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New engine for the Homer Township FPD

From the Pierce Flickr site:

Pierce, Homer Township Fire Protection District, IL, 34772-1

Pierce composite

thanks Al, Drew & Keith

Tags: New engine for the Homer Township FPD

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5 Comments

• #1 by Bill on October 15, 2020 - 10:20 PM

  

  Mokena and new lenox also have pierce engines on
  Order. I wonder if anyone knows what chassis they will be built on

• #2 by Tim on October 15, 2020 - 2:34 PM

  

  Jim, the Orland hose beds have chutes under them. They have Spartan/Darleys with 4 square chutes and the Pierces have 3. So for the 5 inch, the last 10 feet won’t stay on the top of the bed. It gets brought down and placed in one of the chutes. That way the hose can be pulled off without trying to get to it because the hose bed is pretty tall (Orland carries over 1000 feet of 5 inch and has 750 gallon tanks).
  Another chute will have a skid load, another will have 2 1/2 with a preconnected blitz gun. Depending on the company 1 may have high rise bundles in it, and or rakes, shovels and grass paddles. So everything in the back you can pull just about pull from the ground. A unique set up and definitely not the “Naperville Spec” as alleged.

• #3 by Jim on October 15, 2020 - 10:25 AM

  

  Tim,
  What is different about the hose bed?

• #4 by Tim on October 15, 2020 - 9:23 AM

  

  Negative Big Moe. As stated in a previous post Orland’s hose beds are totally different compared to those other departments. Also, it looks like the Homer rig has coffin compartments up top on the driver’s side. Orland’s Pierce engines don’t have that. The Homer cab layout is similar to Orland’s. They’ve used that layout before as many Orland guys had worked at Homer many moons ago.

• #5 by Big Moe on October 15, 2020 - 3:03 AM

  

  Another Naperville spec engine hits the streets! Lisle, Orland, Oak Park, Evanston and now Homer. Catching on fast.

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