This from Matt Schumann:
Spotted at the Champaign 150th AnniversaryIFSI S-1 – 1984 Spartan Gladiator/Frontline heavy rescue xNorth Palos FPDRegards,Matt
Former North Palos FPD Spartan Gladiator/Frontline heavy rescue squad at the Illinois Fire Service Institute. Matt Schumann photo
Oct 20
The Fox Lake Fire Department and Fire Protection District in Lake County has been added to the site. They have four stations although Station1, their original station, is unmanned. Their staffing is a combination of career, contract, and paid-on-call personnel.
Fox Lake Station 2 at 306 Washington is their headquarters. Larry Shapiro photo
As their namesake suggests, their district has quite a few lakes, and as such they have five boats housed in their stations. The apparatus is all by Alexis Fire Equipment and built on chassis by Spartan, with two exceptions. Tanker 2262 was built by E-ONE on a chassis by Federal Motors with a Hurricane cab, and reserve Engine 2223 was built by FMC on the first of three Super Command Cab chassis by Spartan featuring the original square design.
The only Nova-Quintech Sky-Arm aerial in the metro-Chicago area. Larry Shapiro photo
Spartan chassis in the department represent Gladiators, Diamonds, and Metro Stars with various door and roof configurations.
Several of the Fox Lake units feature a 'Montreal-Style' cab configuration with an interior operator's console. Larry Shapiro photo
This was one of three Super Command Cab Spartan Gladiator chassis built in 1984. All three were delivered in the Chicago area. Larry Shapiro photo
The Lisle-Woodridge FPD received one of the first three Super Command Cab Spartan Gladiators that was built on by E-ONE. Larry Shapiro photo
Frontline built on the third Spartan Super Command Cab Gladiator chassis for the North Palos FPD. Larry Shapiro photo
This antique is the only piece of apparatus painted red in the fleet. Larry Shapiro photo
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