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Chicagoland Emergency Vehicle Show

Aug 1

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This from Dave Weaver, organizer of the 16th Chicagoland Emergency Vehicle Show

All departments and private rig owners are welcome to participate in the 16th Annual Chicagoland Emergency Vehicle Show (CEVS) on Saturday, August 3rd from 10 AM to 4 PM at the Oberweis Dairy & Pentair Water property at 800 Airport Rd. in North Aurora. Registration is free both on-line on our website at www.EmergencyVehicleShow.com  or on the day of the show. The CEVS is a free, family event with SWAT Team, FD and medevac demonstrations, antique and memorabilia vendors, and food. We also have a Lights & Sirens Parade and Emergency Vehicle Cruise Night Friday night and an Emergency Vehicle Caravan escorted by the Kane County Sheriff’s Office to the Union Railway Museum’s antique transportation show on Sunday. Join us with your emergency vehicle and please tell your friends and family!

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Chicagoland Emergency Vehicle Show

Aug 4

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The 14th Annual Chicagoland Emergency Vehicle Show

Saturday, August 6, 2011

Be sure to “Like” our new page at Facebook.com/ChicagolandEmergencyVehicleShow

The 14th Annual Chicagoland Emergency Vehicle Show will be held Saturday, August 6, 2011 from 10 am to 4 pm in Mooseheart, IL, “The Child City”, located at Rt. 31 and Mooseheart Rd. just north of North Aurora, IL. Vehicle registration opens at 8 am and the show opens to the public at 10 am. The event is free to the public and offers many exciting demonstrations by area public safety providers and organizations.

Show vehicle pre-registration is free by fax or mail ($20 day of show). Form available HERE

Information on the weekend events as well as maps and hotel info is available HERE

The Lights and Sirens Parade & Emergency Vehicle Cruise Night will be held Friday, August 5, 2011. Parade staging begins at 6:30 pm at the Tinsletown Theater on Rt. 31 in North Aurora, IL. The parade begins at 7 pm sharp and arrives to kick-off the North Aurora Days festival at Clocktower Plaza at Oak St. and Randall Rd., North Aurora, IL. Our emergency vehicles are then staged in a safe area where we can enjoy an Emergency Vehicle Cruise Night and partake in the many amenities the festival has to offer.

The Lights & Sirens Caravan to the Lake in the Hills Police Department’s Lights & Sirens Parade and National Night Out Against Crime Car, Truck & Motorcycle Show will take place Sunday, August 7, 2011. The escorted caravan departs at 9 am from the Clocktower Plaza, Oak St. and Randall Rd., North Aurora, IL. The LITH PD’s Lights & Sirens Parade kicks off at 10 am. At the end of the parade route our emergency vehicles are staged together at their Car, Truck & Motorcycle Show. For the past 3 years they have been a wonderful host and really value our participation. They even shifted their date back a week this year so that we could continue to participate. The event funds their police Explorer program which we collect a donation for.

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