House fire in Des Plaines, 1-26-18 (more)

Photos from Larry Shapiro of the House fire in Des Plaines

Pierce fire trucks at Des Plaines house fire

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4 Comments

#1 by Michael M on January 29, 2018 - 1:50 PM

Nice photos! Great shot of the new Engine 61! What did they do with the old 61, did they put it in reserve as Engine 64?
#2 by minas klikas on January 28, 2018 - 4:38 PM

Great photos & articles. Shout out to Shapiro Fire scenes .net!! Thanks Larry!! See at the next one
#3 by Crabby Milton on January 28, 2018 - 11:25 AM

Very nice one’s of 63 & 61.
Too bad 61 doesn’t have that green light though.
#4 by MABAS 21 on January 27, 2018 - 4:42 AM

Great pics! I am unfamiliar with Des Plaines current staffing. Can anyone explain if they are still staffing the 4th ambulance, 64?

After recently reading a fire station study for Des Plaines on their Union website, it’s a complete shame that nothing has transpired with replacing Station 2 and adding, at the very least a 4th out of a possible 6, total stations to provide equal coverage and meet response times.

Their Union website acknowledged that a plan for current Station 2 needed to be relocated all the way back in August 1991, where land was purchased at Lee and Prospect. The residents put up a fight and had a referendum, thus ending up with the fire department losing in 2004.

A study was conducted after 2004, and when finalized, The 2006 Station Deployment Study recommended up to a total of 6 fire stations be utilized with different options of how many in reality due to budgeting constraints. Again with a minimum of Station 2 being relocated further south and a 4th station being built north. This study also recommended immediate construction of a new administration building to relocate staff out of the crammed Station 1.

Neither being on Des Plaines or a resident there, I am not sure what has transpired over the years or if there are any resurfaced plans. One has got to assume that their call volume has skyrocketed with increased demand further taxing the current available resources.