The Elmhurst Fire Department in MABAS Division 12 has been added to the site. Dennis McGuire, Jr. submitted the images. Elmhurst recently underwent a color change from their long standing white over school bus yellow with green striping to a more traditional white over red. They also changed from a E-ONE to Pierce.
EMS units are staffed by contract personnel while the fire suppression units have career firefighters.
Dennis McGuire, Jr. photo
Dennis McGuire, Jr. photo
Dennis McGuire, Jr. photo
Dennis McGuire, Jr. photo
Previously, Elmhurst had American LaFrance, Pierce, Mack, and Darley engines. The former aerials were both 100′ rear mounts from Pirsch.
1974 Hendrickson 1871S/Pierce Suburban engine with a 1,500-GPM pump and 500 gallons of water. Larry Shapiro photo
This 1000 Series American LaFrance engine was built in 1971 with a 1,250-GPM ump and 500 gallons of water. Larry Shapiro photo
Elmhurst Truck 1 was previously a 1978 Mack CF/Pirsch that was refurbished in 1992 by RPI. The 100′ rear-mount aerial had a 250-GPM PTO pump with 150 gallons of water. Larry Shapiro photo
Elmhurst Truck 2 used o have this 1981 Pirsch aerial ladder that was also refurbished by RPI in 1992. Larry Shapiro photo
#1 by chris r on September 27, 2012 - 8:38 AM
On the day fire buffsof illinois was there , engine 1 was away getting a busted leaf spring replaced and engine 3 was frontlIne engine.
#2 by Evan Davis on September 26, 2012 - 7:10 PM
Yes! Glad to see my hometown making it to the website! Thanks for posting!
#3 by Tony on September 26, 2012 - 6:51 PM
anyone know how many runs a year they do?
#4 by B Murphy on September 26, 2012 - 6:34 PM
Nice photos of the old Elmhurst rigs!
A point of clarification, however: Old Truck 1 (the Mack/Pirsch) was delivered in the Spring of 1977, along with a Mack pumper (1500/500) for Engine 1 with an identical CF600 cab (entire rig was built solely by Mack). I remember it well as a 6th-grader who HAD to stop-by the old Downtown Schiller Street Station to see the pair get placed into service.
Interesting note about Old Truck 2 (the Pirsch aerial which I am nearly certain was an ’82 and not an ’81- it replaced a mid-50’s Seagrave 85′ mid-mount that was running as T-2): the stick on this rig failed during it’s annual testing in the mid- or late 80’s (if memory serves). Elmhurst sent it back to Kenosha for repairs, and I believe Pirsch rather suddenly shut their doors (they were at the very end of their existence), stranding Truck 2 and a bunch of other rigs in a locked storage yard. Legend has it that the locks on the gates had to be cut and T-2 and a number of other rigs were ‘liberated’ and eventually repaired elsewhere.
Hopefully, someone else out there will clarify or add to this story (or legend).
#5 by Ryan on September 26, 2012 - 4:12 PM
Pretty sure Engine 3 is reserve at station 1 and Engine 4 is reserve at Station 2. Odds/Evens…at least thats the way it used to be.
#6 by Martin on September 26, 2012 - 2:12 PM
I’ve seen E-1 the other day. Should have taken a picture. You have C-6 twice. For C-3 it is the incorrect picture.