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Sep 24
The Argonne Laboratory Fire Department has been added to the MABAS Division 10 departments. Argonne had one station on the campus
From the Argonne website:
Argonne National Laboratory, located just outside of Chicago, is one of the U.S. Department of Energy’s largest national laboratories for scientific and engineering research. Our over 1,250 scientists and engineers aim to solve the nation’s most important challenges in energy, the environmentand national security.
The Fire Department consists of 25 career personnel who maintain two ambulances, two engines, a heavy squad, a brush unit, the MABAS Division 10 Decon Unit, and a battalion. The suppression apparatus are all E-ONE and the ambulances are from Wheeled Coach. There is a new ambulance from Wheeled Coach currently on order which will match Ambulance 114.
The fire station at the Argonne Laboratory campus. Larry Shapiro photo
The trailer for the Decon Unit was recently upgrade with new paint and signage on the outside, plus a new generator and other upgrades to the interior mechanics. Argonne personnel are responsible for maintaining the unit and bringing it to incidents when requested.
The Evergreen Park Fire Department in MABAS Division 21 has been added to the site. They have one station at 9000 S. Kedzie Ave. and a tremendous amount of vehicles. Matt Schumann submitted the images representing the department and also the following information: 
-Village established in 1893, fire department created by ordinance in 1926– Protects approximately 23,000 people on a daily basis and 3.2 square miles-Dispatched by Oak Lawn Central Dispatch on 155.55 Mhz-1 full-time chief, 1 part-time deputy chief, and a roster of approximately 100 POC members-ISO Class 3-10 personnel per shift consisting of a battalion chief, engine, ambulance and truck company manned at all times-Automatic-Aid agreements with the Village of Oak Lawn and Hometown FPD.-Village bordered by the City of Chicago to the North, East and South, Hometown and Oak Lawn to the west
Evergreen Park Fire Station at 9000 S. Kedzie Avenue. Matt Schumann photo
Matt Schumann photo
Wilmette was the original owner of Evergreen Park Snorkel Squad 3. It originally had a 1,250-GPM pump and 300 gallons of water. Larry Shapiro photo
The Bolingbrook Fire Department in MABAS Division 16, has been added to the site. Bolingbrook runs out of five stations. Each station has a suppression company and all but Station 5 run a medic unit. The suppression company at Station 1 is a jump company utilizing either the engine or the truck depending on the nature of the dispatch. As mentioned previously, a new engine is on order for Station 5, and a new medic unit will be in service before the year ends.
One of three units by Ferrara in Bolingbrook. Larry Shapiro photo
The suppression apparatus are a mixture of Precision Fire Apparatus (out of Camdenton, MO), Ferrara, Grumman, and Seagrave. Medic units were build by Road Rescue, Wheeled Coach, Life Line, and Osage.
Engine 5 has one of two commercial engines in Bolingbrook, both of which were built by Precision Fire Apparatus. Larry Shapiro photo
Missing from the images posted on the site are a 1992 Seagrave reserve engine at Station 4, and two large trailers. One at Station 4 carries a Gator AWD unit, and one at Station 5 houses the technical rescue equipment.
This ambulance has different striping than the other units in Bolingbrook because they purchased it from Air Angels. Larry Shapiro photo
The medic unit running out of Station 1 was formerly owned by Air Angels, Inc. which went out of business in February of 2009. Air Angels operated ground medical transport and helicopter transport. In 2008, an Air Angels helicopter crashed.
Bolingbrook Station 3 is at 1111 W. Boughton Road. Larry Shapiro photo
Bloomingdale Fire Station 1 on Bloomingdale Road houses the fire department headquarters and the emergency dispatch center. Larry Shapiro photo
The Bloomingdale Fire Protection District No 1 in MABAS Division 12 has been added to the site. Bloomingdale has three stations though one is strictly used for storage. Station 2 at 6N480 Keeney Road (which has a Roselle address) was originally part of the Keeneyville Fire District. This station has two spare engines and an out-of-service ambulance which may be converted to a dive unit.
