Archive for July 15th, 2013

Milwaukee Fire Show 7-13-13 (more)

Jul 15

Posted by Admin in Fire Truck photos, Historic fire apparatus | 3 Comments

From Dan Shevlin:

Saturday July 13th

Milwaukee Fire Muster

Nice weather made for a great day . Here are some of my shots .

Dan Shevlin photo

Tags: antique fire trucks, Dan Shevlin, display of fire trucks, fire engine photos, fire truck pictures, Flight for Life helicopter, Milwaukee Fire Department, Milwaukee FIre Muster, Racine Fire Department, Ward LaFrance fire engine

Car into building in Chicago 7-15-13

Jul 15

Posted by Admin in Fire Service Photos | 8 Comments

This from Tom Clifton:

The see thru Chinese restaurant at 110th and western became a drive thru today when a SUV went thru the front window. 

Tom Clifton

car into building on Chicago's south side

Tom Clifton photo

Tags: car drives into restaurant, car into building in Chicag, See Thru CHinese Kitchen Restaurant, Tom Clifton

Hebron Alden Greenwood FPD orders engine

Jul 15

Posted by Admin in Fire Service News, New Apparatus Order | 1 Comment

This from Jacob Combs

Hello,

Just an FYI. Hebron Fire has ordered a new engine. It will be a 2014 Spartan/US Tanker 1500GPM/1000-gal rescue pumper. As soon as we get the final drawing and when photos start rolling in I will share them

Thanks

Jacob Combs

FF/EMT

Hebron Alden Greenwood FPDJacob Combs

Tags: Hebron-Alden-Greenwood, Hebron-Alden-Greenwood FPD, Hebron-Alden-Greenwood FPD orders engine from US Tanker, Jacob Combs

Down memory lane …

Jul 15

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire Department History, Fire Truck photos, Historic fire apparatus | 19 Comments

This from Steve Redick:

I was doing some scanning from the “wayback” files and found a few you might like to see…

The first was a huge pile of RR ties in Bensenville that burned for hours and hours..early 80s. Got some rig shots including the old Bensenville International Squad rig..I remember at this fire the oxygen levels near it got low and one fireman started acting very erratically til they got him into better atmosphere..very strange but no one thought of using masks at an outside fire back then.

I got a lot of interest in the Elk Grove tiller shot too…..

Found a coupla shots of some Mt Prospect rigs, and the Wood Dale truck

Also a fire in a trailer in Morton Grove at the old OCC site (Oakton Community College)

All these should be from the early 80s and shot on Kodacolor negative film…

Steve