New aerial for Schiller Park (more)

Updated production photos from E-ONE of the new aerial ladder for Schiller Park so#140906

E-ONE photo

From the Fire Service Inc. Facebook page:

Final inspection of Schiller Park FD Metro 100 aerial.

Fire Service, Inc. photo

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#1 by Brian on June 27, 2017 - 12:32 PM

Difference between Auto-Aid and mutual aid. Auto aid is an agreement to respond on an initial call. I don’t know that is the case, just a possibility.

In certain areas, a straight stick can be of better use and can be placed in places a tower can not access. Through trees, etc.

I agree with you on the over reliance of mutual aid and some towns seemingly using this as a crutch to not add the proper manning but don’t see that changing anytime soon with the current financial constraints and mess Illinois is in.

The other thing that is mind boggling to me is the duplication of resources from town to town. If all my neighboring towns have tower ladders and I am purchasing an aerial device, why not go to a straight stick. In the event I need a tower if a call arises, then one is likely available. Just as my stick would be available the other way.
#2 by Tom Foley on June 26, 2017 - 11:25 PM

My only gripe about relying on mutual aid is that chances are, it’s no longer mutual. Meaning, one community is paying for a more expensive piece of equipment and those taxpayers are paying for it while the others are just reaping the benefits.

If there is cost sharing or the department without the resources is providing some other benefit, then I consider this mutual.

As a general comment (and not specifically for the dept here), I believe things are starting to stretch thinner and thinner. Manpower is down. Equipment sits unmanned or used as jump companies. Auto/mutual aid is starting to be used and relied on too extensively.

There are efficiencies to be had… for sure. One example, some of these small towns that are 15,000 or so people and running their own departments with minimal fire calls should look to perhaps sharing a reserve unit. Between two similar sized communities, having two reserve engines and two reserve ambos with little use is quite the waste of space and money. I’d like to see these types of communities share the cost of a tower or truck when only one is required.

Sharing of resources can be tricky from the strategy to the politics. And, with more and more ambo calls, perhaps more attention is given here to streamline.

If I had all the answers, I wouldn’t be posting here. I’d have a job consulting. But I don’t, so we’ll leave the decision making for those in positions to do so.
#3 by Brian on June 26, 2017 - 2:00 PM

Needs, cost, auto-aid response that could include a tower.

Wide range of possibilities that could answer that
#4 by sebastian on June 26, 2017 - 12:27 PM

why does a department choose to go from a bucket to a stick??