Jef Rudolph reports that Skokie Engine 17 has returned from Renewed Performance, Inc. (RPI) after having some body work and paint repairs, plus new LED lighting, and some minor work on the pump. It should be in service next week.
Oct 4
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Jef Rudolph reports that Skokie Engine 17 has returned from Renewed Performance, Inc. (RPI) after having some body work and paint repairs, plus new LED lighting, and some minor work on the pump. It should be in service next week.
Tags: Jeff Rudolph, Renewed Performance Inc, RPI Inc, Skokie Engine 17, Skokie Fire Department
May 7
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Jeff Rudolph spotted a familiar relic.
Skokie’s old ’69 Pirsch Snorkel. It was sadly heading to a scrapyard in Wisconsin. It was picked up from Jim Carews place in Bristol, WI. After it was placed out of service in the mid 90’s it was sold to Wally Mitchel, then Jim. It was used to put up radio towers and antennas. Take note of the missing basket, as well as anything else that was on it. Also look at the trailer its being hauled on. The guy only made it 1 mile and a State Trooper had him pulled over for an unsafe load.
In other Skokie Fire Department news, Jeff mentions the following;
Tags: 1969 Pirsch Snorkel, Jeff Rudolph, Pierce Saber, Renewed Performance Inc, RPI Inc, Skokie Fire Department, Skokie Tower 16, Steve Redick
Apr 29
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On November 25th of last year, we added the Rockdale Fire Protection District, in MABAS Division 15 to the site. A photo by Karl Klotz featuring Rockdale Engine 2011 was posted with erroneous information. We are grateful to ‘Joe’ from Rockdale who has provided the correct information in a comment.
Hello! I'm a member of the Rockdale Fire Dept. A correction needs to be made here. Engine 2011 is somewhat mislabeled. Originally built by FMC in 1988(Job #7388), it has a Pem-Fab T-942 open cab chassis with the Sentinel body. The pump & tank size shown are correect. In 1999, the engine was involved in an accident in which the cab was damaged. The Fire Dist. contracted with RPI of Tipton, IN. to replace the damaged cab. The remains of Pem-Fab Truck manufacturers had 2-T964 cab shells left. 1 of them became the new cab for this engine. In May of 2000, this engine was placed back in service. It continues to provide protection today.
The photo information has since been updated.
The original post referenced the chassis as being a proprietary design for FMC by Spartan, when in fact it was built by Pemfab. The brochures shown below illustrate two different Spartan designs that were featured. Although cabs and chassis were supplied by both companies, the Pemfabs were not photographed for the literature, even though they were listed as being provided for the custom pumpers. The Pemfab is differentiated from the Spartan by the square black front grill and the side air vent positioned horizontally above the front wheel, whereas the Spartan has a full width black facia and a vertical air vent that is integral with the side and rail. The previous blog post also listed the body style as an Omega, when in fact Joe is correct that it was a Sentinel (SSIII).
Tags: FMC Fire Apparatus literature, FMC Sentinel pumper, MABAS Division 15, Pemberton Fabricators, Pemfab, Pemfab T-942 cab, Renewed Performance Inc, Rockdale Fire Protection District. FMC Fire Apparatus, RPI Inc
Apr 1
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Reserve Squad 2 which lives at Arlington Heights Station 2 has been upgraded with a new Ford F550 chassis. In addition, it has a new paint job and some additional body work that was preformed by RPI in Tipton, IN. This is unit #145 which originally had the top half of the body painted white to match the paint break on the cab. Now it matches the design of the current squads.
Tags: Arlington Heights Fure Department, Renewed Performance Inc, RPI Inc
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