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Bloomingdale FPD history

This from Larry Shapiro:

Here’s a bit of Bloomingdale FPD truck history as a follow up to the #TBT from Mike Summa

1972 Pirsch 85-foot mid-mount aerial ladder fire truck in Bloomingdale, IL. Larry Shapiro photo

Pierce Lance 100′ platform aerial as Bloomingdale FPD Tower 14. Larry Shapiro photo

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This entry was posted on May 6, 2023, 11:00 AM and is filed under Fire Department History, Fire Truck photos, Historic fire apparatus. You can follow any responses to this entry through RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

2 Comments

• #1 by crabbymilton on May 8, 2023 - 5:57 AM

  

  Nice pictures. That PIRSCH cab forward was a rather underrated model. Lasted well into the mid 1970’s.

• #2 by Mike on May 6, 2023 - 6:24 PM

  

  They currently have an E-One and are working specing and bidding a replacement now.

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