The Lincolnshire-Riverwoods FPD was dispatched for a reported house fire at 4:26AM Thursday morning (1/3/19) on North Apple Hill Lane in Prairie View. Responding units from nearby Station 51 saw a glow in the sky and the response was upgraded to a working fire. Arriving companies found a two-story house that was fully engulfed by fire. The house was believed to be vacant and undergoing some renovation. The ladder pipe from Truck 53 went into service right away along with three hand lines as the entire operation was defensive.
Lincolnshire-Riverwoods and Grayslake trucks were at the scene along with two engines from Lincolnshire-Riverwoods, one each from Lake Forest and Countryside, Buffalo Grove Quint 27, squads from Deerfield-Bannockburn and Libertyville, a Long Grove ambulance, and chief officers from Lincolnshire-Riverwoods, Countryside, Libertyville, Long Grove, and Deerfield-Bannockburn.
Larry Shapiro photo
#1 by MABAS 21 on January 4, 2019 - 12:15 PM
Engine 53 is a HME R.A.T.
#2 by Mike L on January 4, 2019 - 10:41 AM
It is. I believe they got it so they could make it down some of their longer driveways. Kind of a reboot of the mini pumper concept.
#3 by John on January 3, 2019 - 8:58 PM
That E-53 is one of the shortest engines I’ve seen. Looks shorter than the ones Detroit got earlier last year.