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Oak Forest FD history

This from Mike Summa:

Hello,

This is Oak Forest 1967 Seagrave.  It is 1000/500.  It’s long gone, it may have been sold to a department in Minnesota.  Enjoy!

–Mike S.

Mike Summa photo

Tags: Mike Summa, Oak Forest FD history, Oak Forest Fire Department, Seagrave P-Series engine

This entry was posted on May 27, 2016, 7:00 AM and is filed under Fire Department History, Historic fire apparatus. You can follow any responses to this entry through RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

4 Comments

• #1 by Jim Johnson on December 23, 2016 - 2:16 PM

  

  Mike I would like to get in touch with you we started in the late 70s photograhing rigs we both lived in Oak forest wanted to compare notes if you will. enjoy your pictures.

  Jim Johnson OFFD 1978-1988

• #2 by Jim Johnson on May 29, 2016 - 6:49 PM

  

  yes this one went to a dept in Minnesota. two stories about her. this was my engine out of station two while i was on, she went north and fought a forest fire some years later for three days. her front axle in a lake she pumped and saved the small town, second one is sad, while sitting in her station an electrical malfunction in the ambulance next to her started a fire and both units were lost.
  Jim OFFD 1978-1988

• #3 by Mike H. on May 27, 2016 - 12:33 PM

  

  Seagrave was a lot more widespread in those days, all over the country. Most of them, like this one, have just the pneumatic siren. Not all of them used Federal Q (this engine looks like it has a B&M.)

• #4 by Crabby Milton on May 27, 2016 - 9:15 AM

  

  Hey that is one nice SEAGRAVE K.
  I wonder if it originally had a traditional Q siren or if it was ordered with an electronic. I think they offered both types back then.
  Milwaukee had just one pumper a 1964 that got yours truly interested in fire apparatus in the late 70’s. I found out years later that it was built the same year I was 🙂

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