Troy Fire Protection District 700 Cottage St. Shorewood, IL 60404
District Meeting Minutes October 1, 2024 Location: 748 Jones Road – Station 3
Motion made by George Muentnich and second by John Scheidt to approve the Re-chassis of the 2015 Ford Horton Ambulance through Foster Coach for $317,709.00. All Yes, motion carried. (Lead time is a year and a half plus delivery)
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Found at firetruckmall.com:
2005 Pierce Lance – Skyboom 55′ aerial $195,000
- Stock#: 19206
- Pierce Lance chassis
- Length: 32′ 9.5″
- Truck Height: 10′ 10.5″
- Wheelbase: 228.5″
- GVWR: 50,500
- Seating for 4; 3 SCBA seats
- Mileage: 42,208
- Engine Hours: 4,059
- Detroit Series 60 390 HP Diesel Engine
- Allison EVS 4000PR Automatic Transmission
- Additional equipment not included with purchase unless otherwise listed.
- Waterous CMUY 1500 GPM Side-Mount Pump
- 500 Gallon Polypropylene Tank
- 75 Gallon fuel tank
- Water tank has a lifetime warranty
- Relief valve
- 500lb tip load dry waterway
- Command Zone information center
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Excerpts from sentineles.com:
The Portage Fire Department in Indiana recently ordered this Rosenbauer King Cobra Articulating Platform! Portage is right on Lake Michigan about 40 miles southeast of Chicago, and this will be their first Rosenbauer! THANK YOU Chief Chris Crail, the Board of Directors, and the firefighters for choosing Sentinel Emergency Solutions and Rosenbauer to build your next fire apparatus!
Features include:
- EXT aluminum body with lifetime transferable warranty
- Commander chassis 70″ cab with 8″ raised roof
- EZ Climb access ladder
- Auto leveling
- LCS electrical system
- Light Up sign board
- Wireless remote control
- Hot-dipped galvanized painted outriggers and aerial sections
- Engine: Cummins X15 liter engine with 605 horsepower
- Transmission: Allison 4000 EVS
- Suspension: Parabolic
- Emergency Lighting: Whelen
- Pump: Hale QMAX XS 2000-GPM pump
- Tank: UPF 400 gallons
- EMS compartment
- Heated windshield
- Camera viewing system
- Customized grill
- Akron electric valves
click to download
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From Brian:
To note this aerial never went into service for the department
Previously posted at HERE
From Chief Keith Grzadziel:
The Bridgeview Fire Department took delivery of our brand new Engine 411 yesterday. It is a 2024 E-One Cyclone with a S/S body, 1500 gpm pump and 780 gallon booster tank. We are anticipating it going in service within a few weeks after communications equipment and various mounting is installed. A huge thank you to Greg Hansen and Fire Service Inc. for this opportunity.
Keith Grzadziel photo
Keith Grzadziel photo
Found at firetruckmall.com:
2013 Ford F450 / Wheeled Coach Ambulance for sale
- Stock#: 19162
- 2 – Door Ford F450 XLT
- Seating for 2;
- Mileage: 111,053
- Engine Hours: 7,442
- Ford 6.7L 300 HP Diesel Engine
- Allison Automatic Transmission
- Additional equipment not included with purchase unless otherwise listed.
Tri-State FPD photo
Tri-State FPD photo
Tri-State FPD photo
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Dec 12
Excerpts from cbsnews.com:
Members of Chicago Fire Fighters Union Local 2 unanimously voted Thursday that they have no-confidence in leadership at the Chicago Fire Department, after going nearly 3 ½ years without a new contract.
“The Paramedics and Firefighters of Chicago are tired of being ignored and mistreated as they continue to loyally serve the citizens of Chicago,” President Patrick Cleary wrote. “Within the last 2 years, Local 2 has had 4 separate firefighter deaths and at least 3 firefighters severely injured while working without a contract in need of drastic fire safety changes and training.”
The union said the department is understaffed, with as many as 35 fire trucks and fire engines operating with a crew of four firefighters, instead of the normal five. The union also has been demanding that the city add 20 more ambulances and the necessary paramedics and EMTs to staff them, claiming the current ambulance fleet is inadequate.
“In addition, our Members ride inside 20+ year old vehicles that are in deplorable shape and have had days when there were no operational apparatus available in the firehouse,” Cleary wrote.
Union leaders said working conditions at CFD have gotten so bad that burnout is at an all-time high, especially for paramedics because there are not enough of them to handle all the 911 calls for emergency medical services. In 2023, they said paramedics worked nearly 230,000 hours of overtime just to be able to staff the city’s 80 ambulances, and they are on the same pace for 2024.
They said hiring more paramedics needs to be the priority and they want a promise from the city written in a new union contract. They’re also demanding pay raises because salaries have been frozen since 2021, making it even harder to find new recruits to join the department.
A Chicago Fire Department spokesman declined to comment on the union’s no-confidence vote.
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From October 82024 Minutes:
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From crossroads ambulance sales Facebook page
It’s been some time since we updated you on the Manhattan Fire Protection District Medwerks Ambulance Remount from Alexis Fire Equipment Company and it has made a ton of progress! Electrical, interior, and exterior are all close to wrapping up as chevron is installed on the rear and we near testing, inspection and final detail!
Crossroads Ambulance photo
Crossroads Ambulance photo
Crossroads Ambulance photo
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