Martin Nowak spotted two area engines being built by Ferrara.
- Lagrange FD has an MVP – Heavy Rescue Pumper being built on an Ember chassis (H-5010)
- Carpentersville FPD had an engine completed on an Ember chassis (H-4974)
Sep 25
Posted by bgshap in Fire Truck photos, New Apparatus Order, Reader submission | 3 Comments
Martin Nowak spotted two area engines being built by Ferrara.
Tags: Carpentersville Fire Department, Ferrara Ember chassis, Ferrara Fire Apparatus, Ferrara MVP pumper, Lagrange Fire Department, Martin Nowak, new engien for Lagrange Fire Department, new engine for Carpentersville FD
Sep 24
Posted by bgshap in Patch, Site News, updated listing | Comments off
The following patches have been added to the site:
Tags: Burnham Fire Department, Country Club Hills Fire Department, Dixmoor Fire Department, fire department patches, Robbins Fire Department
Sep 24
Posted by bgshap in Fire Department History, Historic fire apparatus | 1 Comment
Bill Friedrich submitted the following:
Here is a classic shot of the old Oak Park Squad doing some hose work while the Eisenhower is being built in the background.
Tags: Bill Friedrich, historic photo of Oak Park Fire Department, Oak Park Fire Department
Sep 24
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The Argonne Laboratory Fire Department has been added to the MABAS Division 10 departments. Argonne had one station on the campus
From the Argonne website:
Argonne National Laboratory, located just outside of Chicago, is one of the U.S. Department of Energy’s largest national laboratories for scientific and engineering research. Our over 1,250 scientists and engineers aim to solve the nation’s most important challenges in energy, the environmentand national security.
The Fire Department consists of 25 career personnel who maintain two ambulances, two engines, a heavy squad, a brush unit, the MABAS Division 10 Decon Unit, and a battalion. The suppression apparatus are all E-ONE and the ambulances are from Wheeled Coach. There is a new ambulance from Wheeled Coach currently on order which will match Ambulance 114.
The trailer for the Decon Unit was recently upgrade with new paint and signage on the outside, plus a new generator and other upgrades to the interior mechanics. Argonne personnel are responsible for maintaining the unit and bringing it to incidents when requested.
Tags: Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory Fire Department, Larry Shapiro, MABAS 10 Decon Unit, MABAS Division 10, Type I Wheeled Coach ambulance
From Dan McInerney:
Northbrook is having work done on Station 10‘s appartus bay- they had the rigs parked about … E12 A10 A10r. E10 @ sta. 10
Tags: Dan McInerney, Northbrook Fire Department, Northbrook Fire Department apparatus
Sep 23
Posted by bgshap in Collectors of fire memorabilia, Fire Department History, Historic fire apparatus, Reader submission | 12 Comments
Tags: Able Fire & Safety, Chicago Engine 17 from the movie Backdraft, Chicago Engine 8, Chicagoland Emergency Vehicle Show, Dave Weaver, fire department history, historic truck photos, Mid-America Truck Company, Ranger cab mounted on Ward LaFrance engine, the movie Backdraft, Ward LaFrance P80 engine, Ward LaFrance P80 engines in Chicago
Sep 23
Posted by bgshap in Fire Department History, Fire Truck photos, Historic fire apparatus | 5 Comments
It’s been a while since our last article in The Color of Fire Trucks series. We are up to MABAS Division 11 this time with only one department to feature which previously ran with apparatus that was not red.
The Cicero Fire Department purchased several units in the 1970s and 1980s that were solid white. They had a Ford/Grove 100′ rear-mount aerial, a Ford/Darly top-mount engine, and a unique squad on a Ford F chassis with a light-weight ladder similar to those used by outdoor sign companies.
Tags: Bill Friedrich, Cicero Fire Department, different colors for fire trucks, Ford Darley engine, Grove aerial ladder, Larry Shapiro, MABAS Division 11, the color of fire engines, W.S. Darley, white fire trucks
Sep 22
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Tyler Tobolt submitted several images of the new firefighter memorial in Algonquin. which previously was mentioned HERE and HERE.
Tags: 9/11 artifact, 9/11 memorial, 9/11 remembrance, 9/11 steel I-beams, Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire District, firefighter memorial, firefighters killed in the Line of Duty, NYC steel beam to be part of 9'/11 memorial in Algonquin, Tyler Tobolt
Sep 22
Posted by bgshap in Collectors of fire memorabilia, Fire Department History, Historic fire apparatus, Reader submission | 1 Comment
Tags: Able Fire & Safety, Chicago Engine 17 from the movie Backdraft, Chicago Engine 8, Chicagoland Emergency Vehicle Show, Dave Weaver, fire department history, historic truck photos, Mid-America Truck Company, Ranger cab mounted on Ward LaFrance engine, the movie Backdraft, Ward LaFrance P80 engine, Ward LaFrance P80 engines in Chicago
This from Tom Clifton:
Bolingbrook semi truck fire I55 NB ramp getting onto the I355 NB. Ramp was shut down numerous hours on 9/21 going into 9/22.
Tags: Bolingbrook Fire Department, Tom Clifton, tractor trailer fire on I55 near Bolingbrook
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