Bolingbrook Fire Department patch

The Bolingbrook Fire Department in MABAS Division 16, has been added to the site. Bolingbrook runs out of five stations. Each station has a suppression company and all but Station 5 run a medic unit. The suppression company at Station 1 is a jump company utilizing either the engine or the truck depending on the nature of the dispatch. As mentioned previously, a new engine is on order for Station 5, and a new medic unit will be in service before the year ends.

Bolingbrook Fire Department Engine 2 HME Ferrara Intruder 2

One of three units by Ferrara in Bolingbrook. Larry Shapiro photo

The suppression apparatus are a mixture of Precision Fire Apparatus (out of Camdenton, MO), Ferrara, Grumman, and Seagrave. Medic units were build by Road Rescue, Wheeled Coach, Life Line, and Osage.

Bolingbrook Fire Department Engine 5 Precision Fire Apparatus

Engine 5 has one of two commercial engines in Bolingbrook, both of which were built by Precision Fire Apparatus. Larry Shapiro photo

Missing from the images posted on the site are a 1992 Seagrave reserve engine at Station 4, and two large trailers. One at Station 4 carries a Gator AWD unit, and one at Station 5 houses the technical rescue equipment.

Bolingbrook Fire Department Medic Unit 1

This ambulance has different striping than the other units in Bolingbrook because they purchased it from Air Angels. Larry Shapiro photo

The medic unit running out of Station 1 was formerly owned by Air Angels, Inc. which went out of business in February of 2009. Air Angels operated ground medical transport and helicopter transport. In 2008, an Air Angels helicopter crashed.

Bolingbrook Fire Station 3

Bolingbrook Station 3 is at 1111 W. Boughton Road. Larry Shapiro photo