Posts Tagged Klotz

New home for Oak Lawn truck

Sep 25

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Karl Klotz has informed us that Anne Arundel County Maryland has purchased the former Oak Lawn E-ONE truck 3. It will be assigned to Truck Co. 31.

Former Truck 3 from Oak Lawn, a 2008 Cyclone II CR100 rear mount aerial. Larry Shapiro photo

Oak Lawn firefighters spec’d out this truck during the term of an interim chief. When a permanent chief was hired, a decision was made that a 75′ quint would better serve the fire department’s needs. This unit was taken out of service along with the 1991 Pierce Lance HDR and both were offered for sale. Truck 3 as it is pictured here was in service for only a few months.

Tags: Anne Arundel, CR100, E-ONE, HDR, Klotz, Lance, Oak Lawn, Pierce

Station/building updates

Sep 20

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The following images have been added to the website filling vacancies:

Troy FPD Station 2 supplied by Karl Klotz
Northwest Homer FPD Station 2 supplied by Karl Klotz
Chicago Special Operations supplied by Hank Sajovic

Tags: Chicago, Klotz, Northwest Homer, Sajovic, Special Operstions, Troy

Troy FPD is added to Division 15

Sep 17

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

Another fire department has been added to the site thanks to the diligence of Karl Klotz … although we’re still awaiting images of the stations. Nonetheless, the Troy Fire Protection District is now on the site showing apparatus from both stations. Troy recently opened a new headquarters station and began ordering apparatus in a new color scheme. As recently as their 2008 IHC/Medtec ambulance and 2008 Kenworth/Pierce Contender tanker, all of their apparatus was lime green, . They now have four units that are painted black over a very deep red. Two new Pierce Arrow XT engines are in service as well as a Ford/Medtec ambulance and a brush unit on a four-door Ford pickup.

Troy FPD Kenworth Pierce Contender tanker

Troy currently has two engines carrying number 2221. They have not as yet determined what the new designation will be for the older engine 2221.

Tags: Arrow XT, Contender, Division 15, IHC, Klotz, MedTec, Pierce, Troy

Northwest Homer FPD is on the site

Sep 15

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Karl Klotz provided images for the Northwest Homer FPD. They have two stations filled with Pierce apparatus, the newest of which was delivered this month.

Northwest Homer FPD Pierce Impel pumper

Northwest Homer moved from MABAS Division 19 to Division 15 at the beginning of the year. Their rigs rotate running positions and between the two stations which is why they do not have numbers on the doors. This department is made up of a combination of paid, contract, and part-time personnel.

Northwest Homer FPD Horton

Tags: Division 15, Impel, Klotz, Northwest Homer, Pierce

new departments coming to the site

Sep 13

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Karl Klotz has provided images to bring two new departments to the website. Northwest Homer and Troy Fire Protection Districts should be posted this week.

Tags: Klotz, Northwest Homer, Troy

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

Crestwood is now on the site

Jul 26

Posted by bgshap in New Listing, Site News | 1 Comment

Crestwood's fire station featuring apparatus bays on two sdes.

Many thanks again to Dennis McGuire, Jr. and Karl Klotz for supplying the images to post another department in Division 22. The Crestwood Fire Department has one station with three ambulances, two engines and a truck representing several manufacturers. They have a full-time chief and 25 part-time firefighters covering a little over three square miles. Their rigs are black over red.

Tags: Crestwood, Division 22, Klotz, McGuire

Dolton is on the site

Jul 24

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

Another department in Division 24 has been added to the site; Dolton, with two stations. Apparatus images were provided by Dennis McGuire, Jr. and the station photos are from Karl Klotz. Dolton has 35 full-time firefighters and several suppression rigs. They contract EMS from Bud’s Ambulance Service. The frontline engines are from Sutphen as is one of the two aerial devices. Dolton has a beautiful backup engine built by Pirsch on a CF Mack chassis.

Dolton Squad 1455 is an IHC 4700/E-ONE medium duty rescue unit that the department won through a nationwide coloring contest for kids that was sponsored by E-ONE. The winning artist’s name was Nicole, and the squad was named in her honor.

Tags: Division 24, Dolton, E-ONE, IHC, Klotz, McGuire, Sutphen

Several departments coming to the site

Jul 23

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As time permits, photographs from the following new departments will be added to the site;

Joliet (images from Dennis McGuire, Karl Klotz, and George Reichardt)
Crestwood (images from Dennis McGuire and Karl Klotz)
Dolton (images from Dennis McGuire and Karl Klotz)
Alsip (images from Dennis McGuire and Karl Klotz)
CFD Special Operations (images from Hank Sajovic)

The following departments will be updated to include images that are missing:

Frankfort (images from Karl Klotz)
Tinley Park (images from Karl Klotz and Dennis McGuire)
Itasca (images from Larry Shapiro)
Rolling Meadows (images from Larry Shapiro)
Elk Grove Village (images from Larry Shapiro)

Tags: Alsip, Chicago, Crestwood, Dolton, Elk Grove Village, Frankfort, Itasca, Joliet, Klotz, McGuire, Rolling Meadows, Sajovic, Shapiro, Tinley Park

McHenry Township is added

Jul 20

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McHenry Township FPD Station 1 in downtown McHenry is also the headquarters for the fire district. Larry Shapiro photo

The largest fire department in McHenry County Division 5 is the McHenry Township FIre Protection District. With over 150 part-time firefighters running out of four stations, this department responded to 4,369 calls for service in 2009 in a district that is roughly 56 square miles. Their fleet of suppression equipment is 99% Pierce with the one exception being a 1986 S&S tanker running out of Station 2. The newest additions are a pair of twin 2009 Pierce Velocity engines and a 2010 Ford F350/Medtec Type I ambulance. Prior to the purchase of these Velocity units, all McHenry Township engines were on Pierce Lance chassis. They have two squad units; one Pierce Arrow and one Pierce Saber.