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New engine in Carol Stream

May 19

Posted by bgshap in Fire Department News, New Delivery | Comments off

The Spartan/Alexis engine for Carol Stream has been completed. Specs and several images can be found on the Alexis site HERE. Previous posts are HERE, and HERE.

Carol Stream Fire Department Spartan Alexis Engine 29. Alexis Fire photo

CAROL STREAM FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT #2156
CUSTOM SIDE CONTROL PUMPER

Technical Specs
• Spartan Metro Star MFD flat roof Chassis
• Cummins ISL9, 450-HP Diesel Engine
• Allison 3000 EVS Automatic Transmission
• Heavy Duty 3/16” Aluminum Body
• ROM Roll Up Doors, left side and rear, Box type flush doors, right side
• 750-Gallon Poly Tank
• Hale QMAX150, 1500-GPM Pump
• Side Control Pump Operator’s panel
• Five (5) 2 ½” Discharges, two (2) left side, one (1) right side and two (2) rear
• Two (2) 3” Discharges, one (1) right side and one (1) over pump for deck gun
• One (1) Akron Apollo Deck Gun with stream shaper, stacked tips and mounts
• Two (2) 1 ½” Mattydale Preconnects, top forward area of pump module
• One (1) 4” Discharge, rear
• One (1) 2 ½” Gated Suction, left side
• 24” Front bumper extension with 5” suction and recessed toolbox
• Two (2) EMS compartments with roll up doors and shelves, cab interior
• Running board hose well for 30-ft of 5” hose, left side
• Two (2) Dual bottle Air bottle compartments, one (1) each side wheel well area
• Two (2) individual Suction hose storage compartments, hose bed area
• Ladder storage brackets, right side
• Turtle Tile on floors and/or shelves and trays of compartments
• Two (2) Federal GHSCENE scene lights, rear
• Two (2) Air Horns, front bumper
• Kussmaul 1200 Pump Plus on-board battery charger/air compressor
• Kussmaul Super Auto Eject 120-volt shoreline
• Code 3 Electronic Siren
• Federal Q2B Siren, front bumper
• Whelen Warning Light Package
• Chevron pattern striping, rear
• 10’ 1” Overall height
• 31’ 7” Overall length
• 186” Wheelbase
• 132” Cab to Axle
• 20,000 FAWR
• 27,000 RAWR
• 47,000 GVWR

thanks Martin

Tags: Alexis Fire Apparatus, Alexis Fire Equipment, Carol Stream Fire Department, new engine being built by Alexis for Carol Stream

New engine in Antioch – update

May 19

Posted by bgshap in Fire Department News, Fire Service News, New Delivery | 1 Comment

Jeff rudolph submitted an image of the new UST engine in Antioch with some updates:

The new Antioch engine will run out of sta. 1, the ALF will go to sta. 3, and the ’73 Pirsch is gone.

Antioch Fire District Engine 1 Spartan UST

Antioch Fire District Engine 1 was built by UST on a 2011 Spartan Metrostar chassis. It has a 1,500-GPM pump and 750 gallons of water. Jeff Rudolph photo

The Daily Herald reports that Antioch will have a “wet-down” for the new engine on May 29th.

Two years after it originally received a federal grant, the Antioch Fire Department is gearing up to welcome its newest fire engine with a ceremony from the time of horse-drawn wagons. … the department will host an event featuring the century-old rituals of “wetting down” the new truck, pushing out the old truck and pushing in the new truck.

The ceremony is set for May 29 at 7 p.m. at Fire Station 1, 835 Holbek Drive. It is open to the public.

“In days gone by, when the horses were pulling the fire engines, the tradition was to wet down the wheels and wipe them off and then push the fire pump into the station,” fire Chief John Nixon said. “They wet down the wheels because they wanted to maintain the wooden spokes, so they wouldn’t come into disrepair.”

The truck may look a bit different from the others. The department’s apparatus committee decided the new truck will feature a traditional black roof and red body, as opposed to most of Antioch’s trucks that have a white roof.

“The committee felt this was an opportunity to move ahead as the Antioch Fire Department turns 100 years old next March … (and) adopt a new tradition,” Nixon said. “Black over red is very popular in Chicagoland.”

The truck will also display a newly designed Antioch Fire Department [scramble].

Read the entire article HERE.

thanks Chris

The last area “wet-down” was in Buffalo Grove.