ACTIVE LITIGATION — INDIVIDUAL CLAIMS BEING EVALUATED NATIONWIDE
Has Your Fire Department Overpaid for Apparatuses?
Brockstedt Mandalas Federico is evaluating individual antitrust claims for fire departments and municipalities nationwide that purchased fire apparatus of any type in the last four years.
A handful of companies, including Oshkosh Corporation (through Pierce Manufacturing), REV Group, and Rosenbauer America, have gained outsized control of the U.S. fire apparatus market through a series of strategic acquisitions. If your department paid inflated prices, waited years for delivery, or found itself locked into costly parts and warranty terms after the sale, you may have an individual claim under federal antitrust law, separate and apart from any class action.
Do You Qualify?
You may have a claim if…
- Your department or municipality purchased fire apparatus of any type, including pumpers, ladders, aerials, tankers, rescue units, or any other customized vehicle, in the last four years.
- Your delivery wait time exceeded 18 months.
- You faced limited choices, or rising costs, for parts, service, or warranty support after delivery.
Not sure if you qualify? Every fire truck is custom-built, and every department’s purchasing history is different. Reach out to discuss your individual situation. Our intake review is confidential.
The Allegations: A Consolidated Marketplace
A series of strategic acquisitions has given three of the industry’s largest manufacturers, Oshkosh Corporation (through Pierce Manufacturing), REV Group, and Rosenbauer America, control of an estimated 60–70% of the U.S. fire apparatus market. Plaintiffs allege this consolidation violates Section 7 of the Clayton Act, as it narrowed departments’ purchasing options and created what is called a “parts and warranty trap:” once a department buys a truck, it can find itself locked into inflated prices for service, parts, and warranty support for years afterward.
Fire apparatus prices have more than doubled across all vehicle types, with delivery timelines stretching from 18 months to four years or longer. This is not the product of normal inflation or ordinary supply chain pressure. It is the result of a shrinking field of manufacturers with less incentive to compete on price, delivery time, or service.
Why An Individual Claim, Not a Class Action?
Because every fire truck is custom-built, your department’s damages look different from other departments. An individual claim can capture the full picture of what your community lost: the inflated purchase price, the cost of delay, and the downstream service and parts expenses that followed, in a way a class action cannot.
Beginning in 2025, departments and municipalities across the country have started filing these individual claims to recover losses and to hold manufacturers accountable under the Clayton Act for anticompetitive conduct that reshaped the market, harming fire departments and municipalities across the country
Why Act Now
Fire departments and municipalities nationwide have an opportunity to evaluate a potential individual claim and pursue recovery of taxpayer funds. Time to bring a claim may be limited. Acting now can help preserve your department’s rights and position it to benefit from any recovery obtained.
Why Brockstedt Mandalas Federico?
When you retain Brockstedt Mandalas Federico, you are working with a sophisticated, well-resourced team with a proven track record in complex litigation involving corporate misconduct and market consolidation. Our attorneys have recovered more than $1 billion on behalf of plaintiffs in mass tort, class action, and public entity litigation nationwide, and regularly represent municipalities, public agencies, and government entities in complex claims against corporate defendants.
We are committed to helping fire departments and municipalities recover the taxpayer dollars they are owed.
