Posts Tagged 3D Fire Apparatus
Dennis McGuire, Jr. informs us that Homewood Squad 546 was sold to the Auburn Fire Department in New York state.
The Antioch Fire Department and First Fire District is a volunteer department at the northern edge of Illinois in Lake County Quad 2. They have three stations with many pieces of apparatus and a new engine expected in January. Once an all Pirsch department, they still have two Pirsch units on the roster, one of which will be put up for auction when the new engine arrives. Each station houses a brush rig and an engine or tanker with at least 2,000 gallons of water.
Today the apparatus consists of US Tanker, Alexis, Pierce, and 3D. Station 1 houses the Quad 2 rehab unit, the Quad 2 air boat, and a new Quad 2 resource dubbed the Fast Attack Response Truck.
Lake County MABAS Division 4 is divided into four quadrants. The Zion Fire Department is located in Quad 1. A short distance from the Wisconsin border, Zion has two stations which cover just over eight square miles. Daily staffing is generally six between the two stations.
They run a variety of apparatus including a 2007 Pierce Arrow XT engine with a 1992 Spartan/3D in reserve out of Station 1 which also houses a frontline and a reserve ambulance, an ATV, and a 1928 Pirsch pumper which the firefighters are in the process of restoring.
The jump company at Station 2 has an ambulance and a 105′ Pierce Dash quint that was built in 1999.
We have added yet another department in MABAS Division 15. The Rockdale Fire Protection District has one station with a three square mile district. They have two engines, a tanker, a squad, a brush truck, and two support vehicles. The newest engine is a 2008 custom Sutphen top-mount which is backed up by a 1994 FMC Omega pumper on a Sentinel chassis. The cab and chassis were built by Spartan and basically represent the Spartan RS style (round-steel) but there was a custom set of trim packages and options that were unique to the FMC private label.
A gallery of images from the Empress Casino Fire in Joliet on March 20, 2009 can be seen HERE.