The 3 stations of the Homer Towhship FPD in Division 19 are online and complete with images thanks to Karl Klotz. They are expecting delivery soon of a new ambulance so an update will take place when the new Ford/PL Custom Type I goes into service.
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Homer Twp FPD is online.
Oct 13
New apparatus deliveries
Oct 4
Karl Klotz provided theses updates:
in Division 19:
- Frankfort has two new engines: Engine 711 & Engine 751 are both Pierce Arrow XT’s.
- East Joliet Engine 531 has a new Pierce Saber.
- Manhattan’s Squad 1216 is a heavy rescue built by SVI (Super Vac) on a Spartan chassis.
- Peotone placed a Sutphen rescue/pumper in service as Squad 14.
- The Orland FPD has placed 3 new engines in service that were built by Darley on Spartan chassis. They have been assigned to Engines 2, 3 & 6.
in Division 24:
- Hazel Crest Engine 1228 has a new Seagrave engine
in Division 15:
- The Troy FPD has a new Pierce Arrow XT assigned to Engine 2211
in Division 3:
- Deerfield has a new Pierce Arrow XT for Engine 20
- Glenview also has a Pierce Arrow XT for Engine 8 (1500/500)
- Niles has a new ambulance to replace Ambulance 2
Thanks to Karl Klotz for submitting images from Highwood and Park Ridge in Division 3 plus East Joliet and Mokena in Division 19. Both stations in Park Ridge have been completed. Highwood‘s posting is missing a photo of the station. East Joliet‘s two stations are complete and Mokena‘s two stations are only lacking the patch and an image of station 1. An interesting piece of apparatus in Mokena is Truck 1629 which is one of the first 100’ RM aluminum aerial ladders from in this area from Pierce.
The Northbrook Fire Department in Division 3 has 3 stations. Although images for a few pieces of apparatus are still to come, all three stations are now represented on the site including the new Pierce Velocity 100′ Tower Ladder at Station 12.
A homepage has been added for Division 19 in Will County. The department pages will come online as the information is checked to go along with the photos that are currently on hand.
The Elwood FPD is the first Division 19 department to ‘go live’. Thanks to Karl Klotz for the majority of the images.
Two fire departments have been added to the site, although neither is yet complete. Prospect Heights in Division 3 has 2 stations. Station 39 has been completed and Station 9 currently has 1 of 7 rigs posted. The other rigs will follow this week.
In addition, Buffalo Grove in Division 4, has 3 stations. Posting of the rigs for these stations is not yet complete and some of the data has to be updated for accuracy as well.
Today, our thanks go to Karl Klotz who submitted the bulk of Division 19 for processing and uploading. This will take several days, as Division 19 does not yet even have a MABAS page on the site. Again, there will initially be gaps in the departments. These will be updated when time permits.
Hank Sajovic graciously submitted 115 images of CFD firehouses. This too will take several days of preparation before all are posted. He commented that roughly 10-15 of these need updating from when they were originally photographed, but he anticipates taking care of this before the summer ends. While we’re on the subject of Hank’s firehouse collection from Chicago, he is planning an upcoming book … to be released in the future.
As visitors to this site, please keep in mind that as we are getting up and running (which will take a minimum of 6 months), we will post the images that are available to us, with the intent that some images will be updated/replaced when we have shots that depict the subject more favorably. Rigs for example, might be featured showing the officer’s side (which is not the ‘standard’) or on-scene at an incident. Apparatus or stations might have been photographed in less than ideal weather, or may for some other reason be an image that the photographer would like to improve upon. We have elected to post the images that we have available so that the departments are featured to the best of our ability. When time permits or other photographers submit an image that shows the subject in better light or at a preferable angle, an update will occur and it will be noted here.
The majority of the stations in Division 3 have also been freshly photographed and should be added to the site this week (as time permits) as well.
Readers are encouraged to send comments or emails about apparatus that is on order or that has been recently received so that we can stay on top of the game.
