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New truck for the Skokie Fire Department

From the Pierce Flickr site:

Pierce, Skokie Fire Department, IL, 38146-1

Pierce composite

thanks Martin

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• #1 by Mike on November 26, 2024 - 7:50 PM

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  I have a feeling with Evanston getting a tower like this you’re gonna see them turn this into a 2 man truck company and take the 3rd and use that spot to staff an ambulance. You need 3 for a tiller, you only need 2 for a regular truck.

• #2 by rich s. on November 26, 2024 - 7:40 PM

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  The E-One mid-mount Tower is to long of a rear overhang for CFD. T34 will not be a TL again. The past accidents for TL34 were due to 1 driver over a few years. What CFD should do is get a few Tillers for tight still districts of some trucks. And move a few TL’s around to cover the changing areas of fire. However that will not happen. Fleet is not interested in taking any input on these rigs. And we don’t have enough rigs to keep companies on the streets now. We looked at mid-mount TL’s years back when the ascendant first came out and it was a unanimous no go. What we need right now is new Engines, Trucks and Squads/Snorkels to update the fleet. The city is in a terrible position with the current CFD fleet and Spares. And it’s not going to get any better anytime soon.

• #3 by Martin on November 26, 2024 - 11:55 AM

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  When it comes to Chicago, it would be nice to see a few mid mount towers. Maybe then the accidents could occur less often of hitting overpasses.

• #4 by Bill Post on November 26, 2024 - 11:16 AM

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  It’s great to see Skokie getting mid mounted Tower Ladder for a change and for the first time both of their Truck companies are Tower Ladders.
  I wonder what prompted the Fire Department to go with a mid mounted Tower Ladder considering that that have been using a rear mounted one for a long time?

  I understand that Evanston also has a mid mounted Tower Ladder on order which will be a first for Evanston as to this day Evanston has not owned any elevating platforms at all.

  It would be nice to see Chicago order a mid mounted Tower Ladder from E/One as it appears Chicago has extended it current contract about a year ago. If Chicago were to order at least one mid mounted Tower Ladder then perhaps they could convert Truck 34 back to a Tower Ladder as a Mid Mounted Tower Ladder has a lower height clearance than rear mounted one and the Old Tower 34 had some problems with low railroad viaduct clearances in its district which is supposedly the reason why they took Tower Ladder 34 out of service a few years ago. It actually could have been inadequate training on Tower 34’s rig because Tower 34 had been a Tower Ladder for about 30 years before they started having accidents with the Tower Ladder at some underpasses. Either way a mid mounted Tower Ladder should be able to solve the underpass problem.
  This might be some wishful thinking however.

• #5 by MABAS 21 on November 26, 2024 - 10:49 AM

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  No more engine turn gold leaf along the black stripes? Or is this added when the truck is lettered?