This from Dieterich Herndobler
After seeing the post that Oak Brook was selling their E-One tower, I became curious if they were going to be running without a truck now or not and stumbled upon their new aerial on the Pierce Facebook page on the blue floor. From the photo it appears to be a 105 foot PUC.
New Pierce Arrow XT PUC quint for Oak Brook Ladder 94. Pierce photo
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#1 by Ryan on May 26, 2014 - 11:47 AM
With this being a “true quint”, I’ve heard it will be frontline out of Station 94. No more jumping between the engine and truck for different types of calls.
#2 by Evan Davis on May 25, 2014 - 11:28 PM
Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but if I remember right when listening to Ducomm Fire East, the Oak Brook truck rolls out on all full stills and general alarms for structure fires. If it’s a medical emergency, Engine 94 rolls out with the medic unit. I know they have a chart on the village of Oak Brooks, fire dept website of what units respond to what type of call.
#3 by Michael M on May 25, 2014 - 9:18 PM
When will it be delivered to Oak Brook?
#4 by Tom Foley on May 25, 2014 - 12:13 PM
This is an amazingly sharp rig! I don’t personally have information about staffing at this department, but I agree there is something to be said about the rotation of equipment at some departments when staff is low.
Departments need rigs that work and can get to fires in an emergency, no question. But some of these rigs at some suburban departments spend more time being buffed, cleaned, and in parades than they do actually going on calls.
All that said, people are expensive, too. By the time you get to benefits per employee, you might be at $70-100k per new hire. Bringing on a new employee is absolutely an investment. Worthwhile perhaps, but an important consideration.
#5 by Crabby Milton on May 25, 2014 - 11:55 AM
Well I hope this won’t turn into a cop bashing forum but some people see a beautiful rig like that and not understand that a rig such as that is purpose built and purpose built rigs just happen to look much better than one built on a commercial truck chassis. Many departments have used commercial truck chassis over the many decades only to find while they cost less to purchase, they don’t hold up as well and will end up costing more over time. A municipality can have whatever paint scheme it wants but it won’t make any difference if it’s plain white like Denver or New Haven or red with gold and black some people will only crab and moan and try to make it a fire vs. police issue which is troubling since often times cities waste money on nonsense on things that do little good other than public safety.
#6 by Chuck on May 25, 2014 - 11:52 AM
No, Robert, I am not a police officer. Former CFD medic. And part of my comment was missing due to own stupidity – should have read “shows up with enough guys to do the job properly rather than waiting for 7 or 8 more rigs…yaddayaddayadda.”
#7 by 0.03 on May 25, 2014 - 11:48 AM
I’m with you chuck. It’s funny how some of the most wealthiest cities in the area have the most piss poor staffing.
#8 by Robert on May 25, 2014 - 9:23 AM
Chuck must be a police officer
#9 by Chuck on May 25, 2014 - 4:09 AM
So when the three quarters of a million dollar truck shows up to the 5 million dollar house on fire with 2 guys, everybody will be able to ooh and ahh over how pretty it is while another foundation gets saved. It still continues to amaze how fire departments will hope their citizens will worry more about how their apparatus look than about how they perform at an incident. I’d rather have the bare bones rig as long as it shows up with enough
or 8 more rigs showing up with 2 or if lucky, 3 guys from miles away.
#10 by cmk420 on May 25, 2014 - 12:22 AM
Would love to see the rest of this vehicle, but I agree with everyone else–this looks like a sharp rig!
#11 by 0.03 on May 24, 2014 - 9:04 PM
That’s to nice for the street people in Oak Brook.
#12 by Fartin' Fred on May 24, 2014 - 5:57 PM
I too am a fan of the black & red chevron striping.
#13 by Robert on May 24, 2014 - 2:49 PM
Ive seen this truck a few times being posted by people on facebook and none seem to know where it was going. I love it amd I’m glad its coming to Illinois
#14 by Evan Davis on May 24, 2014 - 2:21 PM
Wow, love the solid red with black stripping! Very nice!