Posts Tagged Crimson

Chicago apparatus on-scene

Nov 2

Posted by bgshap in Apparatus on-scene, Reader submission | 3 Comments

Steve Redick submitted several images from a 2-11 alarm fire on the 13th of October. His summary is:

1340 E 72nd St last night…traffic was horrendous so there was nothing for me by the time I arrived. The fire involved a large ornate vacant rectory, with what I think was a gable roof. The fire bldg was attached by a walkway on the first floor to the body of a very large traditional style church. It appeared to me that the fire was all top floor and attic so exposure risk was pretty minimal. In my shots of the rear you can see the debris pile from what I assume was the collapsed gable roof. Lots of spares at this job….

Chicago Fire Department Spartan Luverne pumper

This 2002 Spartan/Luverne engine is currently part of the spare apparatus. It is shop #D598 and was previously assigned to Engine 82 at 817 E. 91st Street. Steve Redick photo

Engine 126 from 7913 S. Kingston is running with a 2001 Spartan/Luverne, shop #D583. This 2001 model is almost indistinguishable from the engines delivered in 2002. Steve Redick photo

Chicago Fire Department engine 122 2009 Spartan Crimson engine

Engine 122 has one of the 2009 raised roof Spartan/Crimson pumpers, shop #D650. Steve Redick photo

Chicago Fire Department engine 72 Spartan Crimson

Engine 72 has a 2006 raised roof Spartan Crimson engine bearing shop #D633. This is virtually identical in design to the 2009 unit assigned to Engine 122. Steve Redick photo

Chicago Fire Department E-ONE tower ladder

Tower 34 was using this spare 1988 E-ONE Hurricane 95' tower ladder with shop #E265 that was previously assigned to them. Steve Redick photo

Tags: 2-11, CFD, Chicago, church fire, Crimson, E-ONE, EONE, Luverne, Redick, Spartan

Homewood has been added to the site

Oct 28

Posted by bgshap in Fire Department News, New Listing, Site News | Comments off

In Division 24, the Homewood Fire Department has been added to the site. They cover 5 square miles with a combination of career and part-time personnel. Their apparatus is from Pierce, Smeal, Crimson, and 3D. An interesting aspect of their fleet is the number of different chassis manufacturers that are represented in their station. The Pierce utilizes a Lance chassis, and they also have one cab and chassis from HME, Spartan, and Pemfab. They have two ambulances in their station plus a reserve ambulance which they share with Flossmoor and Hazel Crest. This unit is housed in the Hazel Crest station. All images were submitted by Karl Klotz.

Homewood Fire Department Pierce Lance aerial

Homewood Truck 550 was delivered in 1987 with an open rear jump seat and lettering for both Homewood and Flossmoor. Larry Shapiro collection

This week, they sold their 1982 Mack MR engine to Ford Heights, and in March of next year, they are expecting delivery of a new aerial from Pierce.

Homewood Engine 536, built in 1982 on a Mack MR chassis was recently sold to Ford Heights. Karl Klotz photo

Tags: 3D, Crimson, Flossmoor, Ford Heights, Hazel Crest, HME, Homewood, Klotz, Lance, Mack MR, Pemfab, Pierce, Smeal, Spartan

MABAS Division 7 is added to the site

Oct 26

Posted by bgshap in Fire Department News, New Listing, Site News | Comments off

Just when we thought we had a large enough project to undertake … listing each department, each station and every piece of rolling stock in 19 MABAS Divisions … Karl Klotz begins submitting department profiles from a 20th Division, MABAS Division 7 in Kankakee County!

So, we welcome the departments of Division 7 and have posted three of them to get things started.

The Grant Park Fire Protection District covers 62 square miles from two stations with 32 paid-on-call firefighters and officers. They have three E-ONE rigs, an engine from American LaFrance, plus ambulances from Horton and Road Rescue. They recently opened a new headquarters station which we mentioned HERE.

Grant Park Fire Department American LaFrance Eagle engine

The Limestone Township Fire Protection District covers a mere 36 square miles from one station with 40 part-time firefighters and officers. They are running with Pierce, Quality, and Ferrara apparatus and Road Rescue ambulances. Their newest piece is a Ferrara Inferno pumper squad that was mentioned HERE.The Limestone Township Fire Protection District station houses two ambulances, two engines, a pumper squad, a tanker, a brush unit and a pickup. Karl Klotz photo

In Momence, the fire department covers a whopping 92 square miles with a roster of 35 paid-on-call personnel from one station. They have three engines, a brush rig, two tankers, and a rescue squad. The apparatus was built by E-ONE, Pierce, and 4-Guys, plus one tanker that was built in 1964 by W.S.Darley and re-chassisied in 1989 on a Ford C8000 by Quality Manufacturing. Quality was purchased in 2003 by Spartan and now (with what was Luverne Fire Apparatus) have become what is known as Crimson.

