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Palos Heights Fire Protection District history

This from Mike Summa:

For TBT, this is the Palos Heights FPD Truck 6404, a 1984 Pierce Arrow 1250/500 75′.  Enjoy and comment.

Mike Summa

Palos Heights FPD Truck 6404, a 1984 Pierce Arrow 1250/500 75′.  Mike Summa photo

Here’s another from our database from Larry Shapiro as photographed for Snorkel

Palos Heights FPD Pierce Tele-Squrt 75. Larry Shapiro photo

And one more from the database from later in life after having the cab enclosed … without record of the photographer

Palos Heights TeleSqurt

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This entry was posted on April 5, 2018, 4:14 PM and is filed under Fire Department History, Historic fire apparatus, throwbackthursday. You can follow any responses to this entry through RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

2 Comments

• #1 by LT501 on April 5, 2018 - 8:12 PM

  

  I saw this truck about two years ago at the entrance to the Volo Auto Museum. Its ladder was extended upward, supporting a banner advertising the Museum. Two large cardboard “eyes” had been placed inside the windshield, making this vehicle look like it was from one of the “Pixar” Car Movies. Although the Palos Heights lettering had been removed, the “PH” symbols remained on the cab doors and “6404” at the rear.

• #2 by Crabby Milton on April 5, 2018 - 4:50 PM

  

  Those older PIERCE rigs did stand out fairly well.
  I have several brochures of them from that time frame.

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