A historic look at apparatus over the years from the Dixmoor Fire Department.
Dixmoor Engine 2443, a 1992 Spartan/Luverne 1500/500 formerly from the Chicago Fire Department. It carries CFD shop ID# D-523. Dennis McGuire, Jr. photo
Dixmoor Engine 2433 is a 2003 E-ONE Typhoon 1250/1000. (SN 127675). Dennis McGuire, Jr. photo
Dixmoor Engine 2453, a 1971 Mack CD 1250/750 formerly from Homewood, Illinois. George Reichardt photo
Dixmoor Squad 2405. photographer unkown
Former Dixmoor Engine 4, a 1973 American LaFrance 10000 Series 1250/750 fire engine. (SN C-12-358) photographer unknown
Dixmoor Squad 1, a 1969 Chevy Step Van. Gary Kadzielewski photo
Former Dixmoor Engine 2, a 1953 Chevrolet 500/300. photographer unknown
Former Dixmoor Engine 1, a 1954 Chevy/Central (st Louis) 500/500. photographer unknown
thanks Dennis
#1 by Kevin Griffin on February 5, 2014 - 7:17 AM
I keep hearing Dixmoor unit going to calls can anyone tell me how this is
#2 by Dave Bloom on December 27, 2013 - 6:17 PM
Drove and pumped the ALF and ’53 Chevy (training only on the Chevy) and the Step-Van. The ’54 Chevy was in the station but in reserve. The ALF had a 1500 pump. The ALF, a 1963 ALF ( 1000/500), Step Van and 2 ambulances (Ford/Modulance and a Ford Van, forget both years) were the fleet in service when I was there in 1982-1988. The 1984 Pierreville (1500/1200) came while I was there.
#3 by Scott on December 27, 2013 - 11:23 AM
Dennis, Spring Grove maybe? Sugar Grove way out west off of I-88…
#4 by NJ on December 26, 2013 - 10:40 AM
Dennis, do you have any recent pics of it. It is one unique engine and I’d love to see how it looks approaching it’s 60 (AARP membership time) birthday.
#5 by Dennis on December 26, 2013 - 7:42 AM
The 1953 Chevy Panel Truck is still around in the village garage. The 1954 Chevy pumper is rumored to be owned by a lake county sheriff in Sugar Grove, Illinois. The Squad went down south somewhere. The Mack(CF) was cut up for scrap. At the time of shut down they had the Luverne and the E-One plus two ambulances.
#6 by CrabbyMilton on December 26, 2013 - 6:20 AM
Nice looking rigs indeed. I’m not a MACK fan but that one looks sharp. I wish all a Blessed New Year.
#7 by Bill Post on December 25, 2013 - 7:02 PM
All of the rigs looked good in the photo’s but as far as I’m concerned the one that really stands out is the 1971 Mack pumper.
I know that it was purchased as a “hand me down” from Homewood but it certainly looked good.
It’s a shame that of all of the Engines that Chicago had purchased from 1968 to 1990 (when Mack stopped manufacturing the CF cab for fire apparatus) that the Chicago Fire Department had only purchased one Engine and 6 Trucks using CF cabs which were considered by many to be the best cab around at the time. By the late 80’s Mack was no longer manufacturing custom fire engine chassis themselves only the cabs.
It’s hard to believe that from 1948 to 1956 the Chicago Fire Department had purchased 83 custom built Engine companies using Mack Chassis and cabs.
In 1966/67 Chicago had purchased 5 C/95 Cabbed Engines but they would be replaced by the new CF model in about a year.
It’s true that Chicago had purchased the 10 Mack M/B Howe Engines in 1974 but the M/B weren’t custom designed solely for fire apparatus like the CF cab was.
Merry ,Christmas to everyone.