Tags: 4-Guys, American LaFrance, brush unit, Crimson, Darley, E-ONE, Eagle, Ferrara, Ford, Grant Park, Horton, Inferno, Klotz, Limestone, Luverne, MABAS Division 7, Momence, Quality, re-chassisied, Road Rescue, WS Darley

Chicago apparatus updates

Oct 21

Posted by bgshap in Site News, updated listing | Comments off

Jack Connors has provided us with several missing or updated images from Chicago:

1st District: Engine 8
5th District: Battalion 17, Ambulance 38; Battalion 20; Truck 51
6th District: Truck 24, Ambulance 29; Engine 82, Truck 42; Engine 120, Ambulance 91; Engine 126, Truck 49, Ambulance 50

Tags: Braun, Chicago, Connors, Crimson, Ford F450, Spartan

Naperville’s new Engine 4

Oct 17

Posted by bgshap in Fire Department News, New Delivery | Comments off

Lt. Andy Hilk from Naperville has informed us that the new 2010 Spartan Gladiator/Crimson engine is having equipment mounted before it is put into service at Engine 4, probably within the next week. The engine has a 1,500-GPM Hale pump, carries 750 gallons of water and 50 gallons of Class B foam. It features ROM Roll-up doors and has an 8KW Smartpower generator.

Naperville Fire Department Spartan Gladiator Crimson Engine 4

Naperville's newest engine just prior to going into service. This unit was displayed in the Crimson booth at the Fire Rescue International that was in Chicago this past August. Andy Hilk photo

The 1991 E-ONE Hush pumper which was in reserve has been sold to the Rockford Fire Department.

Tags: Crimson, E-ONE, EONE, Fire Rescue International, FRI, Gladiator, Hilk, Hush, Naperville, Rockford, Spartan

Naperville reassignments …. requires a scorecard

Oct 3

Posted by bgshap in Fire Department News | Comments off

Several months ago we posted the Naperville Fire Department to the site. Several photographers visited the department on separate occasions to document the new equipment and the placement of companies in each station. Several of the rigs had been moved and reassigned since they were photographed a year or so ago but everything was brought up-to-date for the posting with the help of Naperville Lt. Andy Hilk.

Well, we had received information that the Naperville FD was not yet done moving companies and that changes were coming. Bill Friedrich submitted the following information regarding reassignments throughout the stations.

Medic 9 is out of service
Medic 1 is now using the 2007 IHC/Medtec that was previously Medic 9
Squad 1 (1997 E-ONE) has moved back to Station 8 and is now Squad 8 … again
Engine 8’s 2008 Crimson rig is back at Station 1 as Engine 1
The 2009 Crimson quint from Truck 10 is now running as Truck 5
The 2005 E-ONE tower ladder which was Truck 5 is now a spare
The 1994 E-ONE tower ladder without a pump that was in reserve has now been decommissioned and will likely be sold
Engine 10 is now using a 2005 E-ONE Typhoon
The TRT trailer is moving to Station 10

Squad 8 when it was moved to Station 1 ... prior to being renumbered.

Engine 1 photographed when it was assigned to Station 1 ... before we had a photograph of it labeled as Engine 8

Tags: Crimson, E-ONE, EONE, Friedrich, MedTec, Naperville, Shapiro, Typhoon

IAFC Fire Rescue International Trade Show Final Installment!

Sep 9

Posted by bgshap in New Delivery | Comments off

Chicago Fire Department Spartan Crimson aerial ladder

The first Spartan/Gladiator Crimson 103' rear mount aerial ladder. The assignment for this piece has not yet been released. Larry Shapiro

There have been several previous postings which referenced the IAFC Fire Rescue International Trade Show in Chicago several weeks ago. A gallery is available by scrolling to the bottom of the page HERE which fittingly shows many of the trucks as they were leaving McCormick Place and lining up to receive a few gallons of fuel so that they could make their way to a gas station. As with any trade show, the fuel is siphoned out of the tanks before they enter the convention center as a safety measure to reduce the hazards of fires and leaks.

Although the units featured in the gallery are a hodgepodge sampling of the display pieces, there are images of several local units which are better shots than what was available inside the convention center. These images include the Freightliner/Medtec MICU from Algonquin-Lake in the Hills, the Pierce Impel quint from the Great Lakes Naval Training Center in North Chicago, the Spartan/Super Vac (SVI) HDR from Cherry Valley, the Pierce Velocity PUC tower ladder from South Holland, the custom Sutphen SP112 industrial tower ladder for the Exxon Mobile Joliet Refinery and the Spartan/Crimson rear mount aerial ladder for Chicago.

