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New ambulances for Wheeling FD

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• #1 by harry on December 11, 2025 - 12:07 AM

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  big moe

  and most of naperville fd is all red too

• #2 by harry on December 11, 2025 - 12:06 AM

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  big moe

  yes wheeling lombard park ridge niles except maybe the ladder on the aerial for pk ridge and niles and evanston is all red except the engine at 23

• #3 by Big Moe on December 10, 2025 - 9:04 PM

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  Good looking units. One of the rare all red Fire Dept.s left these days. I like them.

• #4 by ffpm571 on December 10, 2025 - 6:17 PM

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  Harry many departments are on a 5 year cycle for ambulances since they run the most. 5 year front line, 5 year reserve and then when they are 10 years old they get a better return on the sale of a 10 year old rig,

• #5 by Rusty on December 10, 2025 - 6:08 PM

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  They are able to purchase new equipment because Chief MacIsaac (retired) set up the department for success. He was adamant on setting up a vehicle replacement program where the village saved money every year in anticipation of the equipment getting used and abused. The advantage to the taxpayers is that the Village always had cash on hand to pay for each unit outright. They never had to finance the truck. Same goes for the new fire stations. And he passed down that philosophy to the members and to the Village Trustees. That is the reason they are able to afford nice equipment. Also, Wheeling has an impeccable Maintenance Team that stays ahead of the problems with the vehicles. They are maintained very well.

• #6 by harry on December 10, 2025 - 2:06 PM

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  they sure get a lot of new ambulances in wheeling i thought they got 2 in 2020 which is not that old

• #7 by Jeff Marino on December 10, 2025 - 1:28 PM

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  Which will they be assigned to? What is wheelings current staffing with the new stations?