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Seymour WI VFD 100th Anniversary Muster

Apr 26

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From Erik Rasmussen regarding the Seymour VFD 100th Anniversary Muster on June 12, 2010 in Seymour, WI

Hello to All:

Below, please find information regarding the 100^th Anniversary Muster & Parade. Below, please find muster registration, hotel and activities and a link to the Seymour, WI VFD website. In addition to the parade and music, you can make a full weekend of activities in the Green Bay area.

Seymour Volunteer Fire Department: Directions to the parade and event schedule are available on the VFD website: www.seymourfd.com

Lodging & Prices via Travelocity.com:

Radisson Hotel & Conference Center. This hotel is located at the Oneida Casino: $122/nt. This is the closest to the parade and events.
Aloft Green Bay: New riverfront hotel with adjacent restaurant. This is a very nice hotel with a break. This upscale hotel is located next door to the National Railroad Museum and 2 minutes from Lambeau Field. $99/nt. The hotel is 20 minutes to the parade and events.
Hilton Garden Inn: Next door to Lambeau Field and in the heart of the stadium entertainment district. 5 minutes to the Railroad Museum and shopping. 15 minutes to the parade. Hotel has an Indoor pool and on-site restaurant. $88/nt.
The Hampton Inn Green Bay has a rate of $84/nt including breakfast. 15 minutes from parade and events. Restaurants, shopping and Lambeau Field nearby.

What to Do?

Brown County Golf Course. Rated by Golf Digest among the best public courses in Wisconsin. www.co.brown.wi.us/departments/?department=621d214bd4bc
Crystal Springs Golf Course: Located in Seymour. A challenging course for any skill level. www.crystalspringsgolf.com
Bay Park Square: Upscale shopping, dining and theaters. www.bayparksquaremall.com
National Railroad Museum. A great collection of working steam and diesel trains with rides and interactive displays: www.nationalrrmuseum.org
Heritage Hill Living History Museum. A snapshot of history into the origins of Green Bay and the Fox River Valley: www.heritagehillgb.org
Bay Beach Amusement Park. This is a traditional amusement park for kids of all ages, rides are $0.25 each! website: www.baybeach.org
Lambeau Field Tours / Packers Hall of Fame: www.lambeaufield.com and www.packers.com
Wisconsin Timber Rattler Baseball: Brewers farm team located in Appleton, just 30 minutes south. Tickets start at $5. www.timberrattlers.com
Door County: Green Bay to Sturgeon Bay is just 45 minutes on a new 65mph highway. www.doorcounty.com
Seymour Youth Softball Tournament. Saturday. A great family park. Free admission. Food. Seymour Rock Ledge Park.

Dining:

Seymour Hotel: A traditional Wisconsin Supper Club. Fun atmosphere and great food, good prices. Downtown Seymour. www.hotelseymour.com

Jackson Pointe: Located at Crystal Springs Golf Course in Seymour. Good food, inexpensive lunch and great location. www.crystalspringsgolf.com
Grazie’s: Italian family food, moderately priced. Located in Green Bay near the hotels mentioned above and Bay Park Square.
Titletown Brewery: Located on the riverfront in the Green Bay Railroad Depot. This micro brewery serves hearty meals and reasonably priced.
Curly’s Pub/Restaurant: Located inside Lambeau Field. Good food, moderately priced, Packer atmosphere.

Parade Registration: Every parade entrant will receive one complimentary ticket to the Oak Ridge Boys concert. Additional tickets are $5 in advance. Please see attachment.

Please let me know if you have any questions. Look forward to seeing you all there.

Regards,

Erik.

Tags: Anniversary, muster, Seymour

MABAS Division 4 – Revised Station/Apparatus Numbering

Apr 26

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Lake County MABAS Division 4 has undergone a division wide systematic renumbering of stations and also the apparatus. This listing showing revised station numbering was forwarded by Bill Friedrich:

The county which consists of 26 fire departments and/or fire districts is divided into 4 quadrants. Each quad is represented by the first digit in the new numbering system. The second digit now represents the department within that quad and the final digit represents the station number for that particular department.

