This from Larry Shapiro:
I stopped by Prospect Heights for a few shots of the new Truck 9
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Found at firetruckmall.com:
Prospect Heights Fire District photo
1993 Pierce Arrow 100′ rear-mount platform aerial – $50,000
- Stock#: 18058
- Length: 47′
- Truck Height: 11′ 5″
- Wheelbase: 21′
- GVWR: 72,240
- Seating for 6; 3 SCBA seats
- Mileage: 42,500
- Engine Hours: 5,239
- Detroit 8V92TA 450 HP diesel engine
- Engine Brake
- Allison HD4060PR automatic transmission
- Additional equipment not included with purchase unless otherwise listed.
Pump – Tank
- Waterous CMUYBX 1500-GPM side-mount pump
- Pump heat pan
- 275-gallon polypropylene tank
- Driver’s side discharges: (2) 2 1/2″
- Crosslays/Speedlays: Crosslays: (2) 1 1/2″
- Officer’s side discharge: (2) 2 1/2″
- Driver’s side suction: (1) 6″
- Officer’s side suction: (1) 6″
- Rear suction: (1) 4″
- Deck gun included
Electrical – Lighting
- Electric reels
- Onan 75KW diesel generator
- Generator hours: 530
- Telescoping lights
Options
- Aerial hours: 1,543
- Ground ladders:
- Federal Q siren
- Maintenance records available
- All manuals from Pierce available
- Both main hydraulic lift cylinders rebuilt
- Turntable swivel ring replaced
- Torque box and frame corrosion descaled and coating applied
- 12/7 wiring from turntable to platform replaced
- Breathing air cylinders at turntable removed
Prospect Heights Fire District photo
When it was new …
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thanks Rob
From the macqueen website:
Prospect Heights FPD
Job: #41485 | Illinois | Enforcer HD 107 Ascendant
MacQueen Emergency photo
MacQueen Emergency photo
MacQueen Emergency photo
Chief Drew Smith reminded us of two other past Christmas eve fires, both of which occurred prior to the existence of the #chicagoareafire.com blog
4-Alarm fire in Prospect Heights, 12-24-06 (2006 River Trails Condos in Prospect Heights. 4th alarm MABAS box)
Larry Shapiro photo
Larry Shapiro photo
5-Alarm fire in Wheeling, 12-24-93 (1993 Franklin Foods grocery store fire in Wheeling)
Larry Shapiro photo
Larry Shapiro photo
Larry Shapiro photo
From the PHFD BC assigned to the fourth floor:
The crews did a fantastic job at the structure fire in Wheeling. The Fire Attack Lead-Out from the standpipe used all three 75-foot sections of 2-inch hose to reach the fire unit. As a reminder, Wheeling and Prospect Heights utilize the same 2″ Denver Load Packs. Excellent job by E39 applying water from the exterior with a 2 1/2″ prior to Wheeling E23 having their 2″ line in place. The exterior attack really helped E23 get their line deployed. E23 had a pressure of 140psi at the gauge.
I am also told there was significant spalling of the precast concrete ceiling/floor inside the fire unit.
Prospect Heights Fire District photo
Prospect Heights Fire District photo
Prospect Heights Fire District photo
Wheeling and Prospect Heights firefighters were sent to 375 Plum Creek Drive on Tuesday morning after a Wheeling Police Department Community Service Officer spotted heavy smoke from a fourth floor apartment. On arrival, flames and smoke were pushing out of a fourth floor balcony in the center of the building with extension to the fifth floor balcony. Wheeling Truck 24 hit it with an elevated master stream and Prospect Heights Engine 39 stretched a 2 1/2″ line to hit it from the base of the building before crews got into place for an interior attack.
Larry Shapiro photo
Larry Shapiro photo
Larry Shapiro photo
Firefighters from Buffalo Grove, Prospect Heights, and Wheeling along with police officers from Buffalo Grove and the Cook County Sheriff’s Police responded to a reported car fire Wednesday night near Dundee Road and Buffalo Grove Road. The police arrived first and reported a vehicle fully engulfed by fire on Buffalo Grove Road at East Park Place, which is almost a quarter of a mile south of Dundee Road in a small area of unincorporated Cook County that is within the Prospect Heights Fire District (PHFD).
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The area which is without hydrants, is served through an agreement between the PHFD and Buffalo Grove. The initial response included Prospect Heights Battalion 9 with Ambulance 9 along with Buffalo Grove Tower 25. While en route, Battalion 9 requested a second engine after the report of a well-involved car fire and Wheeling Engine 24 was added to the response. A Buffalo Grove ambulance was sent at the request of Tower 25 upon their arrival and the discovery of a two-vehicle crash. Prospect Heights Tanker 9 was added to the response in lieu of using a several block supply line as it became evident that the tank water from both the tower and the engine was not going to be sufficient.
Larry Shapiro photo
Larry Shapiro photo
The car’s occupant self extricated and it appeared that the driver of the pickup truck may have fled the scene before the police arrived. One person was transported to the hospital and several others signed releases at the scene.
Larry Shapiro photo
Larry Shapiro photo
Larry Shapiro photo
This from Chief Drew Smith, Prospect Heights Fire District:
Yesterday, Tuesday, March 21, Prospect Heights companies were dispatched to an auto accident with extrication on Elmhurst Road north of Palatine Road. On arrival four cars were involved. The driver of an SUV was entrapped and had to be extricated. We were assisted by Wheeling ambulances, and a Des Plaines ambulance. Two patients in stable condition were transported. Originally, a portion of the pickup’s front end was blocking the SUV’s driver door. After some work, the SUV’s driver door was removed so the patient could be taken out. The patient was stable, and trying to remove them through the passenger’s side due wasn’t the best choice due to a center console and vehicle deformity. It was decided to use the driver’s door. Excellent work by our Prospect Heights firefighters.
Prospect Heights Fire District photo
Prospect Heights Fire District photo
Prospect Heights Fire District photo
Prospect Heights Fire District photo
Excerpts from the journal-topics.com:
To honor late Firefighter Paul Miller, a blood drive is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 5 at the Prospect Heights Fire District, 10 E. Camp McDonald Rd., from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The “Paul Miller Blood Drive” was made to honor Firefighter/Paramedic Miller who lost his life after a driver hit his motorcycle in April 2019. He succumbed to his injuries and passed away two days later on April 23.
Miller was prized as a hero in his communities, who began his journey with Prospect Heights and Highwood, continuing his journey with fire departments in Des Plaines and McHenry.
One recipient’s life was saved because of Miller’s organ donation. A man is currently breathing because of Miller’s lung donation, who remains in contact with the family today.
To honor Miller before his birthday, Nov. 10, his family asks participants to join the Prospect Heights Fire District in enjoying chili and cake.
