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Tinley Park orders new aerial

This from Karl Klotz:

Tinley Park Fire Department 1976 Seagrave aerial ladder

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 Fire Department Engine 201 Spartan Darley

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.

 

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Fox Lake is on the site

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 Fire Department headquarters

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.

Fox Lake Fire Department Ladder Tower 2232

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.

Fox Lake Fire Department Spartan Alexis engine

Several of the Fox Lake units feature a 'Montreal-Style' cab configuration with an interior operator's console. Larry Shapiro photo

Fox Lake Fire Department FMC Omega pumper

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

Lisle Woodridge FPD Spartan Super Command Cab Gladiator

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

 

North Palos FPD Spartan Super Command Cab Gladiator Frontline Squad

Frontline built on the third Spartan Super Command Cab Gladiator chassis for the North Palos FPD. Larry Shapiro photo

Fox Lake Fire Department 1954 Pirsch pumper

This antique is the only piece of apparatus painted red in the fleet. Larry Shapiro photo

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