Archive for November, 2009

The first Division 10 departments come online

Nov 12

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The McCook Fire Department in Division 10 has been uploaded to the site. They have four pieces of apparatus including a new ambulance with a unique graphic scheme. Both of their engines are on Spartan chassis.

Also in Division 10 the Lyons Fire Department has been added. This is a Pierce department with a fairly new Arrow XT pumper with excellent graphics which include a flag painted on the grill. Lyons’ engines 1312 & 1314 both feature a rather unique component for this area; they each have a telescoping light tower mounted to the cab roof.

Tags: Arrow XT, Division 10, Lyons, McCook, Pierce, Spartan

Multiple units on order for Countryside

Nov 10

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The Countryside FPD (Division 4) is expecting delivery of three units in 2010. They have ordered the following:

IHC/Horton ambulance

IHC/Rosenbauer Timberwolf wildland engine

IHC/US Tank 2500 gallon tanker (tender)

Tags: Countryside, Horton, Rosenbauer, Timberwolf, US Tank

Long Grove is added

Nov 9

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In Division 4, the Long Grove Fire Protection District (station 55) has been added to the site. They have a full house with 9 vehicles plus a boat although utility 55 (a Ford pickup) is not featured on the site.

Long Grove FPD Station 55

LGRV_S55

Tags: Division 4, Long Grove

Rolling Meadows FD updates

Nov 9

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The Rolling Meadows Fire Department is expecting delivery next year of a new IHC/Medtec ambulance. They also have plans for a third fire station (Station 17) to be built in the future on Algonquin Road between Meadowbrook and Wilke Roads.

Tags: MedTec, Rolling Meadows, ROLM

Division 1 departments updated

Nov 9

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Several additions and updates have been made to departments in Division 1.

EGRV_E10-LS

Elk Grove Station 10 has been completed.

ROLM_E16-LS

Rolling Meadows Station 16 has been updated.

SCHM_E52

Schaumburg Station 52 has been completed.

HFES_S22

Hoffman Estates Station 22 has been added.

Tags: Division 1, EGRV, Elk Grove Village, HFES, Hoffman Estates, Rolling Meadows, ROLM, Schaumburg, SCHM

CFD updates

Nov 6

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A 2-11 alarm fire on Chicago’s southside the other morning did not pan out for fire photos but did provide a means to add several rigs to this site. The shots are all at night and will be replaced eventually with daytime photos, but these at least allow for the addition of more companies in the mean time. Included in this group is engine 32‘s brand new Spartan Crimson engine.

Engine 32 - 1 of 6 2009 Spartan Crimson engines that recently went into service

Other units updated are:

The following units will be added soon and represent new house listings from the fire scene:

Engine 64 & Ambulance 27

Engine 88 & 4-5-5

Engine 101 & Truck 41

Engine 129 & Truck 50

Engine 15, Battalion 20 & Ambulance 18

Tags: Chicago, Crimson, Spartan

more Division 24 departments go online

Nov 6

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Dennis McGuire, Jr. and Karl Klotz have been busy contributing images to bring Division 24 online. The following departments are now on this site:

Tinley Park with 4 stations (images by Karl)

East Hazel Crest (images by Dennis)

Hazel Crest (images by Karl)

Riverdale (images by Dennis)

As a matter of interest, the first three of these departments listed above have the same black over red color scheme in common.

Tags: Division 24, East Hazel Crest, Hazel Crest, Klotz, McGuire, Riverdale, Tinley Park

updated rig photos

Nov 6

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Karl Klotz has been vigilant in keeping an eye out for rig shots that are missing from this site. He recently submitted the following photos:

Northbrook ambulance 12R

Des Plaines engine 64R

Mount Prospect tower 13

Skokie engine 16R

Prospect Heights engine 9

Tags: Des Plaines, Mount Prospect, Northbrook, Prospect Heights, Skokie

Wheeling station 24 construction update

Nov 6

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Wheeling is in the process of building a new headquarters station 24 on Milwaukee Avenue between Dundee Road and Hintz Road. The police department is anticipating expanding into the entire facility at 255 W. Dundee Road that formerly housed the village hall in addition to police and fire. The village offices moved out earlier this year into a new facility. It is unclear when the fire department will be able to totally vacate the space though due to longer anticipated response times to the north west portion of their district. A projected third station to cover that area has not yet been settled on.

Artist rendering of Wheeling''s new headquarters station 24

Wheeling headquarters station under construction on Milwaukee Avenue - 11-1-09

Tags: construction, new station, Wheeling

Rosemont completes Division 1

Nov 6

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Rosemont new Pierce tower ladder

The new addition of the Rosemont Public Safety Department to Division 1 now signifies that all Division 1 departments have been added to this site … with some degree of completion.

Rosemont occupies 2 stations: Sta1 is for Fire Suppression Companies and Sta2 is for EMS units. They have 5 ambulances in Station 2; #s 167 & 168 are staffed full-time by contract medics and the other 3 units are staffed for large events at the arena.

Rosemont public safety officers are cross-trained as police officers and firefighters and are required to spend time fulfilling both jobs. A rather unique aspect of all Rosemont fire apparatus is that they are equipped with gun lockers to secure the firearms of officers while performing firefighting functions.