The Fox Lake Fire Department and Fire Protection District in Lake County has been added to the site. They have four stations although Station1, their original station, is unmanned. Their staffing is a combination of career, contract, and paid-on-call personnel.
As their namesake suggests, their district has quite a few lakes, and as such they have five boats housed in their stations. The apparatus is all by Alexis Fire Equipment and built on chassis by Spartan, with two exceptions. Tanker 2262 was built by E-ONE on a chassis by Federal Motors with a Hurricane cab, and reserve Engine 2223 was built by FMC on the first of three Super Command Cab chassis by Spartan featuring the original square design.
Spartan chassis in the department represent Gladiators, Diamonds, and Metro Stars with various door and roof configurations.
#1 by Keith on October 25, 2011 - 2:47 PM
Yes Scott you are correct. The former North Palos Tower 804 was a 1998 Nova Quintech 100′ Sky-Arm mounted on an HME chassis with 3D bodywork. It was traded in due to on-going mechanical issues that Pierce could not rectify after acquiring Sky-Arm. It was replaced with the current Truck 804, a 2002 E-One Cyclone 100′ RM quint without a basket.
#2 by Scott Peterson on October 25, 2011 - 1:06 PM
In regards to the “SKY-ARM” aerial, didn’t North Palos have one about 10-15years ago then sell it?