the brand is closely associated with innovation in nozzle design, ergonomics and monitor control. The company's manufacturing and administrative base is in Wooster, Ohio, and its catalog spans nozzles, monitors, valves, foam systems, scene lighting and related accessories. Akron Brass is not a consumer brand; its customers are professional fire services, apparatus builders and industrial facilities. Its reputation rests on durability, serviceability and compliance with fire-service standards, and the brand name is widely recognized among firefighters in North America and in export markets.

Akron Brass began in Akron, Ohio, in the early 20th century as a maker of brass fire-service fittings, from which it took its name. As municipal fire departments motorized and fire apparatus became more sophisticated, demand grew for durable, standardized nozzles, valves and appliances, and the company expanded its catalog accordingly. By the mid-20th century it had become one of the recognized North American names in fire-ground equipment, supplying both fire departments and the fire-apparatus builders that fitted its valves and plumbing to their trucks. In the postwar decades the brand invested in product engineering, developing adjustable and automatic nozzles, monitor designs and control systems intended to improve firefighter safety and water efficiency. Manufacturing and administration were consolidated at a facility in Wooster, Ohio, which remains the brand's base. Akron Brass became part of IDEX Corporation, an industrial group that assembled a portfolio of fire and safety businesses; within IDEX the brand sits alongside other fire-service equipment makers in the fire and safety segment. Under IDEX ownership, Akron Brass continued to broaden its range into foam systems, scene lighting and electronic monitor controls, and to serve export markets in addition to North America. The brand's history is closely tied to the professionalization of firefighting: its products are specified by apparatus OEMs and purchased by fire departments through distributors, and its name is familiar to generations of firefighters. The company remains an active manufacturer and brand within IDEX's fire and safety group.

• Founded in Akron, Ohio, as a maker of brass fire-service fittings

• Consolidated manufacturing and administration in Wooster, Ohio

• Became part of IDEX Corporation's fire and safety group

Specification-grade, premium fire-service equipment supplier to fire departments, apparatus OEMs and industrial fire protection.

• Handline nozzles

• Master-stream and monitor nozzles

• Water monitors and deck guns

• Fire valves and intake appliances

• Foam systems

• Scene lighting

• 2026

  Halcore Group recalls Horton ambulances over touchscreen display failure

  Halcore Group is recalling certain 2025-2026 Horton Type I, Type III, and Critical Care ambulances because the touchscreen display may stop responding to touch commands or fail to power on, preventing activation of exterior emergency lights and other emergency equipment. The recall potentially affects 545 vehicles; Halcore will work with Akron Brass to update the firmware and repair the power line.

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  Halcore Group recalls Horton ambulances over touchscreen display failure[1]Halcore Group recalls Horton ambulances over touchscreen display failurefleetowner.com

  Halcore Group is recalling certain 2025-2026 Horton Type I, Type III, and Critical Care ambulances because the touchscreen display may stop responding to touch commands or fail to power on, preventing activation of exterior emergency lights and other emergency equipment. The recall potentially affects 545 vehicles; Halcore will work with Akron Brass to update the firmware and repair the power line.

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1. 1Halcore Group recalls Horton ambulances over touchscreen display failurefleetowner.com