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Elgin Fire Department history

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Elgin Engine 2 2009 KME LMFD Predator Severe Service 2000/500 GSO 7405 plus Engines 1 and 5

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

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10 Comments

• #1 by Michael m on January 15, 2022 - 1:52 PM

  

  I see, I guess they decided to man an Engine at Station 6 full time as opposed to an Ambulance. I guess that is good that they kept an engine downtown. They still lost a rig at station’s 1 and 2.

• #2 by Bulldog on January 15, 2022 - 7:59 AM

  

  Elgin’s Apparatus & Station Lineup:

  Station 1 – 2021 Pierce Enforcer PUC with Ascendant 107′ Ladder
  2021 F450 Wheeled Coach Type 1 Ambulance
  Ford F-250 for pulling the rescue raft

  Station 2 – 2010 Pierce Arrow XT with aluminum 75′ Ladder
  2020 F450 Wheeled Coach Type 1 Ambulance
  KME Heavy Rescue (MABAS rig)
  Dive Truck

  Station 3 – 2017 or 2018 E-One Typhoon
  No ambulance at this station

  Station 4 – 2009 KME Severe Service Engine
  2019 F450 Wheeled Coach Type 1 Ambulance

  Station 5 – 2015 E-One Typhoon
  2021 F450 Wheeled Coach Type 1 Ambulance
  Boat 5

  Station 6 – 2007 Seagrave Marauder Engine which is now manned full-time
  F450 Wheeled Coach Type 1 Ambulance – Out of service
  F250 used for Battalion 1

  Station 7 – 2012 Pierce Arrow XT with aluminum rear mount tower
  F450 Wheeled Coach Type 1 Ambulance
  F250 Brush Truck
  E150 for Fleet Maintenance
  Polaris UTV
  Reserve ambulances and engines are stored on the maintenance side

  One unique thing about Elgin Fire is that all of their apparatus is quite different between each station with the exception of the E-One pumpers which are very similar and only have a few different variations.

• #3 by Joe Gumienski on January 15, 2022 - 2:34 AM

  

  Also a block south of the locked west gate into the Dell Webb community Edgewater where not long ago a block further east a home was gutted and neighboring homes vinyl siding melted.

• #4 by Rich on January 14, 2022 - 8:00 PM

  

  What is their total run down? Eng.,truck,stations,amb. And other rigs.

• #5 by Michael m on January 14, 2022 - 3:20 PM

  

  Station 7 protects a nice newer section of Elgin’s West side. It borders on Elgin/South Elgin.

• #6 by Michael m on January 14, 2022 - 3:19 PM

  

  I know there is a 2015 E-One at Engine 5. They did order a second E-One in 2017 or 2018 before they eliminated engine 2.
  Does anyone know where the second E-One went? Did it go to Engine 3 or 4? I know stations 1,2 and 7 have quints I believe. 5 has an E-One, 6 is decommissioned. That would only leave 3 or 4 for the second E-One. Unless they made the 13 quint a reserve and made Station 7 an engine house again?

• #7 by Mike C on January 14, 2022 - 7:30 AM

  

  These were really nice rigs back in their day. Unfortunately, they were never well maintained and they show their age now. I believe Elgin got rid of one of them and only have 2 left.

• #8 by crabbymilton on January 14, 2022 - 5:44 AM

  

  I’ll second that and that station/house looks pretty impressive too. I have fond memories back in the mid to late ’00’s when they would hold a small muster at the FIREBARN museum. Always a great time and quaint old station/house right in the middle of nice older neighborhood.

• #9 by Mike hellmuth on January 13, 2022 - 5:47 PM

  

  Nice looking triplets……..

• #10 by harry on January 13, 2022 - 4:36 PM

  

  thats a neat picture larry

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