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Web site updates

There have been several updates to the site:

Division 1:

  • Des Plaines Station 3 has been updated to Station 63 with all currently renumbered units

Des Plaines Fire Department Truck 63

Division 3:

  • Niles – updated several pieces at the two stations and added a new photo of Station 2 with red doors
  • Northfield – updated the photo of Squad 29
  • Wilmette – updated photos at both stations
Wilmette Fire Department rescue squad

Wilmette Rescue 27. Larry Shapiro photo

Division 10:

  • Hinsdale – added the photo of new Engine 1012

Division 11:

  • Cicero – added a photo of new Engine 3

Division 12:

  • Addison – updated the photo of Quint 73
  • Oak Brook – made the necessary corrections to both stations

Division 20:

Division 21:

Bedford Park Fire Department Engine 704

  • Roberts Park – updated photos and added missing reserve units

Type I ambulance photo

Crimson fire engine

Division 24:

  • Riverdale – added a photo of new Engine 836

Riverdale Fire Department Engine 836

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Kankakee Township is added to the site

Kankakee Township FPD patchThe Kankakee Township FPD has been added to the site. Located in MABAS Division 7 in Kankakee County, they cover 18 square miles out of two stations. 18 paid-on-call firefighters have three engines, a tender, a brush truck, and a utility used as an EMS chase car.

 

 

 

Kankakee Township FPD Station 1.

Kankakee Township FPD Station 1. Karl Klotz photo

Kankakee Township FPD fire engine Kankakee Township FPD fire engine

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Villa Park is added to the site

The Villa Park Fire Department in MABAS Division 12 has been added to the site. They cover just under 5 square miles with 26 career firefighters from two stations. They have a mixed fleet of E-ONE and Pierce apparatus with Medtec and Horton medic units. Their new DuPage County station numbers are 81 and 82.

Villa Park FD Medic 82

They recently repainted the white bay doors red at Station 82.

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Villa Park Fire Station 82 with red doors. John Tulipano photo

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Villa Park Fire Station 82, formerly Staion 2, with white doors. Larry Shapiro photo

 

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Oak Brook is added to the site

The Oak Brook Fire Department in MABAS Division 12 has been added to the site. They have two stations which are #93 and #94 as a result of the Dupage County renumbering. The suppression fleet has been all E-ONE until recently when they took delivery of a 2014 Pierce Arrow XT PUC quint for Ladder 94.

 

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32 career personnel cover just over 8 square miles, and they currently house Decon 12, formerly located at Carol Stream Station 27.

 

 

 

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Lombard is added to the site

Lombard_anniversary_Logo..DMThe Lombard Fire Department in MABAS Division 12 has been added to the site. Lombard is a career department covering just under 11 square miles from two stations. Their fleet consists of Pierce apparatus and Horton ambulances. They are currently celebrating 100 years of service.

 

 

 

 

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Otto Township FPD added to the site

Otto Township FPD patchThe Otto Township FPD in MABAS Division 7 has been added to the site. They cover 44 square miles in Kankakee County with a staff of 25 paid-on-call personnel. They have three engines, two tenders, and a brush unit running out of two stations.

 

 

 

 

Otto Township FPD Station 1

Otto Township FPD Station 1. Karl Klotz photo

Otto Township FPD fire engine fire department water tender

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Web site updates

The following updates have made to the site:

Division 12:

Freightliner ambulance

Division 19:

IHC Terra Star ambulance

Pierce Velocity aerial ladder truck

E-ONE fire engine

Division 1:

Arlington Heights ambulance

Division 22:

  • Crestwood – added Ambulance 2342 and Car 2311

Division 10:

  • Hinsdale – added new Engine 1012 which replaced the Spartan/3D engine
Pierce Saber fire engine for Hinsdale IL

Hinsdale Engine 1012 is a 2014 Pierce Saber 1500/750. Drew Gresik photo

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Web site updates

Updated images and station listings have been completed on the site as follows:

MABAS Division 12:

  • Itasca – current apparatus has been updated and decommissioned units removed
  • Wood Dale – current apparatus has been updated with new numbering

MABAS Division 13:

  • Elburn – Station 2 has been added with apparatus

MABAS Division 20:

  • Bensenville – current apparatus has been updated with new numbering and decommissioned units removed
  • Broadview – current apparatus has been updated with new numbering and the new engine

thanks Dennis, John, Josh, and Steve for the images

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South Holland updated on the site

Both station listings for the South Holland Fire Department have been updated to add the missing images of the stations and the balance of their apparatus. South Holland FD patch

1929 American laFrance fire engine MABAS Division 24 canteen

South Holland Fire Station

South Holland Station 1. Larry Shapiro photo

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Reddick Community VFD added to the site

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Another department in MABAS Division 7 is on the site. The Reddick Community VFD works out of one station with 21 volunteers to cover 52 square miles. They have an ambulance, a brush rig, two engines, and a water tender.

 

Freightliner fire engine

Reddick Engine 103, a 1997 KME on a Freightliner FL 80 chassis was originally part of the Sullivan West VFD in TN. Karl Klotz photo

front mount pump on fire engine

Reddick Engine 105 (formerly engine 103) is a 1980 American Fire Apparatus front-mount pumper on an F-Series Ford chassis. It has 750 gallons of water with a 750-fpm pump. Karl Klotz photo

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