The end of an era for the Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Fire Protection District (formely the Vernon Township Fire Protection District) as they recently sold their two remaining Seagrave units. What was an all Seagrave department many years ago now has a full Pierce fleet. One of the units sold was the 1996 Seagrave 100′ rear-mount quint that was replaced last year at Station 53 by a new Pierce unit. The second unit sold was Engine 51R, a 1992 Seagrave with a 1,500-GPM pump and 1,000 gallons of water.
This unit was replaced by a 2011 Pierce Arrow XT 105′ rear mount. It was purchased by the Mount Washington Fire Department in Kentucky.
Truck 53 was sold to the Mount Washington Fire Protection District in Kentucky.
This unit was most recently Engine 51R and was sold to the Locke Township Fire Department in Salisbury, NC.
Engine 51R was purchased by the Locke Township Fire Department in Salisbury, NC.
Prior to the current Lincolnshire-Riverwoods apparatus fleet were several Seagrave units. When these units were purchased, the department name was the Vernon Township Fire Protection District.
Vernon Engine 1 was a 1981 Seagrave WB series with a 1,500-GPM pump and 500 gallons of water. Larry Shapiro photo
Engine 2 for Vernon was a 1979 Seagrave WB series unit carrying 1,000 gallons of water with a 1,500-GPM pump. Larry Shapiro photo
The predecessor to the 1996 truck that was just sold was this 1979 low-profile Seagrave W series 100′ rear-mount. Truck 1 had a 1,250-GPM pump and carried 100 gallons of water. Larry Shapiro photo
