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Our History
Since opening our doors in 1947, Bacon Equipment Company has been a small, family
owned Dallas-based business. We did not start out as a bacon-supply company, as our name
might suggest, but rather take our name from the original company owner, Benjamin S. Bacon, who
came to Dallas as an entrepreneur after serving as a pilot in World War II. Though he started the
business as a fire extinguisher company offering sales and service, it quickly grew into new markets
including the service of aircraft oxygen bottles and sales of dry ice to airlines to keep airplane meals
cold, installation and service of restaurant fire suppression systems, pressurized cylinder service
and design and installation of custom fire hazard protection using Halon, Carbon Dioxide, Foam
and other waterless fire suppression agents.
Mr. Bacon sold the business to his son-in-law in 1983, who had worked for the company for several
years during that time and become an expert as a field technician and fire system installer. For
several years after taking ownership, he continued to work in the field, installing fire systems and
gaining the invaluable knowledge that can only come from hands-on experience. As current owner,
he now uses that expertise in designing the custom engineered fire systems that protect all types of
property including computer data centers, server rooms, vaults, documents and several other types
of valuables which cannot be protected from fire using water. He served as the founding Vice
President for FEDOT, the Fire Equipment Distributors of Texas. Still the current owner and
operator of Bacon Equipment Company, he and his wife both work full-time as they continue to
jointly operate the family business.
Since opening our doors in 1947, Bacon Equipment Company has been a small, family
owned Dallas-based business. We did not start out as a bacon-supply company, as our name
might suggest, but rather take our name from the original company owner, Benjamin S. Bacon, who
came to Dallas as an entrepreneur after serving as a pilot in World War II. Though he started the
business as a fire extinguisher company offering sales and service, it quickly grew into new markets
including the service of aircraft oxygen bottles and sales of dry ice to airlines to keep airplane meals
cold, installation and service of restaurant fire suppression systems, pressurized cylinder service
and design and installation of custom fire hazard protection using Halon, Carbon Dioxide, Foam
and other waterless fire suppression agents.
Mr. Bacon sold the business to his son-in-law in 1983, who had worked for the company for several
years during that time and become an expert as a field technician and fire system installer. For
several years after taking ownership, he continued to work in the field, installing fire systems and
gaining the invaluable knowledge that can only come from hands-on experience. As current owner,
he now uses that expertise in designing the custom engineered fire systems that protect all types of
property including computer data centers, server rooms, vaults, documents and several other types
of valuables which cannot be protected from fire using water. He served as the founding Vice
President for FEDOT, the Fire Equipment Distributors of Texas. Still the current owner and
operator of Bacon Equipment Company, he and his wife both work full-time as they continue to
jointly operate the family business.
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