Abbott’s fire station is now Station 111

Beach Park is Station 121

Gurnee Stations 1 & 2 become Stations 131 & 132

Newport Stations 1 & 2 become Stations 141 & 142

North Chicago Stations 1 & 2 become Stations 151 & 152

Waukegan Stations 1-5 become Stations 161-165

Winthrop Harbor is now Station 171

Zion stations 1 & 2 become Stations 181 & 182

Great Lakes Naval Training Center Stations 1-3 become Stations 191-193

Antioch Stations 1-3 become Stations 211-213

Fox Lake Stations 1-3 become Stations 221-223

Lake Villa Stations 1-3 become Stations 241-243

Round Lake Stations 1-3 become Stations 261-263

Grayslake Stations 1 & 2 become Stations 271 & 272

Lake Zurich Stations 1-4 become Stations 321-324

Wauconda Stations 1-3 become Stations 341-343

Barrington Stations 1-3 become Stations 361-363

Countryside Stations 1 & 2 are now Stations 411 & 412

Lake Forest Stations 1 & 2 are now Stations 421 & 422

Mundelein Stations 1 & 2 are now Stations 431 & 432

Knollwood is now Station 441

Lake Bluff is Station 451

Libertyville Stations 1 & 2 are now Stations 461 & 462

The Buffalo Grove, Long Grove and Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Fire Departments/Districts have previously renumbered their stations in conjunction with Northwest Central Dispatch (Buffalo Grove) or RED Center (Long Grove and Lincolnshire Riverwoods) and a re subsequently not participating in the new Lake County numbering system.

Tags: Division 19, Friedrich, Lake County, MABAS

Mt Prospect opens new station

Apr 25

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An article in Saturday’s Daily Herald announces that Mount Prospect Station 14 is now open.

Mount Prospect firefighters have moved into their new Fire Station 14, which has been under construction for about a year.The new $8.5 million building is located at 2000 E. Kensington and will serve the north end of down, said Finance Director David Erb. Mount Prospect’s other two fire stations are at Golf and Busse roads and downtown near village hall.The former Fire Station 14 was located on the same site and was demolished before construction began on the new one, Erb said.The village will host a grand opening at 10 a.m. on May 29.But before then, the Mount Prospect Historical Society will host a fundraiser from 6 to 10 p.m. on May 21 at the new station. The event will include tours, a “firehouse dinner” of chili, hot dogs and hamburgers, and an open beer and wine bar. There will also be live entertainment, an auction and giveaways. The cost is $40 per person and all benefits will go to restore the 1896 Central School – the building where the Mount Prospect Fire Department was founded on Sept. 29, 1913.”They certainly have come a long way from those days,” said Greg Peerbolte, executive director of the Mount Prospect Historical Society. “The entire force was all-volunteer and its equipment was comprised of eight buckets, two axes, two pike poles, an extension ladder and a roof ladder.”

Tags: Mount Prospect, MTPR, new station

Local production updates

Apr 24

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CRIMSON: The Spartan Gladiator Classic/Crimson engine for Highland Park should be at the local dealership within the next two weeks. After the appication of graphics have been completed, the 1500/500/40 engine which is slated for Station 32 in the Ravinia section of town should be delivered.

The order for 30-103′ rear mount aerial ladder trucks for Chicago will be on Spartan Gladiator Classic MFD chassis with a 10″ raised extension on the sides and a notched cab to maintain a low travel height. The first chassis should be readying soon for production at Spartan. Crimson built a demo to the Chicago specifications last year and sold it as a stock truck to Jersey City, NJ which can be seen HERE. Although there have been some modifications to the final design, this is pretty close to what t he final units will look like in Chicago, including the gray ladder.

photo by Ron Jeffers

HME AHRENS FOX: Oak Park has two HME Ahrens Fox custom pumpers on order. These will be on the HME 1971W cab with 400hp engines, 1500 GPM pumps and 750 gallon water tanks. The units are expected to be delivered in October of 2010.

SVI Trucks: The rescue coming for the Cherry Valley FPD should be on display at the Fire Rescue International trade show in August at McCormick Place. This is being built on a single axle Gladiator chassis with a Classic LFD cab, forward facing seating for five, and a 10″ raised roof. It will feature a 20′ walk-around body, roll-up doors, a top mounted Command Light and top of body compartments with a rear staircase for access.

