
Dennis McGuire, Jr. photo
thanks Dennis
Sep 30
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Dennis McGuire, Jr. photo
thanks Dennis
Tags: American LaFrance fire engine, Dennis McGuire Jr., South Chicago FD Engine 1, South Chicago Heights Fire Department, South Chicago Heights Fire Department receives FEMA grant for new fire engine
Feb 13
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Photos from the Chicagoareafire.com files of Chicago Engine 92
Steve Redick photo
Steve Redick photo
John Tulipano photo
Jack Connors photo
Steve Redick photo
Chicago FD Engine 92 – 2001 Freightliner FL106/American LaFrance 1500/500. Larry Shapiro photo
Tags: American LaFrance fire engine, Chicago FD Engine 92, Chicago Fire Department history, Freightliner fire truck, Freightliner FL106, Jack Connors, John Tulipano, Larry Shapiro, Steve Redick
May 22
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This from Jeff Rudolph:
Former Dixmoor, IL engine now owned by Maaco auto body in Wheeling ,IL
Jeff Rudolph
Former Dixmoor fire engine. Jeff Rudolph photo
Former Dixmoor fire engine. Jeff Rudolph photo
Tags: American LaFrance fire engine, Dixmoor Fire Department history, Jeff Rudolph, new home for old fire engine
May 11
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This from Mike Summa:
This is Orland FPD’s E6083. It started life I believe as a 1971 American LaFrance 1500/500. As the picture shows it was rehabbed in 1988 with a Century 2000 cab. Please enjoy and comment.Mike Summa
Mike Summa photo
Tags: American LaFrance fire engine, Mike Summa, Orland Fire Protection District history
This from Mike Summa:
Hello,Here is a photo that I took in the early 1990s at a parade in Beecher, Illinois. The cab is a Spartan on an ALF chassis. The sign on the roof says, “Pioneer ’90 Series.” 1250 GPM top mount. The bumper sign reads, “ALF Factory Service Center University Park.” The destination of this is anybody’s guess. Hope you enjoy,Mike S.
American LaFrance Pioneer 90 Series fire engine demo with Spartan cab. Mike Summa photo
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This from Drew Smith:
saw this parked behind Maaco at 1026 Milwaukee Ave. Wheeling. No furtherinformation available.
Drew Smith photo
X-Winthrop Harbor?
Tags: American LaFrance fire engine, Drew Smith, Maaco, old fire engine, white fire engine
Oct 24
Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire, Fire Scene photos, Fire Service Photos, Fire Truck photos, Firefighters working | 2 Comments
Newport Township firefighters were called to the scene of a house fire this morning in the 35000 block of N. Mill Creek Road in Wadsworth. The house sits well off the road and backs up almost directly to I-94 just past the toll booth.
Tankers dump into multiple tanks to supply water. Larry Shapiro photo
Fire burns through the roof almost an hour into the initial call for service. Larry Shapiro photo
The Newport Twp engine in the driveway. Larry Shapiro photo
Arriving companies were unable to spot the fire until they made the long driveway off of Mill Creek Road. They found a large, two-story home with a fire in the upper level. Since the area is without hydrants, the alarm was upgraded immediately to a Box Alarm, then to a 2nd Alarm shortly thereafter. One engine and a 75′ quint made it up the driveway and a relay operation was initiated from the street. Three portable tanks were used on the road as two engines supplied 5″ lines to the quint and the engine in the driveway.
Initially there were two dump sites on the road, one supplying each engine. Larry Shapiro photo
Dual 5″ lines along the driveway to supply an engine and a quint. Larry Shapiro photo
Tankers dump into portable tanks on Mill Creek Road. Larry Shapiro photo
Antioch fire engine drafts from a portable tank. Larry Shapiro photo
As the fire overhead grew, companies had to pull out and resort to a defensive operation. Several hand lines and an aerial pipe were put into operation. Due to the water needs and the route tenders had to take to refill and return, the alarm was upgraded to a 4th Alarm for additional tenders.
Winthrop Harbor quint working in the driveway. Larry Shapiro photo
Fire in the attic area in the A Sector. Larry Shapiro photo
Pleasant Prairie tender dumps water. Larry Shapiro photo
The Round Lake tender leads a line of tenders waiting to dump. Larry Shapiro photo
Grayslake tanker dumps water. Larry Shapiro photo
Fire departments represented at the scene from Illinois included:
Fire departments represented from Wisconsin included:
Destruction of the upper level. Larry Shapiro photo
A view of the rear showing the destruction. Larry Shapiro photo
A view from the front of the house. Larry Shapiro photo
Fox Lake firefighters work in the garage. Larry Shapiro photo
Larry Shapiro has a gallery with more images HERE.
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Jul 20
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Another installment from Steve Redick:
Once again trolling through the archives I found some shots I took on February 15 1975. a 5-11 at 95 W Roosevelt in a big vacant warehouse. It was cold and snowy.Very overcast as well. The last photo with 19 and 42 was interesting. All the smoke was coming out of 42..they blew something in the engine with a loud boom and started smoking…eng 19 was going to hook up in their place. I wish I would have taken more shots but I had slow film and the lighting was very poor. If I had the gear I have now…….Steve
Steve Redick photo
Steve Redick photo
Steve Redick photo
Steve Redick photo
Tags: 5-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, 5-11 Alarm fire in Chicago in February of 1975, American LaFrance fire engine, big winter fire in Chicago, Chicago Engine 19, Chicago Engine 42, Chicago Fire Department, fire engine catches fire, Steve Redick, vacant warehouse fire in Chicago, winter fire scene photos
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