Brendle Fire Equipment was founded in 1960 by Mr. F. C. (Kit) Brendle’s father, Mr. F. C. Brendle, Sr. and his brother, Mr. H. W. Brendle, Sr. Upon retirement of Mr. Brendle, Sr. in 1976, Brendle Fire Equipment was rearranged under the following separate entities with 100% ownership to each of Mr. Brendle’s sons: 

Brendle, Inc. was owned by Mr. H. W. Brendle, Sr. until his retirement (fire extinguishers, kitchen hood systems, etc.). Two of his sons, Idus Brendle, Kent Brendle now run this company.

Brendle Fire Equipment evolved into a corporation for fabrication of material supplies and piping fabrication owned by Mr. W. E. Brendle, Sr. Upon his retirement, the company was sold to Tom Ward. Tom retired in .... and sold the company to Toby Edwards and Trey Ward, both of which still run Brendle Fabrication still today.

Brendle Sprinkler Co., Inc. under the ownership and leadership of Mr. F. C. (Kit) Brendle, Jr. has been immediately successful as a leader in the Alabama fire protection sprinkler industry and continually strives to protect its reputation for outstanding quality of work, fairness and cooperation with its customers, and honesty at all times. In January of 2024, Kit's son Hunter became President/Owner of Brendle Sprinkler Company, Inc.

For over 60 years, we have been serving the river region and the south. There are many people that have helped play a huge part of those 60 years  and I would like to thank them for helping us save lives and property all across the south. I am grateful for the trust and dedication that many have had to not only to my family, but our work family as well. When people walk in our office, they are in awe of our 20 year (39 employees), 30 year (20 employees), 40 year (8 employees), and 50 year (2 employees) employee plaques. Brendle Sprinkler will continue to pride itself on maintaining their family like relationships with employees, contractors, owners, and any other affiliates that allow them to continue to help save lives and property.

-Hunter