Steve Redick was driving through Maywood yesterday afternoon when the fire department responded to a garage fire in the 500 block of N 7th Ave. Maywood and auto-aid companies made quick work of extinguishing a fire in the detached garage. Steve submitted several images of the scene and the rigs that responded.
Light smoke emits from the detached garage as firefighters hit the interior fire. Steve Redick photo
Maywood Engine 507 had a hydrant at the corner of the Superior and 5th. Steve Redick photo
River Forest Truck 631 responded auto-aid to the fire. Steve Redick photo
Maywood Engine 506 was parked along Superior. Steve Redick photo
Maywood Engine 507 is on a Spartan Gladiator chassis. Steve Redick photo
#1 by Dan McInerney on June 4, 2011 - 9:23 PM
Oak Park staffs and houses TL631 and it responds to River Forest on any fire and fire alarms at target occupancies (the two colleges, residentail hi-rises, etc.). River Forest also contributes funding for maintenance of the rig.
River Forest mans Truck 221 (former OPFD Seagrave) with a driver, and it responds to fires in town with a driver, and on mutual aid calls as requested. It also runs as a second out piece during a multiple call situation, and will meet the out of town ambulance, etc.
WESCOM was not part of the original combined truck purchase deal.
#2 by Jim on June 4, 2011 - 7:02 PM
The deal was that Oak Park mans the tower and River Forest has the combined dispatch center.
#3 by Josh B on June 4, 2011 - 5:30 PM
Yeah but if the tower was co-purchased thru River Forest and Oak Park, why does River Forest go with that old rig and not with the tower
#4 by Mark Van Thiel on June 4, 2011 - 1:31 PM
Yes it is. Was 631 a 1981 Seagrave. Replaced the 1956 American LaFrance Ladder. Has been upgraded since it was new.
#5 by Adam on June 4, 2011 - 11:35 AM
Yes it is. Oak Park has the tower ladder that was co-purchased by both communities.
#6 by Martin on June 4, 2011 - 9:26 AM
Is the ladder truck a former oak park truck?