Posts Tagged HME

Oak Forest is on the site

Nov 26

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

The Oak Forest Fire Department in MABAS Division 24 has been added to the site. Oak Forest has two fire stations with a 5.6 square mile district. The have 28 full-time and 31 paid-on-call personnel. Their fire suppression apparatus is mainly Pierce, but they also have an HME/Luverne engine. Rigs are pained black over red with the exception of two ambulances which are white. The newest ambulance, from Lifeline, is black over red to match the trucks.

Along with the station and apparatus photos, Karl Klotz provided closeup images of company decals from three of the rigs.

Oak Forest Fire Department GMC Lifeline ambulance

The decal from Engine Company 983. Karl Klotz photo

Tags: decal, HME, Karl Klotz, Life Line, Lifeline, Luverne, MABAS Division 24, Oak Forest Fire Department, Pierce

New Oak Park engines

Nov 15

Posted by bgshap in Fire Department News, New Delivery | 2 Comments

The first of two new HME Ahrens Fox engines received by Oak Park (MABAS Division 11) has been lettered for Engine 602 and is currently having the equipment mounted. Engine 603’s new rig will be lettered soon. These new engines will replace a pair of 2001, HME 1871 Penetrator/Central States engines which are going to an apparatus broker. Until the 2001 units leave, there are currently six rigs in Oak Park with HME chassis. (that would make a nice photograph)

Oak Park Engine 602's new 2010, HME 1871, Ahrens Fox, 1,500-GPM engine has a 500-gallon water tank in addition to two, 30-gallon foam tanks. Larry Shapiro photo

Engine 603 will be lettered now that the lettering has been completed on Engine 602. This is how the engine cam from HME. Larry Shapiro photo

Tags: Ahrens Fox, Central States, HME, HME 1871, HME 1871 Penetrator, Larry Shapiro, MABAS Division 11, Oak Park

Oak Park receives engines

Nov 10

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

The two HME Ahrens Fox engines have been delivered to Oak Park. When equipment mounting and graphics are completed we’ll post photos of the units. We posted construction photos of the rigs HERE.

Tags: HME, HME Ahrens Fox, Oak Park

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

Beach Park Fire Department is on the site

Oct 27

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

Beach Park Fire Protection District decal

Another Lake County, MABAS Division 4 department has been added to the site. Formerly known as the Bonnie Brook Fire Protection District, The Beach Park Fire Department covers roughly 14 square miles in northeast Lake County which includes unincorporated areas of the county as well as Beach Park. They do not though currently provide coverage for the entire town of Beach Park as the Winthrop Harbor Fire Department has responsibility for a portion of the town.

According to the Beach Park Village Link Newsletter in the winter of 2003:

The New Beach Park Fire Department

In the last months of 2002, there were plenty of positive changes in the fire protection services for our village. Formerly known as the “Bonnie Brook Fire Protection District”, the name was officially changed to the “Beach Park Fire Department” (BPFD) last November to better define the department’s capabilities and service areas.

Beach Park has a mixture of apparatus in the fleet including Alexis, Pierce, Seagrave, Medtec, and Osage. The newest rig is Engine 1222 which is a 2008 Seagrave Maurauder II engine. Currently, Beach Park Engine 1212, a 2002 HME/Alexis engine is undergoing work at Alexis Fire Apparatus.

Beach Park Fire Protection District Seagrave Maurauder II engine

Beach Park Fire Protection District Pierce Saber engine

Bonnie Brook Fire Protection District Pierce Saber pumper

Engine 1211 prior to the creation of the Beach Park FD was lettered for the Bonnie Brook FPD. Larry Shapiro photo

Bonnie Brook Fire Protection District Pierce Saber engine

Bonnie Brook FPD Engine 1211 shortly after being delivered by Pierce in 1993. Larry Shapiro collection

In recent Beach Park FD news, they have opened a second station at 13110 W. Major Avenue in Beach Park. This interesting station originated as an existing house with an attached garage. The garage was modified as a lobby and office area and a two-bay addition was then added for the apparatus. At the present time, this station has a crew of two or three which are a jump company, staffing either the engine or ambulance based on the nature of a request for service.

Beach Park Fire Protection District Station 2

Beach Park Station 2 at 13110 W. Major Avenue opened in April of 2010. Larry Shapiro photo

Beach Park Fire Protect District Station 2

Beach Park Fire Department Station 2

Tags: Alexis, Beach Park, Bonnie Brook, decal, HME, Lake County, MABAS Division 4, Maurauder II, MedTec, new station, Osage, Pierce, Saber, Seagrave, Winthrop Harbor

Oak Park new engine update

Sep 18

Posted by bgshap in Fire Department News, New Delivery | 3 Comments

The officer's side of the body module which is ready to mount onto the chassis. Photo by Ron Kobyleski

Oak Park is on-track to receive their two new HME Ahrens Fox engines in mid-October. Both engines are on HME 1871 chassis with 3,000-watt Command Lights nested on the roof of the cabs. (a big aide for fire photographers at night-time scenes) Each will have a 1,500-GPM pump, 500 gallons of water, 20 gallons of Class A and 30 gallons of Class B foam. Oak Park Battalion Chief Ron Kobyleski supplied the in-progress photos.

