video from the confined space rescue in Wheeling on 11-30-12
Archive for December 2nd, 2012
New engine for LaGrange
Dec 2
This from Josh Boyajian:
LaGrange’s new Ferrera Engine was sitting outside LaGrange Parks firehouse Thursday afternoon. I stopped by and grabbed a few pics!
Thanks Josh
Where are they now …
Dec 2
This from Martin Nowak: more X-Illinois fire trucks in Indiana
1976 Sutphen Pumper; purchased from Bourbonnais IL in 1990 by the Shirley Vol FD
1983 PemFab/E-one 95ft Aerial Ladder was purchased by Cambridge City Vol FD in 2002 from Gurnee, IL
Pump 101 2000 HME/Smeal; was purchased by Poe FD from Coal City IL. All rigs at Poe carry the orange color that Coal City carries
Truck 23; 1972 American LaFrance Aero Chief 90′ Snorkel served Mattoon, IL, then St. John, IN, and now Shelby Vol FD
Engine 5812; 1975 Mack CF685 pumper served Winfield FPD IL before the Lake Dalecarlia Vol FD
Rescue 862; 1994 Freightliner FL60/Wheeled Coach was a former Evanston Ambulance that was purchased in 2004 by Kingsbury Volunteer FD
East Chicago has two of the six units that were ordered by the City of Chicago in 2001 ( 2001 American LaFrance Eagle/3D Pumpers) They serve as Engine-1 and Engine-4 Only one stayed in Chicago as E-23. The other three were repainted and went to Baltimore County, Maryland where they served as Engine-2, Engine-4, and Engine-6.