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Elk Grove Township gets new Marion

Feb 17

Posted by bgshap in Fire Department News, New Delivery | 7 Comments

Bill Friedrich provided the following information:

New MARION Rescue Pumper  for Elk Grove Township

  • Spartan Metrostar with 10″ raised roof
  • Cummins 450-HP engine
  • Waterous side-mount 1,500-GPM single-stage pump
  • 750-gallon water tank
  • 50-gallon foam tank
  • 6,000-watt  Will-Burt light tower
  • enclosed ladder storage
  • 2 pre-piped TNT extrication cutters and spreaders in the front bumper with 2- 100′ electric extrication hose reels
  • First-due tool compartment which opens into the pump access area
  • Whelen LED lighting
  • Marion Job number 61911
Elk Grove Township FPD Spartan Marion engine

Elk Grove Township's new Marion engine. Marion Body Works photo

Elk Grove Township FPD new Marion rescue pumper

The side view shows the pump module and compartment space. Marion Body Works photo

Elk Grove Township FPD new Marion rescue pumper

The officer's side of Elk Grove Township's new engine. Marin Body Works photo

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Elk Grove Township former Squad 345

Jan 23

Posted by bgshap in Fire Department History | Comments off

Bill Friedrich submitted a historical image showing Elk Grove Township‘s former Squad 345 which was recently converted into Squad 11 by fire department personnel. They removed the tank, booster pump and hose reel to add additional storage space for the squad apparatus.

Elk Grove Township FPD Squad 345

Elk Grove Township Squad 345 was a 1999 Ford F550 with a Fibre Body, a 60-GPM pump, 300-gallon water tank and 20-gallon foam tank. Bill Friedrich photo

Elk Grove Township FPD Squad 11

Elk Grove Township Squad 11 - formerly Squad 345. Bill Friedrich photo

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Loaner engine for Elk Grove Township – update

Dec 14

Posted by bgshap in Fire Department News | 6 Comments

Bill Friedrich submitted an image of the engine being used by the Elk Grove Township Fire Department that was formerly owned by the Galesburg Fire Department.

I shot the loaner engine Elk Grove Township is using while their Spartan/Alexis engine is having the tank repaired. The loaner is X-Galesburg FD Engine 52. I have included a shot of the rig while at Galesburg as well.
Elk Grove Township Fire Department

The Elk Grove Township Fire District is using this engine, formerly owned by the Galesburg Fire Department, while they are having work performed on their engine. Bill Friedrich photo

Galesburg Fire Department Engine 52 Spartan Alexis

The engine served the Galesburg Fire Department as Engine 52. It was built in 2003 on a Spartan Diamond chassis by Alexis with a 1,500-GPM pump and 600 gallons of water. Bill Friedrich photo

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Loaner engine for Elk Grove Township

Dec 5

Posted by bgshap in Fire Department News | 3 Comments

Scott Peterson reports that:

Elk Grove Township is running an Alexis engine (rental) for their 2nd engine (EGRT ENG 211). It is from Galesburg, IL- ex Eng 52, still black/red. It is labeled Elk Grove Twp, but does have the 52 on the rear of each side. I'll try and get pics next week.

Bill Friedrich adds this about the engine:

 it is a 1992 Spartan/Darley  1500 / 600

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Bloomingdale has been added to the site

Jul 30

Posted by bgshap in Fire Department News, New Listing, Patch | 4 Comments

Bloomingdale Fire Protection District No. 1 headquarters fire station 1

Bloomingdale Fire Station 1 on Bloomingdale Road houses the fire department headquarters and the emergency dispatch center. Larry Shapiro photo

The Bloomingdale Fire Protection District No 1 in MABAS Division 12 has been added to the site. Bloomingdale has three stations though one is strictly used for storage. Station 2 at 6N480 Keeney Road (which has a Roselle address) was originally part of the Keeneyville Fire District. This station has two spare engines and an out-of-service ambulance which may be converted to a dive unit.

Bloomingdale Fire Department ambulance

This out-of-service ambulance might be converted into a newer dive unit to replace Dive 9 which is assigned a 1997 Freightliner FL50/Medtec. Larry Shapiro photo

Bloomingdale has their own dispatch center in the basement of Station 1 which serves Bloomingdale in addition to the Elk Grove Township Fire Protection District and theItasca Fire Protection District.

Bloomingdale runs a fleet of Pierce apparatus which includes a tower ladder and three engines on a Lance chassis, one engine on an Enforcer chassis, and an engine on a Quantum chassis. They have on order a 2,000-gallon pumper/tanker on a Velocity chassis which is due this year. The two in-service ambulances as well as the Dive Squad all feature boxes built by Horton.

Bloomingdale Fire Protection District Engine 1 Pierce Quantum

The newest engine in Bloomingdale is this 2005 Pierce Quantum assigned to Engine 1. John Tulipano photo

Prior to becoming a Pierce customer, Bloomingdale was exclusively a Pirsch customer for many years. In 1981, they received the last engine on a custom Pirsch chassis that matched two engines and a 1972 85′ mid-ship quint.

Bloomingdale Fire Protection District 1981 Pirsch custom pumper

In 1981, Bloomingdale Engine 2 featured the last custom cab built by hand at the Pirsch factory in Kenosha. From this point forward, Pirsch purchased stock cabs from Truck Cab Manufacturers (TCM) and applied a trim package to make their appearance unique to Pirsch products. Larry Shapiro collection

Bloomingdale Fire Protection District custom Pirsch mid-mount quint

Bloomingdale Truck 4 was built in 1972 to match one Pirsch engine already in the Bloomingdale fleet complete with the edge warning lights. They would later have a total of four matching custom Pirsch units. Larry Shapiro collection

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