The Division 19 listings continue to grow with the addition of the Peotone Fire Protection District. Karl Klotz has contributed images representing the entire department including their latest acquisition – a Sutphen rescue pumper.
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Peotone comes online
Nov 22
Dennis McGuire, Jr. and Karl Klotz have been busy contributing images to bring Division 24 online. The following departments are now on this site:
Tinley Park with 4 stations (images by Karl)
East Hazel Crest (images by Dennis)
Hazel Crest (images by Karl)
Riverdale (images by Dennis)
As a matter of interest, the first three of these departments listed above have the same black over red color scheme in common.
The Lockport Township FPD in Will County (Division 19) has been added to the website. All 6 stations are up and almost complete. Thanks to Karl Klotz for all of the photos. Anyone interested in ARFF units will enjoy browsing through this suburban department that maintains 2 Amertek Crash Rescue Trucks.
The department is also ordering a 2010 IHC Horton ambulance to replace ambulance 1. The new unit is expected next summer.
site updates
Oct 26
The following updates have been added to previous posts:
Phoenix fire station (Karl Klotz)
Frankfort Museum rigs with details (Bill Friedrich)
Countryside Sta 1 – HT411 & E411 (Jack Connors)
CFD: Eng 13 and Eng 98 (Dennis McGuire, Jr.)
CFD: 2-7-4 & 6-3-2 (Karl Klotz)
CFD: Eng 69, Eng 86, 9-1-3 & 6-3-1 (Larry Shapiro)
The following new images have been added to the site from Karl Klotz:
Northbrook Sta 10 (Ambulance 10, Engine 10, Dive Rescue 10, Light Tower 10)
Morton Grove Sta 4 (Engine 4 and Ambulance 4)
Des Plaines Sta 1 (Battalion 9)
The following new images have been added to the site from Larry Shapiro:
Glenview Sta 13 (Squad 6)
Mount Prospect Sta 13 (Engine 13)
The Phoenix Fire Department in Division 24 has been uploaded to the site minus a photo of the firehouse. In addition, all four stations in Harvey have also been posted except for one spare engine. Karl Klotz provided images for 3 of the Harvey stations and we welcome the submissions of Dennis McGuire, Jr. to the site. Dennis provided the images for the Phoenix and Harvey rigs along with the image of Harvey Sta 2.
A homepage has been added for Division 19 in Will County. The department pages will come online as the information is checked to go along with the photos that are currently on hand.
The Elwood FPD is the first Division 19 department to ‘go live’. Thanks to Karl Klotz for the majority of the images.
Two fire departments have been added to the site, although neither is yet complete. Prospect Heights in Division 3 has 2 stations. Station 39 has been completed and Station 9 currently has 1 of 7 rigs posted. The other rigs will follow this week.
In addition, Buffalo Grove in Division 4, has 3 stations. Posting of the rigs for these stations is not yet complete and some of the data has to be updated for accuracy as well.
Today, our thanks go to Karl Klotz who submitted the bulk of Division 19 for processing and uploading. This will take several days, as Division 19 does not yet even have a MABAS page on the site. Again, there will initially be gaps in the departments. These will be updated when time permits.
Hank Sajovic graciously submitted 115 images of CFD firehouses. This too will take several days of preparation before all are posted. He commented that roughly 10-15 of these need updating from when they were originally photographed, but he anticipates taking care of this before the summer ends. While we’re on the subject of Hank’s firehouse collection from Chicago, he is planning an upcoming book … to be released in the future.
As visitors to this site, please keep in mind that as we are getting up and running (which will take a minimum of 6 months), we will post the images that are available to us, with the intent that some images will be updated/replaced when we have shots that depict the subject more favorably. Rigs for example, might be featured showing the officer’s side (which is not the ‘standard’) or on-scene at an incident. Apparatus or stations might have been photographed in less than ideal weather, or may for some other reason be an image that the photographer would like to improve upon. We have elected to post the images that we have available so that the departments are featured to the best of our ability. When time permits or other photographers submit an image that shows the subject in better light or at a preferable angle, an update will occur and it will be noted here.
The majority of the stations in Division 3 have also been freshly photographed and should be added to the site this week (as time permits) as well.
Readers are encouraged to send comments or emails about apparatus that is on order or that has been recently received so that we can stay on top of the game.
