The Elk Grove Village Fire Department has purchased a Pierce Velocity, 100′ rear-mount tower ladder from Pierce. The stock unit has a pump and water tank, a first for Elk Grove Village in many years.
Here are several of the previous trucks:
1970 Mack CF/Pirsch 100′ TDA. jack Connors photo
Jack Connors photo
Elk Grove Village FD Truck 138 was a 1970 Mack CF/Pirsch 100′ TDA that was upgraded in 1987 with a new Spartan tractor. Jack Connors photo
Larry Shapiro photo
Assigned as Truck 9, this was a 1983 Spartan CFD/Emergency One 110′ rear mount (0/0). Jack Connors photo
Delivery photo of the 1983 Spartan CFC/Emergency One 110′ 0/0 rear mount aerial. Larry Shapiro photo
In other news, Elk Grove will be purchasing an as of yet underdetermined type small squad to be housed with the new tower ladder at Station 7 as a jump company to handle EMS responses.
#1 by Craiger on June 3, 2015 - 8:11 PM
What is the minimum manning in EGV? I assume with the new tower/quint they will be running 3 engines, 3 ambos, Tower with a jump EMS squad.
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#2 by Crabby Milton on June 3, 2015 - 4:53 PM
OPPS. I didn’t know you were a MACK fan Mike so I’m sorry but we all have our own opinions. I guess with MACK, most of them were adapted from commercial duty excluding the C and CF. Milwaukee seemed to be saturated with MACK back in the 70’s thru the 90’s and several of the MC’s. They only had 3 SEAGRAVE’s and one AMERICAN LaFRANCE since I was born so I longed to see more true custom rigs around here back then. But that all changed the 1990’s with mostly E-ONE HUSH’s and then nothing but PIERCE after 2000.
Just my 2.5 cents anyway. 🙂
#3 by mike mc on June 3, 2015 - 3:36 PM
Speak for yourself Crabby, the Mack MB was a beautiful truck, especially with an aurora borealis or two red and white dome lights and two (there must be two, not one) Mars 888’s!
Snorkel Squad 1, the Flying Squads, Truck 19, Truck 32, Engines 78, 88, 109 and 116. True classics. They looked good on Milwaukee rigs too.
A lot sharper looking than the International tractors Chicago purchased for Seagrave tillers in 1976 or the White cab engines Milwaukee had in the late 1970’s.
#4 by Crabby Milton on June 2, 2015 - 5:27 PM
Perhaps the theory was that if the tractor portion finally crapped out and the ladder was still in good enough shape, they would just buy a new tractor and save the cost for a complete new unit.
Milwaukee did that when they had PIRSCH tillers. They replaced the PIRSCH conventional tractor with MACK MB’s and they lasted many more years even though that made them ugly.
#5 by mike mc on June 1, 2015 - 3:52 PM
Does anyone know why tillers were so popular in the northern suburubs in the 1970’s and 1980’s? (Elk Grove Village, Niles, Evanston).
Cicero was the only suburb on the west side that I recall having a tiller and I do not recall any southern suburbs having one.
Just curious if anyone has a theory.
#6 by James on May 31, 2015 - 10:16 PM
The Department has already taken “delivery” and it is theirs. However it is a Pierce for maintenance, check over and graphics which is all part of a deal when buying a stock unit. The Quint (called Truck 7 on the radio) is going to be sold. The Tower ladder, Tower 7 is kept at Station 8 in reserve. When the current Tower 7 has to be put in service then Engine 7 will is staffed for the entire time that the Tower is in service. There is no news about moving apparatus around. The current reserve engine, the 1997 Quantum just came back in the fall from an extensive refurb at Pierce and is in great shape. No delivery date or definitive plans for the Squad yet other than it will be a jump company for the truck.
#7 by cmk420 on May 31, 2015 - 9:57 PM
Here’s my take on the whole situation. Given the fact that they are also ordering a new squad (Mini-Squad), my opinion is that there will not be an engine at Sta. 7. The scenario I see is:
They move Engine 7, which is still fairly new, to Station 10 and make it Engine 10; then put the current Engine 10 into reserve status, since it’s the oldest of the current front-line fleet, and sell off the current Reserve Engine 10.
The only variable is the Quint. Is that running first out right now? or is the current tower? I seem to recall another post, on this site, regarding staffing levels at Elk Grove a while back. Why would you have the quint, a new mini-squad and the new tower all at the same station. I know the end of this post said something about a jump company between the new squad and tower, so what does that mean for Quint 7? Will that wind up as the reserve aerial?
#8 by 0.03 on May 31, 2015 - 1:58 PM
Good bye engine 7 and what are they gonna do with the tower they have now that has no tank or pump?
#9 by Michael M on May 31, 2015 - 11:23 AM
I believe I found it on the Pierce website. It has a 2000 GPM pump a 300 gallon tank and it has Pierce Job number 27,750.
#10 by Michael M on May 31, 2015 - 10:50 AM
Since it is a stock unit my guess is they will take delivery in the next few weeks.
#11 by Rob on May 31, 2015 - 10:24 AM
When are they expected to take delivery?