Tags: Ahrens Fox, Cherry Valley, Chicago, Crimson, Gladiator, Highland Park, HME, Oak Park, Spartan, Super Vac, SVI

local rigs on display at FDIC

Apr 24

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As mentioned in a post yesterday, a few local area fire departments had apparatus featured at the FDIC. These included …

Buffalo Grove

photo by Larry Shapiro

Winfield

photo by Larry Shapiro

Oswego FPD

photo by Larry Shapiro

Carol Stream

photo by Larry Shapiro

Cicero

Tags: Arrow XT, BGFD, Buffalo Grove, Carol Stream, Cicero, EONE, FDIC, Ferrara, HP100, Igniter, Impel, Oswego, Pierce, PUC, pumper/tanker, Quest, Shapiro, TDA, tiller, tower ladder, Winfield

photos and some highlights from the FDIC 2010

Apr 24

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The FDIC was located in two seperate buildings; The Indianapolis Convention Center and the Lucas Oil Stadium across the street. Most of the major apparatus vendors took space in the stadium including Pierce, EONE, Rosenbauer, KME, Sutphen, Ferrara, Seagrave, Marion, Hackney, Alexis, Fort Garry and HME. In the convention center were Spartan, Crimson, Smeal, SVI, Summit, US Tanker, Toyne, Semo, Danko, Rescue 1/PL Custom, and Custom Fire Apparatus plus Darley and Snozzle.

photo by Larry Shapiro

HME Ahrens Fox introduced a CNG powered engine on the 1871 SFO chassis with a complete vinyl graphic wrap.

photo by Larry Shapiro

photo by Larry Shapiro

There was also an interesting helicopter training prop for fire extinguishment.

photo by Larry Shapiro

Crimson introduced a new pumper design with a Darley pump which appears to compete with the Pierce PUC.

photo by Larry Shapiro

Tags: 1871 SFO, Ahrens Fox, CNG, Crimson, Darley, FDIC, HME, Lucas Oil Stadium, Shapiro, training prop, Transformer

new Chicago area rigs on display at FDIC

Apr 23

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Several new apparatus for northern Illinois departments are being displayed in vendor booths at the FDIC in Indianapolis.

In the Pierce booth, there is a VelocityImpel/PUC/pumper tanker going to Winfield and an Arrow XT 100′ aluminum RM tower ladder for the Oswego FPD.

In the Ferrara booth is a new 100′ RM tower ladder for Buffalo Grove and the new engine for Buffalo Grove was parked outside.

In the EONE booth is a recent delivery for Carol Stream – a Quest HP100 RM tower ladder

Tags: aluminum, Buffalo Grove, Carol Stream, EONE, FDIC, Ferrara, Oswego, Pierce, PUC, Quest, Velocity, Winfield

Gardner gets new Horton

Apr 23

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A 2010 Ford/Horton Type I ambulance has been assigned as ambulance 6614 for the Gardner VFD.

Gardner VFD 2010 Ford Horton ambulance

Tags: ambulance, Division 15, Ford, Gardner, Horton, Klotz, MICU, Type I

updated photo of new Frankfort FPD station

Apr 23

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Karl Klotz has provided a recent shot of the now completed new Station #4 in Frankfort. The station is not yet open but is expected to be in service early this summer. The corrected address is 7980 Steger Road.

Frankfort FPD Station 4

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New life for old Snorkel

Apr 22

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The Riverdale Fire Department in Division 24 recently acquired a 1971 Maxim/Pierce 75′ Snorkel from Munster, Indiana. Dennis McGuire, Jr. submitted a photo of the rig which has some basic modifications of the original lettering. Dennis also reports that Riverdale has a a used Snorkel from Oak Forest, IL which has not yet been lettered or put into service. Dennis will photograph this unit when it is ready.

According to Munster Town Council Minutes from May 2008, the following was discussed:

DISPOSAL OF EQUIPMENT: SURPLUS SNORKEL

Resolution 1736 authorized the long term loan of the 1971 Pierce Maxim Snorkel to the Fire Museum of Greater Chicago. The apparatus has been stored at the bus barn of the School Town of Munster until the Fire Museum of Greater Chicago has a permanent location to display it.

The School Town needs the space where the snorkel is currently stored and had requested its removal from the bus barn. The Fire Museum has informed the Town that they are unable to accept the snorkel due to space limitations. Other fire museums in the area have been contacted and none have the necessary space. The equipment is only valuable to a collector as it is no longer certified as firefighting equipment. Staff is seeking authority to appraise the snorkel and sell it to the highest bidder. A minimum bid amount will be set based on the appraisal.

1971 Maxim Pierce 75' Snorkel in it's new home in Riverdale, IL. Formerly of Munster, IN, this unit was also the prototype for the Franklin Mint die-cast model several years ago. Photo by Dennis McGuire, Jr.