The Wonder Lake Fire Protection District in McHenry County has been added to the site . Information was provided by Karl Klotz, Steve Redick, and Larry Shapiro who photographed the stations and apparatus last week.
The district encompasses 11 square miles and has two stations. The main station is staffed around the clock and the outlying station only at night. Their rosters consists of 45 part-time firefighters and paramedics.
They have three ambulances, two engines, two 3,000-gallon commercial tankers, a heavy rescue, and a brush unit. They also have three boats of their own, plus they house a pair of MABAS Division 5 boats as well. One of their engines was previously part of the McHenry Township FPD.
One of the Wonder Lake boats is this air boat by Trail Boss with an enclosed area for divers. Larry Shapiro photo
Wonder Lake Engine 1644 is X-McHenry Township Engine1244. Larry Shapiro photo
Wonder Lake FPD Squad 1631 built by Saulsbury is on a 1999 Spartan Diamond chassis. Larry Shapiro photo
Wonder Lake Tender 1671 is one of two twin 3,000-gallon tankers on matching Peterbilt 357 chassis. Karl Klotz photo
