American LaFrance Corporation is a subsidiary of Freightliner, LLC--the leading heavy-duty truck manufacturer in North America.  Freightliner is a DaimlerChrysler company, the world's leading commercial vehicle manufacturer.

This is the corporate headquarters for American LaFrance: your link to the most admired fire apparatus in the industry, now consolidated and coordinated to create a whole new dimension of customization and quality. Much more than the physical plants, American LaFrance is the beneficiary of many of the best minds and imaginations in the fire and emergency services. This brain trust of engineering, manufacturing and support expertise, now under one umbrella, means we now excel at virtually every vehicle combination and at every stage of the process ? from blueprint to finished product, from remanufacturing to parts delivery, maintenance and beyond.

How to contact us:

American LaFrance Corporation
8500 Palmetto Commerce Parkway
Ladson, SC  29456
US: 1-888/ALF-TRCK (253-8725) Toll-Free
US: 1-843/486-7400
Email: customersupport@americanlafrance.com

Our multiple manufacturing locations allow us to be responsive, flexible and close to your regional needs, as well as to focus on specific products and materials. We invite you to visit our facilities ? one is probably near you.

Directions from Charleston Airport (CHS):

The Airport is located on International Blvd.
Take International Blvd. to I-526 towards I-26
Take I-26 towards Columbia.
I-26 to Exit 205 ? Highway 78 West
Take Hwy 78 West and go approximately 1 mile to Ladson Road
Make a Left on Ladson Road
Travel approximately 3 ½ miles on Ladson Road to Palmetto Commerce Parkway (It will be the 3rd left past the railroad tracks)
Turn left onto Palmetto Commerce Parkway and go all the way to the end, about 1 mile. The road dead-ends at our facility.