Pierce has delivered an Impel PUC pumper to Wheaton. This is their second new rig in as many years. More detailed information will follow when it becomes available.
The new Pierce Impel PUC pumper for Wheaton carries Pierce job #23210. Pierce photo
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New Pierce in Wheaton
Jul 15
Bedford Park updates
Jun 25
All three Bedford Park fire station photos have been updated as well as images of Engine 710 and Truck 705 which are both at Station 2.
Bedford Park Fire Station 1 on Archer Avenue. Larry Shapiro photo
Bedford Park is on the site
Jun 13
The Bedford Park Fire Department in Division 21 has three stations. They have a Pierce department with three engines including a brand new 2010 Impel. They also have a tower ladder and a Snorkel. Bedford Park was home to one of the first Pittman Snorkel units on a GMC chassis for the fire service. The first Snorkel was in Chicago, retrofitted by the shops on a truck that was bought by and built for the streets department and then ‘obtained’ by the fire department. Bedford Park’s original Snorkel is stored in town and evidently in need of restoration. They have since had several Snorkel aerials including the most recent which was built by Pierce in 1997. All three Bedford Park Snorkels can be seen in the header of the department website HERE. They have a well written and very informative history on their site that’s worth a read. Bedford Park also has the regional Haz Mat Unit which uses a 1991 Pierce Lance with the early series Lance cab. Thanks to Karl Klotz for supplying the images.
Several area fire departments have received new apparatus from Pierce in recent months which have not been shown here previously and they include the following:
New Pierce Velocity 100' Tower Ladder for Lansing, IL. Assigned to Truck 107 it has a 2000 GPM pump and carries 300 gallons of water with Pierce production #22824.Pierce photo
As seen at the FDIC, Oswego FPD's Pierce Arrow XT 100' aluminum tower ladder. Pierce photo
Lombard's Engine 44 is a Pierce Impel 1500/750 pumper carrying production #22756. Pierce photo
New Pierce Impel pumper in Schiller Park. Pierce photo
Morris received this Pierce Arrow XT pmper. Pierce photo
As seen at the FDIC last week, the new Impel PUC pumper tanker for Winfield. Believed to be the first PUC pumper/tanker, it has a 1500 GPM pumper with a 2,500 gallon water tank. Pierce photo
In January, Pierce delivered this Velocity 1500/750 pumper to the Bartlett FPD for Engine 2. It is identical to Engine 1 that was delivered in 2008. Pierce photo
As mentioned in a post yesterday, a few local area fire departments had apparatus featured at the FDIC. These included …
Buffalo Grove
photo by Larry Shapiro
photo by Larry Shapiro
Winfield
photo by Larry Shapiro
photo by Larry Shapiro
Oswego FPD
photo by Larry Shapiro
photo by Larry Shapiro
photo by Larry Shapiro
Carol Stream
photo by Larry Shapiro
photo by Larry Shapiro
photo by Larry Shapiro
photo by Larry Shapiro
photo by Larry Shapiro
Cicero
Elmhurst Fire Department
Jan 23
Elmhurst Station 2 opened in September and was built on the property in front of the old Station #2. Although we do not have a photo showing both stations together, here is a shot of the new station. Elmhurst is in Division 12 and operates out of two stations.
Elmhurst Fire Station 2 at 601 S. York Road - Photo by Larry Shapiro
In other Elmhurst news, the fire department recently placed two new engines into service. These new rigs bring several changes to this department, the first of which is a move away from a fleet that was entirely EONE. Engines 1 and 2 are now 2009 1500 GPM Pierce Impel pumpers. The second significant change for Elmhurst is moving from their ‘traditional’ color scheme of white over yellow (a school bus golden yellow color) to white over red!
Engine 4 is an EONE Cyclone pumper with the 'traditional' Elmhurst color scheme and a distinctive double striping of dark green over white. - Photo by Larry Shapiro
Elmhurst Engine 1's new Pierce Impel 1500 GPM pumper sporting a white over red paint job and gold lettering. - Photo by Larry Shapiro
Elmhurst Engine 2 is identical to Engine 1. - Photo by Larry Shapiro
