Keith Grzadziel submitted the following:
This is a “sneak peek” of Bridgeview’s new ambulance taken by Peter Lombardi of Fire Service Inc. at the Wheeled Coach factory. It is a 2012 Ford F-450/Wheeled Coach. It still awaits striping and lettering and should be delivered by the end of this month.
Gurnee has two units due late this summer:
Grayslake has one unit coming this summer:
Our thanks to Drew Gresik and Gordon J. Nord, Jr. for submitting images to fill in many of the placeholders representing the Berwyn Fire Department.
We have added the new Quint 901, updated images of Ladder 904 and Reserve Engine 911, plus added Ambulance 906 and Reserve Ambulance 910.
Martin Nowak spotted Bolingbrook‘s new ambulance (which was mentioned HERE) on the Wheeled Coach site HERE.
Bolingbrook's newest ambulance is expected to be in service by the end of 2011. Fire Service, Inc. photo
The Bolingbrook Fire Department in MABAS Division 16, has been added to the site. Bolingbrook runs out of five stations. Each station has a suppression company and all but Station 5 run a medic unit. The suppression company at Station 1 is a jump company utilizing either the engine or the truck depending on the nature of the dispatch. As mentioned previously, a new engine is on order for Station 5, and a new medic unit will be in service before the year ends.
One of three units by Ferrara in Bolingbrook. Larry Shapiro photo
The suppression apparatus are a mixture of Precision Fire Apparatus (out of Camdenton, MO), Ferrara, Grumman, and Seagrave. Medic units were build by Road Rescue, Wheeled Coach, Life Line, and Osage.
Engine 5 has one of two commercial engines in Bolingbrook, both of which were built by Precision Fire Apparatus. Larry Shapiro photo
Missing from the images posted on the site are a 1992 Seagrave reserve engine at Station 4, and two large trailers. One at Station 4 carries a Gator AWD unit, and one at Station 5 houses the technical rescue equipment.
This ambulance has different striping than the other units in Bolingbrook because they purchased it from Air Angels. Larry Shapiro photo
The medic unit running out of Station 1 was formerly owned by Air Angels, Inc. which went out of business in February of 2009. Air Angels operated ground medical transport and helicopter transport. In 2008, an Air Angels helicopter crashed.
Bolingbrook Station 3 is at 1111 W. Boughton Road. Larry Shapiro photo
The Bolingbrook Fire Department has two new pieces of apparatus coming:
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