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New Engine for Decatur

From the Pierce Flickr page:

Pierce, Decatur Fire Department, IL, 37339-1

Pierce composite

thanks Martin

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7 Comments

• #1 by Clark on March 27, 2023 - 9:03 PM

  

  For less than 2% of their calls, I’m sure it won’t be a hassle.

• #2 by Localguy on March 27, 2023 - 6:30 PM

  

  FYI, I am not on Decatur Fire. Just have a handful of good friends on DFD.

  As for other central IL depts
  Bloomington broke 13,000
  Normal broke 7,000 both bfd and nfd run ambos
  Champaign broke 10,000
  Urbana broke 6,000
  Springfield is around 19,000 and around 250ish structure fires.
  Peoria I don’t know total calls. Know the old chief really well. They burn a LOT pretty much daily

• #3 by Localguy on March 27, 2023 - 6:25 PM

  

  First, know that DFD does not have fire dept ambulances. Yes they run EMS calls. Not all of them. In 2022 DFD broke 13,000 runs. Of which 150ish we’re structure fires. They have a decent Facebook page. I know they post dashcam videos and there’s a short 5 minute video of some of the fires they had in the first few weeks of January. DFD is a very busy dept with a lot of fire duty. Decatur is a rough town that has been hit hard with big manufacturing companies closing. Lots of poverty.

• #4 by Big Moe on March 27, 2023 - 6:16 PM

  

  I confess I know little about Decatur Fire and their run stats, but would love to learn more.

• #5 by Mitch on March 27, 2023 - 6:26 AM

  

  Well that is definitely a new tryout for DFD. I can see it in E5’s still district.

• #6 by Localguy on March 26, 2023 - 6:44 PM

  

  The handful of times they will use the boom???? You clearly don’t know much about the Decatur fire dept. Size for size, they probably burn more than any Chicagoland fire dept.

• #7 by Big Moe on March 26, 2023 - 12:02 PM

  

  UGH. i WOULD HATE TO HAUL THAT BOOM AROUND FOR 20-25 YEARS AND HAVE JACK UP HOSE BED FOR THE HANDFULL OF TIMES THEY WILL USE AN ELEVATED STREAM. OTHRWISE ITS A GOOD LOOKING RIG.

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