Posts Tagged Division 5

New deliveries

Oct 15

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Here are a few recent area updates:

Bellwood (Division 20) has a new 2010 GMC/Osage Type III ambulance
Nunda Rural (Division 5) has their new 2010 Ferrara engine
Limestone FPD (Division 7, Kankakee County) has a new 2010 Ferrara Inferno rescue pumper

Limestone FPD Ferrara Inferno rescue pumper

Limestone Squad 3 is a 2010, Ferrara, inferno pumper/squad with a 2,000-GPM pump, and 500 gallons of water. Photo by Karl Klotz

Bellwood Fire Department Osage ambulance

Bellwood's new GMC/Osage ambulance before lettering. Osage photo

Interior view of Bellwood's new Osage ambulance. Osage photo

Tags: Bellwood, Division 20, Division 5, Division 7, Ferrara, GMC, Inferno, Kankakee County, Liimestone, Nunda, Osage, pumper squad, rescue pumper, Type III

Hebron-Alden-Greenwood FPD is on the site

Oct 4

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In McHenry County Division 5, the two stations of the Hebron-Alden-Greenwood Fire Protection District have been added to the site although two apparatus images are missing. They run with four commercial engines utilizing Ford and Freightliner chassis. They have two brush rigs and a 3,500-gallon tanker which formerly saw service in Woodstock. According to their website, the district completed their first year of Advanced Life Support service in February of this year. They have two Type III Medtec ambulances.

Thanks to Bill Friedrich for supplying the images.

Hebron-Alden-Greenwood Fire Protection District IHC 4-Guys tanker

Hebron-Alden-Greenwood Fire Protection District Medtec ambulance

Tags: Division 5, Ford, Freightliner, Friedrich, Hebron-Alden-Greenwood, Mchenry County, MedTec

McHenry Township is added

Jul 20

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McHenry Township FPD Station 1 in downtown McHenry is also the headquarters for the fire district. Larry Shapiro photo

The largest fire department in McHenry County Division 5 is the McHenry Township FIre Protection District. With over 150 part-time firefighters running out of four stations, this department responded to 4,369 calls for service in 2009 in a district that is roughly 56 square miles. Their fleet of suppression equipment is 99% Pierce with the one exception being a 1986 S&S tanker running out of Station 2. The newest additions are a pair of twin 2009 Pierce Velocity engines and a 2010 Ford F350/Medtec Type I ambulance. Prior to the purchase of these Velocity units, all McHenry Township engines were on Pierce Lance chassis. They have two squad units; one Pierce Arrow and one Pierce Saber.

Tags: Arrow, Division 5, Ford F350, Klotz, McHenry Township, MedTec, Pierce, Saber, Sajovic, Shapiro, Velocity

Woodstock is on the site

Jul 18

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Woodstock Fire District Pierce Arrow XT quint

There are three stations serving the Woodstock Fire District in Division 5 (McHenry County). They cover over 86 miles with a combination paid and part-time staff. Each station runs an ambulance and there is a 105′ Pierce Arrow XT quint at Station 1. Both of the other stations have a Pierce engine, a tanker, and a brush rig. Station 2 houses two antique units which have not yet been photographed. In addition, Hazmat 5, which serves both Divisions 4 and 5 is housed at Woodstock Station 1.

Woodstock Station 2 on Dean Street is the same basic design as Station except that Station 3 has only two bays. Larry Shapiro photo

Stations 2 and 3 share the same design with one exception; Station 2 has three bays and Station 3 has only two. Both have drive-thru bays.

Station 1 has their own creative decal representing the companies assigned there.

Station 3 also has a unique decal.

The newest units in Woodstock are a 2009 Pierce Arrow XT engine and a matching 105′ RM aerial.

Tags: antique, Arrow XT, Division 4, Division 5, hazmat, Mchenry County, Pierce, quint, Woodstock

Richmond FPD is posted

Jul 16

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Along the Illinois/Wisconsin border in McHenry County is the town of Richmond and the Richmond Fire Protection District. They are in Division 5 covering roughly 28 square miles from one fire station which is packed with apparatus. The design of the Richmond fire station is sightly unique in that all of the apparatus bays are in the rear of the ‘L-shaped’ building.

Richmond Fire Protection District Fire Station

The Richmond FPD station was designed in an 'L-shape' with the apparatus bays around the back of the building. Larry Shapiro photo

The department has a full-time chief and is staffed by 40 part-time firefighters. They run two engines, a truck, a tanker, two ambulances, a brush unit, two AWD ATVs and a pickup which doubles as a chase vehicle for medical runs and a take-home vehicle for the night-time shift commanders. Additionally, they have two beautiful antique engines.

Several years ago, Richmond purchased a 1984 E-ONE, 110′, rear mount, single axle straight truck from Franklin Park. This was an early custom cab/chassis unit from E-ONE with the square cab. Richmond updated the emergency lighting, repainted the black roof white and did various other work to the unit before putting it in service.

Richmond FPD EONE E-ONE 110' truck X-Franklin Park

One of Richmond’s engines built in 1999 by US Tank with an enclosed top-mount pump panel has a twin unit in neighboring Spring Grove. Both feature the HME 1871 super command cab.

Tags: antique, Division 5, EONE, Franklin Park, HME, Hurricane, Mchenry County, patch, Pirsch, Richmond, Shapiro, Spring Grove, Stratosphear, US Tank, US Tanker

Three McHenry County departments posting soon

Jul 15

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Several contributors travelled to Division 5 (McHenry County) yesterday and photographed the apparatus and four fire stations of the McHenry Township FPD as well as Richmond and the three stations in Woodstock. As this represents eight stations and just under 50 pieces of apparatus, it will take a few days before the departments are posted to the site. Thanks are in order to Hank Sajovic, Karl Klotz, Bill Friedrich, Larry Shapiro and George Reichardt for braving the heat. Most of all though our thanks go out to the personnel at all three departments for being so helpful, outgoing, and patient to accommodate the group so that everything could be documented.

Tags: Division 5, Friedrich, Klotz, Mchenry County, McHenry Township, Reichardt, Richmond, Sajovic, Shapiro, Woodstock

MABAS Division 5 has 2 departments on the site

Apr 6

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The Cary Fire Protection District in McHenry County (Division 5) has been added to the site. Cary has two stations and runs with a mix of apparatus.

The newest engine in Cary. Photo by Larry Shapiro

Also in Division 5, the Fox River Grove Fire Protection District has been added. They also have two stations although they run all the apparatus out of station 1. Fox River Grove recently received a 2010 Ford/Horton MICU which is soon to enter service as Ambulance 657.