The pump panel for one of the new engines. Photo by Ron Kobyleski

Cab and chassis for one of the new engines on the line at HME. Photo by Ron Kobyleski

The rear of a body module for a new Oak Park engine. Photo by Ron Kobyleski

Another view of the cab showing the extended chrome front bumper. Photo by Ron Kobyleski

Tags: Ahrens Fox, Command Light, HME, Oak Park

Richmond FPD is posted

Jul 16

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

Along the Illinois/Wisconsin border in McHenry County is the town of Richmond and the Richmond Fire Protection District. They are in Division 5 covering roughly 28 square miles from one fire station which is packed with apparatus. The design of the Richmond fire station is sightly unique in that all of the apparatus bays are in the rear of the ‘L-shaped’ building.

Richmond Fire Protection District Fire Station

The Richmond FPD station was designed in an 'L-shape' with the apparatus bays around the back of the building. Larry Shapiro photo

The department has a full-time chief and is staffed by 40 part-time firefighters. They run two engines, a truck, a tanker, two ambulances, a brush unit, two AWD ATVs and a pickup which doubles as a chase vehicle for medical runs and a take-home vehicle for the night-time shift commanders. Additionally, they have two beautiful antique engines.

Several years ago, Richmond purchased a 1984 E-ONE, 110′, rear mount, single axle straight truck from Franklin Park. This was an early custom cab/chassis unit from E-ONE with the square cab. Richmond updated the emergency lighting, repainted the black roof white and did various other work to the unit before putting it in service.

Richmond FPD EONE E-ONE 110' truck X-Franklin Park

One of Richmond’s engines built in 1999 by US Tank with an enclosed top-mount pump panel has a twin unit in neighboring Spring Grove. Both feature the HME 1871 super command cab.

Tags: antique, Division 5, EONE, Franklin Park, HME, Hurricane, Mchenry County, patch, Pirsch, Richmond, Shapiro, Spring Grove, Stratosphear, US Tank, US Tanker

New pumper/tanker in Spring Grove

Jul 16

Posted by bgshap in Fire Department News, New Delivery | 1 Comment

Spring Grove FPD HME Toyne pumper tanker

Engine 1844 is a 2010 HME 1871 Spectr/Toyne 1500/3000 pumper tanker. The hydraulic rack seen on this side stores the portable tank. Larry Shapiro photo

The Spring Grove FPD in McHenry County recently took an early delivery of their new pumper/tanker from Toyne out of Breda, IA. Engine 1844 features an HME 1871 Spectr cab and tandem axle chassis with a large extension and raised roof to house the enclosed, top-mount pump panel. This unit is reportedly going to replace a 1985 Ford C-Series Pierce 1250/1000 engine and a 1980 GMC 7000/US Tanker 2,200 gallon tanker.

The top-mounted pump panel is enclosed within the super command cab similar to Spring Grove's 1999 HME/US Tanker pumper. Larry Shapiro photo

This pumper/tanker has a 1,500GPM pump and is listed by the manufacturer as having a 3,000-gallon water tank and a 40-gallon foam tank. Both sides of the long body feature high-side compartments and as such, the ladders on the officer’s side and the portable tank on the driver’s side are both accessible via overhead hydraulic storage racks.

The officer's side of the rig also features high-side compartments and hydraulic ladder rack storage for the ground ladders. Larry Shapiro photo

Engine 1844 has extendable chutes on either side to discharge tank water into a portable tank. There is no rear chute. Unlike most tankers, the chutes are located just behind the pump module instead of at the rear of the vehicle.

The extendable discharge chute to dump the water into a portable tank is located just behind the pump module. There is a similar chute on the opossite of the unit. Larry Shapiro photo

Spring Grove FPD HME Toyne pumper tanker chevron

The rear of Engine 1844 shows the NFPA compliant chevron striping. Larry Shapiro photo

Tags: enclosed pump panel, Ford C-Series, GMC, HME, hydraulic ladder rack, Pierce, pumper/tanker, Shapiro, Spectr, Spring Grove, Toyne, US Tanker

Chicago apparatus updates

Jul 13

Posted by bgshap in Fire Department News, New Delivery, updated listing | 2 Comments

Several Chicago rig photos have been updated, some with new units and others to present a nicer photo. Hank Sajovic, Jack Connors and Steve Redick are to thank for these images.

1st District: Aerial Tower 1 and Ambulance 41; OFI 468; Tower Ladder 21 and Ambulance 80; Truck 2; Truck 7
2nd District: Engine 89; Engine 119, Truck 55 and Battalion 11; Engine 69
4th District: Light Wagon 915
6th District: Ambulance 5; Ambulance 50

Tags: Braun, Chicago, Connors, Crimson, E-ONE, Ford, HME, Luverne, Pierce, Redick, Sajovic, Simon-LTI, Spartan

Glenview site updates

Jul 7

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

There has been a little house keeping on the site between the Glenview stations. It cam e to our attention that some reserve vehicles were in the wrong locations and hopefully now the site is more accurate. The following changes/additions have been made: