There are many new pieces of apparatus for our area currently on display at the Fire Rescue International 2010 trade show at McCormick Place. Among them are:
- Pierce – South Holland Velocity PUC 100′ PAP rear mount tower ladder; Great Lakes NTC Impel 75′ RM quint
- Medtec – Algonquin Lake-in-the-Hills Type I Freightliner
- Crimson – CFD Spartan pumper; CFD Spartan 103′ RM aerial ladder; Naperville Spartan pumper
- Horton – Minooka Ford Type III MICU
- US Tank – Pingree Grove FPD Kenworth tanker
- Federal Signal – CFD Ford Expedition battalion chief unt
- Ferrara – Algonquin Lake-in-the-Hills Inferno engine and RM Tower ladder
- Sutphen – Exxon Mobil Joliet Refinery industrial mid-mount tower ladder quint
- Super Vac (SVI Trucks) – Cherry Valley Spartan HDR
![FRI2010-2854 Chicago Fire Department Crimson ladder](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/FRI2010-2854.jpg)
The first Spartan Gladiator Crimson 103′ rear mount aerial ladder built for Chicago was displayed at the Fire Rescue International (FRI) 2010 trade show. Larry Shapiro photo
![FRI2010-2935 Algonquin Lake-in-the-Hills Medtec ambulance](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/FRI2010-2935.jpg)
This Freightliner/Medtec Type I ambulance for the Algonquin lake-in-the-Hills Fire Department was on display in the Pierce booth. There were a total of three units on the trade show floor for this department. Larry Shapiro photo
![FRI2010-3061 Algonquin Lake-in-the-Hills Ferrara engine](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/FRI2010-3061.jpg)
The smaller than normal pump enclosure and built-in cross lays on the new Ferrara engine for the Algonquin Lake-in-the-Hills Fire Department resembles a trend in apparatus design which was first introduced several years ago by Pierce. Larry Shapiro photo
![FRI2010-2996 Cherry Valley Fire Department Spartan SVI Super Vac heavy rescue](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/FRI2010-2996.jpg)
A Spartan Super Vac (SVI) heavy rescue for Cherry Valley with walk-around body, light tower, front bumper hydraulic rescue tools, air cascade system and an abundance of slide-out shelving and trays. Larry Shapiro photo
A gallery showing several of these units can be seen on Larry Shapiro’s site HERE.