From Steve Redick:
Box Alarm in Summit at 5532 Harlem
Tags: Bedford Park FD Quint 704, Bedford Park FD Tower 709, Bedford Park Fire Department, Bridgeview FD Engine 416, Burbank FD Truck 206, Burbank Fire Department, Central Stickney Fire Protection District, Central Stickney FPD Truck 906, Chicago Ridge FD Quint 6504, North Palos FPD Battalion 8, North Palos FPD Truck 814, Oak Lawn FD Truck 3, Roberts Park FPD Engine 32, Steve Redick, Summit FD Engine 955, Summit Fire Department
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#1 by Mike on September 29, 2021 - 8:50 AM
Pat you are correct.the oak lawn chief was George sheets who came from out East. He did a great job as the mayor and managers axe man for oak lawn and really helped destroy that place. Then Chicago ridge used him until he got caught with someone’s wife and both places got rid of him. The sad thing was oak lawn just recently got a new ladder on a fema grant and he got rid of it for the quint. His replacement in oak lawn didn’t last long. He wasn’t the yes man they wanted him to be.
#2 by Pat on September 29, 2021 - 6:47 AM
I may be wrong, but the St louis chief that came up, who works for Westchester now, he was not the one who shared the chief role at Oak Lawn/C Ridge. Those rigs were already bought by the time he started. That was the prior chief who did that, he was the hired gun for cost cutting in both departments.
#3 by Tom Foley on September 27, 2021 - 9:26 PM
So what suppression was left in MABAS21 AND staffed? The truck at Roberts Park. Engines at Bedford, Oak Lawn, and North Palos. Evergreen Park and Hometown houses. Other?
Were there Change of Quarters or callbacks? This is indeed what staffing cuts look like. A lot of front line gear on scene and not a lot left behind (staffed, anyway). I’d hate to see a second commercial fire in the division at the same time. Probably see a lot of other division 10 or 19 apparatus at the scene…
#4 by Chicagoland fire photos on September 27, 2021 - 1:46 PM
Bedford’s squad is currently used for when the tower goes down and they’re using the snorkel the squad will follow the snorkel so that they have immediate water due to the snorkel not having a tank
Engine 6513 is not oos
bedford staffs 3 suppression apparatus at all times an engine, quint, and tower
#5 by MABAS 21 on September 27, 2021 - 1:25 PM
To clarify a few comments posted here:
Austin: Burbank is slowly building back their shift manpower and runs the truck as their only truly manned company. They will jump to their engine at Co.1 for in town fire calls, if the ambulance is in quarters.
As far as Oak Lawn and Chicago Ridge, several Chief’s ago they shared one Chief that was a huge proponent of the total quint concept as he was from the St. Louis metro area. He sold Oak Lawn’s beautiful perfectly laid out 110′ true truck because it didn’t have a pump and tank along with a HME engine and their reserve Pierce HDR. This Chief was following the script to consolidate 2 staffed companies by the former village manager. Truck 3 and Squad 1 (using a reserve E-One engine) were both staffed prior to getting the quint.
This same Chief was asked by the Chicago Ridge administration to drastically downsize their fleet by selling their tower ladder, an engine and a squad along with eventually disbanding their POC division.
DH: Bedford Park, Burbank, Chicago Ridge and Oak Lawn run their quints as true quints.
Bedford Park also staffs a tower ladder and an engine. Manpower permitting they staff the mini pumper with the tower ladder. They still have the Snorkel as a reserve.
Central Stickney jumps between their truck, engine and squad (rescue pumper).
Chicago Ridge usually jumps over to their engine and responds to extra alarms as assigned. Maybe they were on the road on another run or their engine was down.
Aidan: correct, North Palos has a nearly identical to their 2002 E-One ordered, which has been delayed in production. Truck 814 is their spare truck which came from Elmwood Park and Leyden previously and was given a light rehab.
The only two remaining tower ladders in division 21 are Bedford Park and Roberts Park.
#6 by Aidan Hughes on September 27, 2021 - 11:03 AM
North Palos does have a new 110′ Rearmount Quint on order. Once it arrives, The 2002 E-One will be their spare and the 1986 E-One shown in one of the pictures will be sold as far as I know.
#7 by michael m on September 25, 2021 - 7:46 PM
Isn’t North Palos getting a new truck that I thought was going to replace the old E-One that was at the scene.
#8 by Hawks66 on September 25, 2021 - 3:10 PM
Good god. 7 Truck companies on the box.
#9 by Tim on September 25, 2021 - 11:34 AM
Mabas 21 used to be the tower ladder capital of the world. Bedford, Central Stickney, Burbank, Chicago Ridge, North Palos, Roberts Park all had towers. Oak Lawn did too but long before a lot of you guys were born.
#10 by The DH on September 25, 2021 - 10:52 AM
Still Alarm –
Engines:Summit, Bridgeview
Trucks: Central Stickney, Bedford Park
Box Alarm-
Engines: Chicago Ridge, Roberts Park, Burbank
Trucks: Bedford Park, Oak Lawn, North Palos (RIT)
That’s how it was dispatched, so maybe Chicago Ridge’s engine is OOS? Or they were already on the road in 6504. Burbank’s truck is closer to the fire. And as far as I know, Central Stickney still has an engine.
#11 by Mike on September 25, 2021 - 8:57 AM
Austin, this is what you get when you keep cutting staffing. Most of these places used to run engines and trucks and now because of staffing cuts this is what they get.
#12 by Austin on September 25, 2021 - 8:34 AM
This might be a stupid question, but why so many quints/ladder trucks on scene?