MacQueen Equipment (MacQueen Emergency) Acquires 5 Alarm Fire & Safety Equipment

Rapid Fire Safety & Security Acquires Pacific Auxiliary Fire Alarm Company

December 6, 2022

Electrical Services

Rapid Fire Safety & Security, a Concentric Equity Partners-backed platform, has acquired Pacific Auxiliary Fire Alarm Company (PAFA), a San Francisco-based provider of commercial fire alarm design, installation, testing, maintenance and monitoring. The deal — Rapid Fire's second add-on since launching the platform — expands its presence into Northern California while the seller, third-generation owner Derek Shackley, will remain in a leadership role.

Warren Equity Partners Acquires MacQueen Equipment

January 18, 2022

Logistics & Distribution

Warren Equity Partners has acquired MacQueen Equipment, a St. Paul-based value-added distributor of environmental and emergency equipment, from Rotunda Capital Partners. Rotunda had partnered with MacQueen since 2018 and grew the business through seven add-on acquisitions to a 15-location, 12-state platform; MacQueen's CEO Dan Gage will continue to lead the company under the new ownership.

MacQueen Equipment (MacQueen Emergency) Acquires Allegiant Emergency Services

June 2, 2021

Industrial Services

MacQueen Equipment, via its MacQueen Emergency division and backed by Rotunda Capital Partners, has acquired Allegiant Emergency Services Inc., a Sioux Falls-based dealer of personal safety and firefighting equipment. The acquisition is an add-on to expand MacQueen Emergency's presence and service capabilities in South Dakota, with Allegiant continuing to operate out of its Sioux Falls location and being rebranded as MacQueen Emergency.

MacQueen Equipment Acquires Bell Equipment

April 1, 2021

Industrial Services

MacQueen Equipment, a Rotunda Capital Partners portfolio company, has acquired Bell Equipment, expanding MacQueen's environmental and municipal equipment dealership network into Michigan and Ohio. The deal creates the largest environmental equipment dealer in the Midwest and preserves the Bell Equipment name to honor its 70-year legacy in the region.

MacQueen Emergency Acquires Emergency Response Solutions (ERS)

September 23, 2020

Industrial Services

MacQueen Emergency, a fire apparatus dealer within the MacQueen Group (a portfolio company of Rotunda Capital Partners), has acquired Emergency Response Solutions (ERS), a Minnesota-based fire equipment supplier headquartered in East Bethel. The transaction expands MacQueen's product and service offerings in Minnesota—adding premier brands and ERS personnel to its local footprint—and strengthens its ability to provide turnkey firefighting solutions to Minnesota fire departments.

Rotunda-backed MacQueen Group Acquires Temco Machinery / Global Emergency Products

November 6, 2019

Industrial Services

MacQueen Group, a Rotunda Capital Partners portfolio company, has acquired Temco Machinery Inc./Global Emergency Products. The deal expands MacQueen's dealer footprint (giving it exclusive Pierce and Oshkosh airport products rights in Illinois and Indiana) and strengthens its parts, service and emergency-equipment capabilities across the Midwest; Global is headquartered in Aurora, Illinois with additional service facilities in Peoria, Illinois and Indianapolis, Indiana.