Posts Tagged MABAS Division 11

Updates to website

Several photos have been updated on the site, a few of which have been shown in the blog:

MABAS Division 11, Oak Park Fire Department; Dan McInerney submitted a shot of Station 2

Chicago Fire Department: (photos by Gordon J. Nord, Jr.)

Engine 60‘s new rig photo has been updated

Truck 31‘s new rig photo has been updated

Truck 51‘s new rig photo has been updated

Midway Airport ARFF 6-5-1 has a photo of the new apparatus

 

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New apparatus on order at Marion

Bill Friedrich submitted the following information about several new units that have been ordered from Marion in Wisconsin.

– For MABAS, a 26-foot’ walk-in Special Service Squad to be used as a combination EMS support unit, mobile morgue, and supply truck. It will be mounted on an IHC 7400 chassis with an extended cab.

– For MABAS Division 11, a Haz Mat unit on a Ford F- 550 four-door chassis with a 12-foot, walk-around box, and a 24-foot trailer.

Elk Grove Township FPD has ordered an engine on a 2011 Spartan Metro Star chassis expected to be delivered early in 2012. It will have a 1,500-GPM pump, a 750-gallon water tank, and a 50-gallon foam tank.

 

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Cicero Box Alarm 1-10-11

Cicero companies pulled up to a fire at 5318 west 30 Place on Monday night and found a fully involved Chicago bungalow. They upgraded to a MABAS Box Alarm which brought mutual aid companies from throughout MABAS Division 11. Tim Olk took in the alarm and arrived after the fire was knocked down. He submitted the following images of the scene.

Cicero Fire Department Box Alarm fire 5318 30th Place

Cicero firefighters working off of Tower 1's basket access the roof of the bungalow to check for extension around the chimney. Tim Olk photo

Cicero Box Alarm fire 5318 30th Place

Firefighters perform overhaul and hit hot spots in the rear. The exposure house was protected and suffered only minor heat damage. Tim Olk photo

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New Oak Park engines

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 Fire Department HME Ahrens Fox engine

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

Oak Park Fire Department HME Ahrens Fox engine

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

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