This from Josh Boyajian:
Fox River-Countryside Fire Protection District – Wayne, Campton Hills, & St. Charles (Unincorporated) IllinoisEngine 1811 – 2013 Spartan MetroStar/2016 Alexis 1500/1000
Fox River-Countryside Fire Protection District – Wayne, Campton Hills, & unincorporated St. Charles, Engine 1811 – 2013 Spartan MetroStar/2016 Alexis 1500/1000. Josh Boyajian photo
#1 by Fyr300 on August 12, 2016 - 8:18 PM
shat do you expect the staffing to use? Reliable equipment is just as important
#2 by MABAS 21 on August 12, 2016 - 3:51 PM
Fire Service Inc Facebook page shows FRC FPD just received a 2016 Ford F-450 4×4 / Wheeled Coach Type I Ambulance
#3 by Michael m on June 26, 2016 - 10:34 PM
Which station will it be assigned to? If they were able to find a way to lease this rig, good for them. My guess is it is traditional red since it is a demo and isn’t the chairman of the board who initially picked the color scheme is no longer chairman of the board?
#4 by CrabbyMilton on June 6, 2016 - 5:51 AM
Very impressive looking rig there.
#5 by Bill C. on June 6, 2016 - 1:05 AM
I’m Curious as to exactly how much & Why this needed to be refurbed as it was only 3 years old .
#6 by Robert on June 7, 2016 - 1:03 PM
Is it possible that this replaced the chassis they were having issues with?
#7 by Shane on June 5, 2016 - 4:07 PM
Maybe they got grants to ease part of the spending
#8 by Austin on June 6, 2016 - 12:53 AM
You got me curious, so I dug around their website. The only thing I can find was from the last board meeting where they have an agreement with a bank to lease new apparatus. So perhaps this is being leased from Alexis, and is probably a demo. It would explain why it is red instead of white and green. Or they are preparing for the inevitable of having STC and South Elgin take over the district, haha.
#9 by Austin on June 5, 2016 - 2:20 PM
MABAS 21, you took the words right out of my mouth. What are they doing?! They cut their staff and complain that they are broke (which they are) yet somehow have hundreds of thousands to spend on a new engine. I guarantee you before the year is over they will talk about how they need money asap, or more layoffs will come. They already had one foot in the grave, now they have half the body in it.
#10 by Michael M on June 5, 2016 - 11:36 AM
I agree, I thought that the district put new apparatus purchases on the back burner! What are they thinking!
#11 by MABAS 21 on June 5, 2016 - 8:18 AM
WTF!!!! Are you kidding me? The district is in extreme financial duress and cannot afford to provide adequate staffing to serve the residents and they’re going to purchase a new engine!?!?!? Shame on the trustees who are extremely irresponsible with the taxpayers money! The residents should be in an uproar with these incompetent idiots who are going to cause the district to fold up!