Bill Friedrich submitted an image of Hillside Truck 403, the 2010 Pierce Velocity 105′ quint which replaced the 1985 Grumman AerialCat. The Grumman was sold to the Northern Illinois Public Safety Training Academy (NIPSTA). Nipsta also acquired two other recently retired area trucks. They now have X-Niles Truck 2 a 1992 Pierce Lance 100′ TDA and X-Evanston Truck 22, a 1990 Pierce Lance TDA.
#1 by Drew Smith on August 18, 2011 - 2:44 PM
NIPSTA has not acquired Evanston’s Truck 22, the Pierce TDA. It has been reported that City of Evanston Fleet Services, and not the fire department, have determined the apparatus will be scrapped for its cash value.