South Holland Fire Department Pierce Velocity PUC tower ladder

South Holland's Pierce Velocity PUC tower ladder. Larry Shapiro photo

Exxon Mobil Joliet Refinery Sutphen tower ladder

The Sutphen SP112 tower ladder for the Exxon Mobil Refinery in Joliet. Larry Shapiro photo

Pierce Impel quint Great Lakes Naval Training Center

The Pierce Impel quint going to the Great Lakes Naval Training Center in North Chicago. Larry Shapiro photo

Tags: Algonquin, Cherry Valley, Chicago, Crimson, Exxon Mobil, Freightliner, FRI 2010, Great Lakes Naval Training Center, Impel, Joliet, MedTec, North Chicago, Pierce, PUC, South Holland, Spartan, Super Vac, Sutphen, SVI, tower ladder, Velocity

Many new area rigs at Fire Rescue International

Aug 28

Posted by bgshap in Fire Department News, New Delivery | 5 Comments

There are many new pieces of apparatus for our area currently on display at the Fire Rescue International 2010 trade show at McCormick Place. Among them are:

Pierce – South Holland Velocity PUC 100′ PAP rear mount tower ladder; Great Lakes NTC Impel 75′ RM quint
Medtec – Algonquin Lake-in-the-Hills Type I Freightliner
Crimson – CFD Spartan pumper; CFD Spartan 103′ RM aerial ladder; Naperville Spartan pumper
Horton – Minooka Ford Type III MICU
US Tank – Pingree Grove FPD Kenworth tanker
Federal Signal – CFD Ford Expedition battalion chief unt
Ferrara – Algonquin Lake-in-the-Hills Inferno engine and RM Tower ladder
Sutphen – Exxon Mobil Joliet Refinery industrial mid-mount tower ladder quint
Super Vac (SVI Trucks) – Cherry Valley Spartan HDR

The first Spartan Gladiator Crimson 103′ rear mount aerial ladder built for Chicago was displayed at the Fire Rescue International (FRI) 2010 trade show. Larry Shapiro photo

Algonquin Lake-in-the-Hills Medtec ambulance

This Freightliner/Medtec Type I ambulance for the Algonquin lake-in-the-Hills Fire Department was on display in the Pierce booth. There were a total of three units on the trade show floor for this department. Larry Shapiro photo

Algonquin Lake-in-the-Hills Ferrara engine

The smaller than normal pump enclosure and built-in cross lays on the new Ferrara engine for the Algonquin Lake-in-the-Hills Fire Department resembles a trend in apparatus design which was first introduced several years ago by Pierce. Larry Shapiro photo

Cherry Valley Fire Department Spartan SVI Super Vac heavy rescue

A Spartan Super Vac (SVI) heavy rescue for Cherry Valley with walk-around body, light tower, front bumper hydraulic rescue tools, air cascade system and an abundance of slide-out shelving and trays. Larry Shapiro photo

A gallery showing several of these units can be seen on Larry Shapiro’s site HERE.

Tags: Algonquin, Battalion, CFD, Cherry Valley, Chicago, Crimson, Exxon Mobil, Ferrara, FRI, Great lakes, Horton, Impel, Inferno, Joliet, MedTec, Minooka, Naperville, Pierce, Pingree Grove Fire District, PUC, Shapiro, South Holland, Spartan, Super Vac, Sutphen, SVI, tower ladder, Type I, Type III, US Tank, Velocity

Roberts Park has been added to the site

Aug 25

Posted by bgshap in Fire Department News, New Listing | 8 Comments

Another department has been added to Division 21. Thanks to Bill Friedrich and Karl Klotz for images representing the Roberts Park Fire Protection District which serves Hickory Hills and Justice. They run out of two stations with 17 career personnel and 60 part-time personnel. Most of the fire suppression apparatus is Pierce with one engine built by Crimson. Of interest is Ladder 31, a 2008 Pierce Arrow XT 100′ rear mount aerial with no pump and no water tank. This is one of the units that has been featured as the apparatus on the TV show “Rescue Me.”

Roberts Park Fire Protection District Pierce Arrow XT ladder 'Rescue Me'

Although both stations are located in Justice, Station 32 on Archer Avenue used to house the Justice Fire Department.

Tags: Arrow XT, Crimson, Division 21, Friedrich, Klotz, Pierce, Rescue Me, Roberts Park

Chicago aerials

Aug 24

Posted by bgshap in Fire Department News, New Delivery | Comments off

Crimson has not posted any recent images showing the status of the new aerial for Chicago. Everyone will just have to wait and see what shows up on the trade show floor this week.

The website does indicate that another four aerials are being built with photos of a truck body.

Tags: Chicago, Crimson