Posts Tagged Wood Dale Fire Department history

Wood Dale Fire Protection District history

Feb 15

Posted by Admin in Fire Department History, Historic fire apparatus | 15 Comments

Something for #throwbackthursday from Larry Shapiro:

Here’s a glimpse of the Wood Dale Fire Protection District from the 1980s

Former Wood Dale FPD Ambulance 14. Larry Shapiro photo

Former Wood Dale FPD Engine 1. Larry Shapiro photo

Former Wood Dale FPD Engine 11. Larry Shapiro photo

Former Wood Dale FPD Engine 16. Larry Shapiro photo

Former Wood Dale FPD Rescue Squad 3. Larry Shapiro photo

Former Wood Dale FPD Truck 10. Larry Shapiro photo

Tags: classic Pirsch fire engine, classic Pirsch ladder truck, Larry Shapiro, vintage fire truck photos, white fire trucks, Wood Dale Fire Department history, Wood Dale Fire Protection District, Wood Dale FPD Engine 1, Wood Dale FPD Engine 11, Wood Dale FPD Engine 16, Wood Dale FPD Rescue Squad 3, Wood Dale FPD Truck 10

Burn down in Wood Dale, 6/6/15

Jun 7

Posted by Admin in Burn down fire photos, Fire, Training | 3 Comments

The Wood Dale Fire Protection District conducted training in a vacant house before burning it down 6/6/15.

Tim Olk photo

Tim Olk photo

fireman covered with insulation after overhaul

Tim Olk photo

Tim Olk photo

Tim Olk photo

Tim Olk photo

Tim Olk photo

Tim Olk photo

Tags: burn down in Wood Dale, fire scene photos, firemen burn house after training, Tim Olk, Wood Dale Fire Department history, Wood Dale Fire Protection District

Down memory lane …

Jul 15

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire Department History, Fire Truck photos, Historic fire apparatus | 19 Comments

This from Steve Redick:

I was doing some scanning from the “wayback” files and found a few you might like to see…

The first was a huge pile of RR ties in Bensenville that burned for hours and hours..early 80s. Got some rig shots including the old Bensenville International Squad rig..I remember at this fire the oxygen levels near it got low and one fireman started acting very erratically til they got him into better atmosphere..very strange but no one thought of using masks at an outside fire back then.

I got a lot of interest in the Elk Grove tiller shot too…..

Found a coupla shots of some Mt Prospect rigs, and the Wood Dale truck

Also a fire in a trailer in Morton Grove at the old OCC site (Oakton Community College)

All these should be from the early 80s and shot on Kodacolor negative film…

Steve