Aug 31
Steve Redick joined several other photographers recently taking pictures of south side CFD houses and several suburban departments. He has submitted images illustrating the McCook Fire Department.
McCook 1480. Steve Redick photo
McCook Ambulance 1414. Steve Redick photo
McCook Engine 1416. Steve Redick photo
McCook Engine 1411. Steve Redick photo
McCook Squad 1418. Steve Redick photo
This from Karl Klotz:
Tinley Park will replace this 1976 Seagrave 100′ rear mount with a 2013 Pierce Velocity 100′ rear mount. Karl Klotz photo
Tinley Park has ordered a Pierce Velocity 100ft heavy-duty aluminum aerial ladder without a pump. This truck is replacing the current Truck Co. 201 (1976 Seagrave aerial ladder) and Squad Co. 201 (1994 Spartan Darley pumper).
Tinley Park ordered a new aerial ladder which will replace this 1994 Spartan/Darley pumper/squad in addition to a Seagrave ladder truck. Karl Klotz photo
The new truck was designed to accommodate specialized rescue and basic haz-mat, as well as fire suppression duties. It will be housed at Station 1 and will function as a jump-company for about a year until additional staffing is added. Currently, there is one crew at Station 1 which staffs Engine Co 201. Truck Co. 201 will be due on all Box Alarms when a truck is requested, Full-Stills in the village, I-80 auto accidents, specialized rescue responses, and eventually it will be an additional daily staffed truck company. Currently there is only one staffed truck company (Truck Co. 204) which is housed at Station 4. This new truck is slated for delivery in the spring of 2013.
This will be the first Pierce aerial for the TPFD and the first strait ladder since 1976. Currently, TPFD has five Pierce Dash engines and two 95′ E-ONE tower ladders assigned to Truck Co. 202 and Truck Co. 204.
Scooped by the geezer, a report on the MVA Tuesday night involving CFD Engine 62 that injured a total of 10 including four firefighters.
Authorities say they suspect alcohol played a role in the collision between a Chicago fire truck and a carload of people in the Far South Side that injured 10 people.
None of the victims — including three children and four Chicago firefighters — suffered life-threatening injuries when the truck, responding to a fire call, collided with a mid-size sedan at Halsted and 128th streets, police said. A female passenger did suffer a broken neck, authorities said.
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Bill Friedrich supplied an image of the engine prior to the accident.
Chicago Engine 62, a 2007 Spartan Gladiator/Crimson 1,500/500/30F was involved in an accident Tuesday night. Bill Friedrich photo
Steve Redick submitted images of yesterday’s house explosion on Keating which include several of the apparatus that was working at the scene.
5-2-1, the Collapse Rescue Unit was part of the response assignment to the incident on Keating. Steve Redick photo
Firefighters survey the destruction in the 6600 block of Keating where a house was leveled by an explosion. Steve Redick photo
Engine 127 from Midway Airport was on the scene with lines off at Keating and Marquette. Steve Redick photo
Engine 34 was on a hydrant with a line off at Kilpatrick and Marquette. Steve Redick photo
Extensive damage is visible to one of the homes next door to the house where the explosion occurred. Steve Redick photo
Engine 64 was on Keating with several lines off. Steve Redick photo
The 2nd piece of the Collapse Rescue Unit 5-2-2 was at the scene from Engine 14's house on Chicago Avenue. Steve Redick photo
ABC News has a story HERE with early video and interviews.
Nov 4
Scott Peterson visited the Orland Fire Protection District recently for some training and submitted photos of several rigs.
Orland Engine 2 is one of three 2008 Darley engines built with a Spartan Gladiator cab and chassis. Scott Peterson photo
Orland Engine 8 is a 1999 Pierce Saber out of Station 3 as a spare. This was formerly Engine 3. Scott Peterson photo
… and another area 55′ Snorkel!!!!!
This 1988 55' Snorkel built by Darley on a Spartan Gladiator chassis is out of service. Scott Peterson photo
Jack Connors informs us that Truck 56 has received their new Spartan Gladiator/Crimson 103′ aerial.
Oct 20
The Fox Lake Fire Department and Fire Protection District in Lake County has been added to the site. They have four stations although Station1, their original station, is unmanned. Their staffing is a combination of career, contract, and paid-on-call personnel.
Fox Lake Station 2 at 306 Washington is their headquarters. Larry Shapiro photo
As their namesake suggests, their district has quite a few lakes, and as such they have five boats housed in their stations. The apparatus is all by Alexis Fire Equipment and built on chassis by Spartan, with two exceptions. Tanker 2262 was built by E-ONE on a chassis by Federal Motors with a Hurricane cab, and reserve Engine 2223 was built by FMC on the first of three Super Command Cab chassis by Spartan featuring the original square design.
The only Nova-Quintech Sky-Arm aerial in the metro-Chicago area. Larry Shapiro photo
Spartan chassis in the department represent Gladiators, Diamonds, and Metro Stars with various door and roof configurations.
Several of the Fox Lake units feature a 'Montreal-Style' cab configuration with an interior operator's console. Larry Shapiro photo
This was one of three Super Command Cab Spartan Gladiator chassis built in 1984. All three were delivered in the Chicago area. Larry Shapiro photo
The Lisle-Woodridge FPD received one of the first three Super Command Cab Spartan Gladiators that was built on by E-ONE. Larry Shapiro photo
Frontline built on the third Spartan Super Command Cab Gladiator chassis for the North Palos FPD. Larry Shapiro photo
This antique is the only piece of apparatus painted red in the fleet. Larry Shapiro photo
The Crimson Fire, Inc. website shows a new engine on a Spartan Gladiator chassis in the early stages of construction which is being built for the Palatine Fire Department. The new unit will have a 1,500-GPM pump and carry 500 gallons of water. Palatine has one Crimson engine currently in their fleet. Engine 84 was built in 2007 on a Spartan Diamond chassis with 750 gallons of water on-board.
Dennis McGuire, Jr. informs us that the Spartan/Crimson 103′ rear mount aerial carrying shop #E336 which had been assigned to Truck 51 has been taken out of service for some sort of mechanical or electrical malfunctions and the current disposition of this piece is not known. Truck 51 has been reassigned a Spartan/Crimson with shop #E341 which was originally slated for Truck 62.
Truck 51 was originally assigned shop #E336 as shown here. The unit has been taken out of service and the disposition is unknown. Truck 51 now has shop #E341. Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo
Aug 4
Bill Freidrich tells us there are three new Spartan chassis on the lot at the factory in Charlotte, Michigan slated for Chicago.
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