MABAS Division 24 is holding a Golf Outing Fundraiser this month for the area Canteen and still has openings for players and sponsors.
Posts Tagged Division 24
More site updates
Jul 25
The following images have been added to the site to replace ‘coming soon’ placeholders:
- Division 19: Frankfort; Engine 4
- Division 24: Tinley Park; Boat 204, Engine 211, Service 281
Dolton is on the site
Jul 24
Another department in Division 24 has been added to the site; Dolton, with two stations. Apparatus images were provided by Dennis McGuire, Jr. and the station photos are from Karl Klotz. Dolton has 35 full-time firefighters and several suppression rigs. They contract EMS from Bud’s Ambulance Service. The frontline engines are from Sutphen as is one of the two aerial devices. Dolton has a beautiful backup engine built by Pirsch on a CF Mack chassis.
Dolton Squad 1455 is an IHC 4700/E-ONE medium duty rescue unit that the department won through a nationwide coloring contest for kids that was sponsored by E-ONE. The winning artist’s name was Nicole, and the squad was named in her honor.
Patches added
Jul 1
Several interesting patches have been added to the department pages. Mundelein and Libertyville patches have been added in Division 4, Peotone has been added in Division 19, and Glenwood in Division 24 has been posted as well. If your department is on the site and no patch is shown with the listings, we would appreciate the opportunity of getting a patch to complete the posting
Another department in Division 24 has been added to the site thanks to Karl Klotz. Minus the brush rig, the entire Flossmoor fleet is now available to view HERE. Flossmoor was one of the first area departments to embrace the maximum height cab extensions beginning in 1990 with an early Pierce Lance followed in 1994 by an even larger cab from HME on a unit built by Luverne. Both of these units featured fully enclosed top mounted pump modules. Their newest engine also features a raised roof cab from HME although it is shorter and lower than the earlier model. This 2000 model year Central States engine also features a top mount pump panel but it is not enclosed within the cab. Rounding out their suppression fleet is a 1996 custom Sutphen 70′ mid-ship tower ladder. All of their apparatus are painted black over red.
The Lansing Fire Department with three stations in Division 24 has been added to the site thanks to Karl Klotz. Lansing has stations 2,3, and 4. They no longer actively use their station 1 which is currently being utilized for storage. Lansing recently took delivery of a Pierce 100′ aerial platform (PAP) on a Velocity chassis which was previously mentioned HERE. Their fleet is a mixture of apparatus from Pierce, 3D, KME, Osage, Horton and a large squad built on a KME chassis that is painted white and black.
Photo by Karl Klotz
Karl Klotz has been busy photographing departments in Division 24. Thanks to Karl, The Glenwood Fire Department has been added to the site. Glenwood has two stations which include a pair of the first HME Ahrens Fox apparatus to have been sold in Illinois back in 2004.
Photo by Karl Klotz
Photo by Larry Shapiro
Updates to Division 24
Nov 12
Karl Klotz has contributed several images to update the Riverdale and East Hazel Crest department pages in Division 24.
Riverdale now has a shot of the station.
East Hazel Crest has a shot of the station and a shot of engine 1670 an EONE Sentry.
Dennis McGuire, Jr. and Karl Klotz have been busy contributing images to bring Division 24 online. The following departments are now on this site:
Tinley Park with 4 stations (images by Karl)
East Hazel Crest (images by Dennis)
Hazel Crest (images by Karl)
Riverdale (images by Dennis)
As a matter of interest, the first three of these departments listed above have the same black over red color scheme in common.
The Phoenix Fire Department in Division 24 has been uploaded to the site minus a photo of the firehouse. In addition, all four stations in Harvey have also been posted except for one spare engine. Karl Klotz provided images for 3 of the Harvey stations and we welcome the submissions of Dennis McGuire, Jr. to the site. Dennis provided the images for the Phoenix and Harvey rigs along with the image of Harvey Sta 2.
