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Highland Park Fire Department history

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• #1 by Mike L on November 27, 2020 - 7:13 AM

  

  Classic truck there. Single axle, full complement of ground ladders, no pump. Great rig! Nice pics!

• #2 by Shemp on November 26, 2020 - 11:52 PM

  

  Old timers:
  Q: What was T31 previously known as (same apparatus)?
  A: Truck 100

• #3 by Phil Stenholm on November 26, 2020 - 11:16 PM

  

  This former Highland Park American LaFrance truck (ex-T31) was the one that the Evanston F. D. was hoping to purchase (cheap) in the 1990’s for use as a reserve truck, but decided not to do it after inspecting the rig and finding it to be unsatisfactory for use even as a reserve apparatus.

  Instead, Evanston ended up purchasing a used 1990 Pierce Arrow / Smeal 105-ft RMA (ex-San Antonio F. D Truck 29), a rig whose main had been totaled after it collapsed during a testing mishap. (The aerial ladder was replaced with a new one and was sold to Evanston in 1998).

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