Spartan Motors, founded in 1975, is one of the leading manufacturers of heavy-duty custom and fire truck chassis, cabs, fire apparatus, ambulances, and emergency-rescue and recreational vehicles. The services offered by the company include design, engineering and manufacturing of chassis for fire trucks, motorhomes, and various specialty applications, such as trolleys, utility trucks, and crash-rescue vehicles. The company offers its products under various brand names, such as Spartan, Crimson Fire and Road Rescue. It markets its chassis through a distribution network of original equipment manufacturers, dealers, and retailers throughout the United States and Canada. Spartan Motors is headquartered in Charlotte, Mich., and has manufacturing facilities in Michigan, South Dakota, Alabama, Minnesota and South Carolina.