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Morton Grove Fire Department history

Aug 8

Posted by Admin in Fire Department History, Historic fire apparatus, throwbackthursday | 3 Comments

From Steve Redick for #TBT

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Morton Grove Fire Department history

Jun 6

Posted by Admin in Fire Department History, Fire Truck photos, Historic fire apparatus | 1 Comment

This from Larry Shapiro for #TBT:

For #TBT, here are some shots of vintage Morton Grove fire apparatus as I was going up on the north shore. I was unable to get my hands on the specs when I submitted these.

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vintage Morton Grove FD Ford squad truck

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vintage Hendrickson 1871C/E-ONE fire engine

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Hendrickson 1871S chassis fire engine from E-ONE

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Down memory lane …

Jul 28

Posted by Admin in Fire Department History, Fire Truck photos, Historic fire apparatus | 24 Comments

From Steve Redick:

Some Morton Grove rigs … the old squad and the Pirsch quint … followed those rigs when they were brand new on my 2 wheeler bike … those were the days … Morton Grove Engine 5 Hendrickson E1 …
Summit’s old squad … I loved those old Gerstenschlager type units …
CFD H&L2 just after being vacated … no longer standing …

I kinda like looking at these old shots … if you enjoy these photos, why not share some memories with the rest of us ….

Steve

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Down memory lane …

Jul 15

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire Department History, Fire Truck photos, Historic fire apparatus | 19 Comments

This from Steve Redick:

I was doing some scanning from the “wayback” files and found a few you might like to see…

The first was a huge pile of RR ties in Bensenville that burned for hours and hours..early 80s. Got some rig shots including the old Bensenville International Squad rig..I remember at this fire the oxygen levels near it got low and one fireman started acting very erratically til they got him into better atmosphere..very strange but no one thought of using masks at an outside fire back then.

I got a lot of interest in the Elk Grove tiller shot too…..

Found a coupla shots of some Mt Prospect rigs, and the Wood Dale truck

Also a fire in a trailer in Morton Grove at the old OCC site (Oakton Community College)

All these should be from the early 80s and shot on Kodacolor negative film…

Steve

Bensenville engine. Steve Redick photo

Railroad ties on fire in the 1980s. Steve Redick photo

Wood Dale Pirsch ladder truck. Steve Redick photo

Railroad ties on fire in the 1980s. Steve Redick photo

Bensenville squad. Steve Redick photo

Elmhurst Mack CF engine. Steve Redick photo

Another shot of the Elmhurst engine. Steve Redick photo

Leyden Township Hendrickson/FMC engine. Steve Redick photo

Elk Grove Village Fire Department history

Elk Grove Village Pirsch TDA. Steve Redick photo

Mount Prospect American LaFrance engine. Steve Redick photo

Mount Prospect squad 543. Steve Redick photo

Morton Grove engine with burned out trailer. Steve Redick photo

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Morton Grove Fire Department History

Apr 12

Posted by bgshap in Fire Department History, Historic fire apparatus | Comments off

As a follow up to Monday’s posting of historical photos from Morton Grove, Bill Friedrich submitted a picture of the engine that was featured in 1958.