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Posts Tagged Grove aerial ladder
Leyden FPD history
Apr 26
Down memory lane …
Jul 18
Another installment from Steve Redick:
… some photos from Cicero back in the 80s …
- I remember this was 2 or 3 frames … the white Grove aerial was one of two white rigs they had as I recall … another was a Ford COE engine …
- a shot of truck 10 at an extra alarm on Goose island … very smoky job … a pallet company I recall …
- Skokie RT17 the rig that caused a truck company to be eliminated … Skokie was never the same after that in my opinion …
Who can name this firehouse? … hint … not Chicago
It’s been a while since our last article in The Color of Fire Trucks series. We are up to MABAS Division 11 this time with only one department to feature which previously ran with apparatus that was not red.
The Cicero Fire Department purchased several units in the 1970s and 1980s that were solid white. They had a Ford/Grove 100′ rear-mount aerial, a Ford/Darly top-mount engine, and a unique squad on a Ford F chassis with a light-weight ladder similar to those used by outdoor sign companies.