This out-of-service ambulance might be converted into a newer dive unit to replace Dive 9 which is assigned a 1997 Freightliner FL50/Medtec. Larry Shapiro photo
Bloomingdale has their own dispatch center in the basement of Station 1 which serves Bloomingdale in addition to the Elk Grove Township Fire Protection District and theItasca Fire Protection District.
Bloomingdale runs a fleet of Pierce apparatus which includes a tower ladder and three engines on a Lance chassis, one engine on an Enforcer chassis, and an engine on a Quantum chassis. They have on order a 2,000-gallon pumper/tanker on a Velocity chassis which is due this year. The two in-service ambulances as well as the Dive Squad all feature boxes built by Horton.
The newest engine in Bloomingdale is this 2005 Pierce Quantum assigned to Engine 1. John Tulipano photo
Prior to becoming a Pierce customer, Bloomingdale was exclusively a Pirsch customer for many years. In 1981, they received the last engine on a custom Pirsch chassis that matched two engines and a 1972 85′ mid-ship quint.
In 1981, Bloomingdale Engine 2 featured the last custom cab built by hand at the Pirsch factory in Kenosha. From this point forward, Pirsch purchased stock cabs from Truck Cab Manufacturers (TCM) and applied a trim package to make their appearance unique to Pirsch products. Larry Shapiro collection
Bloomingdale Truck 4 was built in 1972 to match one Pirsch engine already in the Bloomingdale fleet complete with the edge warning lights. They would later have a total of four matching custom Pirsch units. Larry Shapiro collection
Summit is added to the site
Jul 29
In MABAS Division 21, the Summit Fire Department covers 2.5 square miles plus a four-mile stretch of nearby highways. They operate out of one station with a full-time chief and deputy chief plus 48 part-time firefighters. Summit has three Pierce engines (one is an X-Bedford Park piece), they have two Medtec ambulances, a command car, a boat, and the MABAS Division 21 Fire Investigation Unit (an X-North Palos Osage ambulance).
When the Cary Fire Protection District was added to the site HERE, there were several images missing. Larry Shapiro recently visited Cary and was able to photograph the rest of the apparatus as well as a few units which have been renumbered (Squad 255 and Tanker 270). Among the photos is a 1928 antique American LaFrance engine and a new Medtec ambulance that was delivered recently.
Larry Shapiro visited the North Maine Fire District to photograph Engine 1, their 1992 Pierce Arrow that was recently refurbished by Alexis Fire Apparatus.
The officer's side of Engine 1 shows new high-side compartments, a hydraulic ladder rack, plus the black and red chevron striping. Larry Shapiro photo
Engine 1 has new top-access compartments, an extended front bumper and intake in addition to new striping and a black roof. Larry Shapiro photo
North Maine FPD took delivery of Engine 1 in 1992 as shown here. This was their second Pierce Arrow engine. Larry Shapiro collection
North Maine FPD took delivery of their first Pierce Engine 1 in 1985. This was sold to the Beach Park FPD in 2003. Larry Shapiro collection
The North Maine Fire District has a new decal which is being added to their apparatus. It replicates a challenge coin that they created several years ago and incorporates the new black and gold colors on Engine 1.
The North Maine Fire District page has a new link to a separate page showing their decal and several patches. Click on the Company Patches link at the top of the North Maine Fire District page.
The last group of patches from the collection of Alexander Alexandrovski for the 6th District are for companies in the 22nd Battalion.
Engine Company 62, Truck Company 27, Battalion 22
The first of two groups of patches added in the 6th District begins with a district-wide patch representing all of the battalions. There are also a couple of patches for companies in the 21st and 23rd Battalions.
Engine Company 126, Truck Company 49, Ambulance 50
Engine Company 72, Tower Ladder 34, Ambulance 22
These patches are from the collection of Alexander Alexandrovski.
