Fox River & Countryside FPD updates

Here is an update from the Alexis website on the construction of the new engine for Fox River & Countryside.

Alexis Fire Equipment photo

This from John Tulipano:

Fox River and Countryside has moved station 3 into a brand new facility at 6N330 Route 25 in St Charles.

I have attached a few photos taken back in January. I drove by recently and the new station is occupied (but not totally completed) and the old station is closed.

Here is the link for the ground breaking. Here is a link stating that they moved in February 27, 2014.

John Tulipano photo

John Tulipano photo

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#1 by cmk420 on March 13, 2014 - 4:12 PM

Chris–I don’t know why they don’t just call it Station 2; I guess it’s just how Fox River chooses to number their stations.
#2 by Chris S on March 12, 2014 - 9:42 PM

cmk420 – So call this station 2, just makes no sense
#3 by cmk420 on March 12, 2014 - 7:50 PM

According to their website, Station 2 is still several years away; although they have bought the land for it. I think the initial focus was to replace Station 3 (which was operating out of a temporary warehouse structure) with something more permanent. Also, I looked at the picture gallery & it appears they swapped the Station 1 ambo with the Station 3 ambo. Not sure why that happened.
#4 by Chris S on March 12, 2014 - 7:17 PM

Why is this station 3 when there isn’t a station 2 yet?
#5 by Michael M on March 12, 2014 - 12:30 PM

Will this engine go to the new station?
#6 by Robert on March 11, 2014 - 9:00 PM

Haven’t you seen the pictures from before?
#7 by Joel Hallstrom on March 11, 2014 - 8:53 PM

Fox River’s engine is not all new, they are pulling out the IH chassis that was under this body due to mechanical issues and replacing it with a Spartan. Check out the link and you can see the body is identical:

http://www.alexisfire.com/FireEquipment/NewDeliveries/FoxRiver2135/index.html