Custom Bronze Plaques & Metal Letters — Made in the USA
Commemorate a new fire truck with a bronze plaque. We offer custom bronze and aluminum plaques for dedicating a new fire truck.
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Putting a new engine, ladder, or tanker into service is a major investment and a milestone for any department. A bronze apparatus plaque marks the day it entered service and honors the community support that funded it.
Departments often unveil the plaque at a push-in or wet-down ceremony, the traditional welcome for a new piece of apparatus.
Apparatus plaques commonly show the engine or unit number, the in-service date, the manufacturer and model, and the department name and crest.
Memorial dedications — naming a truck in honor of a fallen firefighter or longtime member — are a meaningful addition that many departments choose.
For a memorial dedication, the artwork can even be sculpted in full bas relief, like the dimensional firefighter scene shown here. Sculpted bronze adds several thousand dollars to a project, so most departments choose our high-definition engraved plaques — we will quote both.
The usual occasions are a push-in or wet-down ceremony for new apparatus, a memorial dedication naming a truck for a member who has died, and a retirement plaque for a rig being taken out of service after decades of calls.
Departments also order small matching plates for the cab of each unit in a fleet, and larger bay-wall panels that list every piece of apparatus the department has run since it was founded.
Smaller cast plaques can be mounted directly in the cab or on the apparatus body, while a larger display works on the bay wall above where the truck is housed.
Cast bronze and clear-coated aluminum both stand up to the heat, vibration, and washing that come with apparatus life.
Fire truck dedication plaques start at $500, include the department logo at no extra charge, and are made in the USA with rush options available.
Engine No. ____
Placed in Service __________ , 20____
__________ Fire Department
Dedicated to the safety of our community and the firefighters who answer the call aboard her. May she always return her crew home safely.
A starting point — we will help you tailor the wording, layout, and artwork for your project.
Yes — smaller cast plaques mount in the cab or on the body; larger ones go on the bay wall.
Yes, memorial dedications honoring a fallen or longtime member are common.
About three weeks, with rush options for a push-in ceremony.
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