Several months ago, the Morton Grove Fire Department placed a new ambulance into service out of Station 4. It is a 2011 Medtec Type I on an IHC 4300 chassis. This new addition shuffled a few units in the fleet. The previous Ambulance 4, a 1998 IHC 4700/Road Rescue became the reserve (Ambulance 4R) and a 1997 IHC 4700/Road Rescue which had been the reserve was taken out of service.
Morton Grove Ambulance 4 is running with this 2010 IHC 4300/2011 Medtec Type I unit our of the headquarters station. Larry Shapiro photo
Ambulance 4 is similar to Ambulance 5 which is a 2006 IHC 4300/Medtec with a different lighting package.
Morton Grove Ambulance 5 is assigned this 2006 IHC 4300/Medtec Type I unit which transitioned the black over red color scheme to an ambulance. Larry Shapiro photo
The apparatus at both Morton Grove stations has been updated on the site to reflect the current fleet in its entirety.
#1 by todd on November 7, 2011 - 9:58 PM
how come red n blue lights are going out of style
#2 by J. C. on November 7, 2011 - 8:38 AM
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#3 by Walter Little, Jr. on November 6, 2011 - 7:14 PM
Nice looking ambulance. One thing puzzles me though, why do so many Illinois cities utilize the black over red color scheme? (It’s sharp looking, but I just wondered why so many use it.)