The Winfield Fire Protection District headquarters station on Highlake Road. Larry Shapiro photo
In western Dupage County is the town of Winfield. The headquarters station of the Winfield Fire Protection District sits across the street from the Central Dupage Hospital. Winfield has two stations though only the headquarters facility is staffed. A combination of full-time and part-time firefighters have two medic units, an engine, a pumper/tanker, a brush rig and a dive squad at their disposal. Station 2 houses a reserve engine, an inflatable boat, and a Fire Investigation Unit which belongs to the Dupage County Sheriff’s Department with a combined law enforcement/fire personnel task force.
All of the fire suppression units were built by Pierce, the two newest rigs feature the PUC design. Engine 611 was built by Pierce as a stock/demo unit and was displayed at the FDIC in Indianapolis several years ago where it was purchased by Winfield. It features a Custom Contender chassis (which is a modified Saber). The department later developed plans for what would be the first tandem-axle PUC pumper/tanker. Tender 614 was built on an Impel chassis.
Winfield Tender 614 was displayed in the Pierce booth at the 2010 FDIC in Indianapolis. Larry Shapiro photo
Dive Rescue 680, a 1992 Ford E-350 with a Supreme body, was purchased with funds donated by the Fireman’s Fund insurance Company.
#1 by John C on July 26, 2011 - 4:32 PM
I agree with martin….it’s probably just a typo. If you Google “1988 Econoline” you will see that is the appropriate year.
#2 by Martin Nowak on July 26, 2011 - 11:41 AM
The older Ford ambulance cannot be a 1998, it has to be older than that
#3 by John C on July 23, 2011 - 10:02 PM
Just FYI, you have their Tender 614 listed twice on their Station 1 page.
#4 by bgshap on July 24, 2011 - 5:18 AM
thanks for spotting it, one of them should have instead been Medic 620, the IHC Road Rescue.
#5 by Evan Davis on July 23, 2011 - 1:00 PM
Does Winfield still have their International/Road Rescue ambulance? I believe it was put as their second due ambulance when they got their current Ford/Wheeled Coach.