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New fire chief for the Hebron-Alden-Greenwood FPD

Excerpts from MySuburbanLife.com:

The Hebron-Alden-Greenwood Fire Protection District will have a new chief May 1. Thomas Linneman was appointed by the district’s board of trustees last week and will be moving up from his current role as assistant chief to oversee the 30 firefighters, emergency medical technicians, and paramedics in the department.

The 33-year-old is a lifelong Hebron resident and started with the department as an explorer, he said. In 2000, he became an EMT and worked his way up the ranks. He also works for the Crystal Lake Fire Rescue Department as a firefighter/paramedic.

Eventually, Linneman said he hopes to bring back the district’s explorer post to develop young firefighters. He said the program dissolved the past few years because of a lack of interest.

Chief Scott Mullis said he is resigning from his position to spend more time with his family and explore working more in the private sector. He’s been the chief for almost five years, and also works as a full-time firefighter at the Hoffman Estates Fire Department.

Mullis said Linneman was the natural choice for the chief position, and he’s a good decision-maker who is well-respected by the community and department.

“You can’t find a more dedicated bunch,” Mullis said of the Hebron-Alden-Greenwood Fire Protection District volunteers. “They come out and really do put their lives on the line, and they sacrifice their personal lives so they can basically take care of their town.”

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Hebron training and burn down

Images from Tim Olk of the Hebron training and burn down 11-19-14.

fire engine drafting from portable tank

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firemen posing by burning building

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setting a fire for training purposes

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fire department water tender

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fire engine by burning building

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fire department water tender

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firemen training at house fire

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firemen cutting into roof of a house

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firemen burning a house

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fire engine drafting from portable tank

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fireman with hose and fire

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New engine for Hebron

This from Jacob Combs:

The Hebron Alden Greenwood FPD received our new engine on 8/12/14.
The engine is a 2014 Spartan Metrostar/UST
450 HP Cummins ISL9
Seats 4
1500-GPM Hale QMAX
1000-gal water tank
BLS equipped
Extraction equipped
low hose bed
front mount suction

This engine replaces a 1984 Ford C/3D engine and a 1980/1997 FMC/Spartan/US Tanker (refurb) engine
Spartan fire engine

New 2014 Spartan Metro Star/UST 1500/1000 for Hebron Alden Greenwood Engine 841. Alex Vucha photo

fire engine pump panel

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chevron stripoing on back of fire engine.

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Spartan UST fire engine

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Hebron Alden Greenwood orders new engine (more)

Scott Peterson found the following update about the new engine being build for Hebron Alden Greenwood on the fire district web site

New engine being built for Hebron IL by US Tanker.

The Makings of a New Fire Engine!

We have purchased a new fire engine that is being built by US Tanker out of Delevan, Wisconsin. The engine is in its beginning stages, and should be delivered in the Spring of 2014. We completed the chassis inspection this past week, and so far things are progressing as planned. We have included some pictures below, and will update the progress on our web page as milestones are met.
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Hebron Alden Greenwood FPD orders engine

This from Jacob Combs

Hello,

Just an FYI. Hebron Fire has ordered a new engine. It will be a 2014 Spartan/US Tanker 1500GPM/1000-gal rescue pumper. As soon as we get the final drawing and when photos start rolling in I will share them

Thanks

Jacob Combs

FF/EMT

Hebron Alden Greenwood FPDJacob Combs

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The color of fire trucks (part 7)

MABAS Division 5 encompasses McHenry County. There are 18 departments in the division and several had non-red apparatus over the years. Only three departments had fleets that were lime green and white or yellow; the Nunda Rural Fire Protection District, the Lake in the Hills station of the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District, and the Woodstock Rural Fire Protection District (now part of the Woodstock Fire/Rescue District). According to the Woodstock Fire/Rescue District website, in October of 1993, the Woodstock Rural Fire Protection District, Woodstock City Fire Department, and Woodstock Rescue Squad merged together to form the Woodstock Fire/Rescue District.

Eight other departments had red fleets, but at one time each had a unit that was painted differently. (Crystal Lake, Hebron, Harvard, the Marengo Rescue Squad, Richmond, Spring Grove, Union, and Woodstock City)

The Crystal Lake Fire Rescue Department  purchased a small rescue squad in 1982 that conformed to the Department of Transportation (DOT) specifications, one of which required that it be delivered painted lime green.

Crystal Lake Fire Rescue Department 1982 E-ONE rescue squad

Crystal Lake bought this 'DOT' spec rescue squad from E-ONE in 1982. Bill Friedrich photo

 

The Hebron-Alden-Greenwood Fire Protection District had a brush truck which was blue in contrast to the rest of the fleet that was painted red.

Hebron Alden Greenwood Fire Protection District brush unit 805

Hebron-Alden-Greenwood Brush 805 was a unique unit within their fleet painted blue. It was on a 1973 GMC chassis with a Stahl body. It carried 250 gallons of water with a pumping capacity of 450 gallons-per-minute. Bill Friedrich photo

 

The Harvard Fire Protection District and the Harvard Rescue Squad ran out of the same station. The Rescue Squad had an orange and white squad which was the only piece with this paint scheme.

Harvard Rescue Squad 1977 Welch

The Harvard Rescue Squad had this 1977 Ford/Welch unit. Bill Friedrich photo

 

The Richmond Fire Protection District had a rescue squad that was painted white.

Richmond Fire Protection District rescue squad

This 1967 Dodge/Stahl unit ran as Squad 1451 for the Richmond Fire Protection District. Bill Friedrich photo

 

The Spring Grove Fire Protection District had a squad unit and a tanker that were painted white.

Spring Grove Fire Protection District Rescue 1807

The Spring Grove Fire Protection District had this 1977 GMC Step Van that was modified by department personnel. It was Rescue 1807. Bill Friedrich photo

 

The Union Fire Protection District ran a white Ford/Darley engine in 19__ which was the only lime green piece in the fleet.

Union Fire Protection District 1975 Ford Darley tanker

Engine 1505, a 1975 Darley on a Ford L-Series chassis was the only lime green unit that the Union Fire Protection District ran with. It had a 750-GPM pump and carried 1,000 gallons of water. Bill Friedrich photo

 

The Woodstock City Fire Department purchased a Seagrave quad in 1967 that was painted white, and  they also had a white brush truck, a 1969 Dodge W300/Welch 250/200.

City of Woodstock Fire Department 1967 Seagrave Quad

The City of Woodstock Fire Department ran this 1967 Seagrave Quad as Engine 1734. It had a 1,000-GPM pump and 300 gallons of water. Bill Friedrich photo

 

The Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire District had two stations in years past. The apparatus at the Lake in the Hills station was painted yellow. They had a 1968 IHC/Welch squad and there were two additional pumpers at the Lake In the Hills station that were painted chrome yellow;  a 1972, IHC Cargostar-Alexis  750/750, and a 1975, IHC Cargostar-Bean  750/1000.

Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District 1968 Welch rescue squad

Trucks at the Lake in the Hills fire station used to be yellow and the apparatus at the Algonquin station were red. This 1968 IHC/Welch rescue squad was on of three yellow units. Bill Friedrich photo

 

The Nunda Rural Fire Protection District changed their fleet from lime green/white to red/black.

Nunda Rural Fire Protection District Engine 1336 FMC

The Nunda Rural Fire Protection District trucks used to be painted lime green and white like the 1984 Ford C8000/Darley 1250/1000 shown here. Bill Friedrich photo

 

When the Woodstock Rural Fire Protection and the Woodstock City Fire Department were separate entities, the rural apparatus was painted lime green & white.

Woodstock Rural Fire Protection District Spartan Darley top-mount engine

The Woodstock Rural Fire Protection District ran this 1986 Darley with a Spartan 4-dr CFC cab. The top-mount pump panel controlled a 1,000-GPM pump and the engine carried 1,00 gallons of water. Larry Shapiro photo

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X-Nunda engine now with Hebron-Alden-Greenwood

Thanks to Scott Peterson for the tip on this one.

The Hebron-Alden-Greenwood FPD purchased Engine 1346 from the Nunda Rural FPD sometime last year. The vehicle is now painted Red.

Nunda Rural Fire Protection District Engine 1346

Nunda Engine 1346, a 1984/1994 Spartan Monarch/FMC Roughneck 1250/1000 has been acquired by the Hebron-Alden-Greenwood Fire Protection District. Bill Friedrich photo

Bill Friedrich adds:

This vehicle, which currently has a Spartan Monarch cab, was originally delivered with a Ford C-8000 cab that was destroyed in an accident in 1994. I believe RPI did the work on this rehab. A photo of the new engine at Hebron will be added when photographed.

Nunda Rural Fire Protection District Engine 1336

Nunda Engine 1336 was delivered in 1984 by FMC with a Ford C-8000 cab and chassis. The engine was damaged in an accident and rebuilt in 1994 with a new Spartan Monarch cab. Bill Friedrich photo

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