From Dinges Fire Company on Facebook:
Thank you to the Hinckley Fire Protection District – Illinois on your purchase of an @hmeahrensfox Quick Delivery Engine from the @dingesfirecompany
Apr 27
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From Dinges Fire Company on Facebook:
Thank you to the Hinckley Fire Protection District – Illinois on your purchase of an @hmeahrensfox Quick Delivery Engine from the @dingesfirecompany
Tags: chicagoareafire.com, Dinges Fire Company, Hinckley Fire Protection District, HME, HME Ahrens Fox SF22 custom pumper, New engine for the Hinckley FPD
Feb 27
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This from Charles Fox:
A good stop by OPFD — brush fire along elevated rail tracks while a freight train with many tank cars was parked adjacent to the fire
Tags: Charles Fox, chicagoareafire.com, EONE, HME, Oak Park FD Engine 602, Oak Park FD Truck 631, Oak Park Fire Department
Dec 21
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This from Larry Shapiro for #TBT:
3-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, 11-23-06
Tags: #TBT, 3-11 Alarm fire in Chicago 11-23-06, Central States, Chicago FD Squad 2A at a fire scene, chicagoareafire.com, HME, throw back thursday, throwbackthursday
Sep 28
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This from Mike Summa for #TBT:
For TBT-The Calumet Park Fire Dept.’s Truck 2204, HME/Alfco 100′ midship. Sorry, I do not know year or specs. Please feel free to respond. Enjoy and comment.
Mike Summa
Tags: #TBT, Calumet Park FD Truck 2204, Calumet Park Fire Department history, chicagoareafire.com, HME, HME / American LaFrance mid-ship aerial, Mike Summa, throw back thursday, throwbackthursday
From Larry Shapiro:
Kirkland Community Fire District Engine 1 – HME/Alexis; Engine 2 – Peterbilt/Alexis; and Tanker 1 – GMC Topkick/Walker/Stuart.
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May 16
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This from Drew Gresik:
Hey guys,At about 11:30 AM on Wednesday, Engine 50/Truck 18 arrived on scene at 5039 S. Elizabeth and immediately requested a Still and Box for the 2.5 story frame very well involved. I arrived about a half hour after the primary searches, and about 15 minutes after 2-2-5 struck the Box. Here are my photos. Engine 84 (using D547) and Engine 49 were in Sector 1 along with Truck 18. 18 laddered the roof. Engine 50 was in the alley next to the exposure building (5041 S. Elizabeth). Other units on scene included Ambulances 1, 57; Truck 51; Engine 39; Command Van 2-7-3, and an Assistant Deputy Fire Commissioner.Drew Gresik
Tags: Chicago Engine 39, Chicago Engine 49, Chicago Engine 50, Chicago Engine and Truck 39 together, Chicago FD engine at fire scene, Chicago Fire Department Still & Box Alarm, Chicago Paramedic Field Chief 4-5-8, Chicago Still & Box Alarm fire, Chicago Tower Ladder 39, Chicago Truck 18, Drew Gresik, fire engine pumping at fire scene, HME, HME chassis, HME chassis in Chicago FD, ladder truck to the roof
Mar 27
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The Palatine Rural FPD received a report from a citizen that had observed smoke coming from a house at 124 Poteet in Inverness, two blocks from the fire station. Engine 36 requested a fire response and then upgraded it to a working fire (Code 4) minutes later upon arrival at the scene. Companies from Hoffman Estates, Rolling Meadows, Barrington, East Dundee, West Dundee, Palatine, Long Grove, Buffalo Grove, and Prospect Heights were called to assist.
Companies had smoke from a first floor kitchen window, and the occupants were not at home. Firefighters encountered conditions inside the house consistent with a collier’s mansion, and were able to contain and extinguish the fire within 20 minutes.
Larry Shapiro went to the scene and arrived after the fire was knocked down. Here are several images from the scene.
Additional images from the scene can be found HERE.
Tags: Alexis Fire Equipment, Buffalo Grove Fire Department, East Dundee Fire Protection District, Ferrara, fire scene command post, firefighter accountability, HME, Hoffman Estates Fire Department, house fire on Poteet in Inverness, KME, Larry Shapiro, Palatine Rural Fire Department, Palatine Rural Fire Protection District, Pierce, Rolling Meadows Battalion 15, Rolling Meadows Fire Department, tanker nursing engine, West Dundee Fire Department
May 1
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The Burnham Fire Department received calls yesterday reporting a fire in a 3-story apartment building at 14000 S. Torrence Avenue. First arriving companies found heavy smoke on the first floor and upgraded the alarm to a MABAS Box Alarm. Mutual aid companies from several neighboring departments responded including Calumet City, Dolton, South Holland, and Munster Indiana. The fire was knocked down in fairly short order and no injuries were reported.
Tim Olk took in the fire, and though he arrived after the fire was put out, he submitted several images of the scene and the apparatus that responded.
Tags: Burnham Fire Department, Calumet City Fire Department, Dolton Fire Department, HME, HME Ahrens Fox, Luverne Fire Apparatus, Munster Indiana Fire Department, Pierce tower ladder, Smeal Fire Apparatus, South Holland Fire Department, Third District Chiefs Association, Tim Olk
The 2011 Fire Department Instructors Conference (FDIC) just ended. The convention center was filled with exhibitors who displayed everything from fire apparatus and gear to shirts and trinkets. There were two local area rigs on display this year. A Medtec Type III ambulance for Algonquin-Lake in the Hills was in the Pierce booth and a Cyclone II 95-foot rear mount tower ladder for University Park was in the E-ONE booth.
Other interesting apparatus displayed included four pieces for the FDNY including a Wheeled Coach ambulance on a four-door Ford chassis, an engine in the Seagrave booth, plus Rescue 4 and Ladder 137 in the Ferrara booth.
Crimson had a tandem axle rescue for Elizabeth, NJ, KME had a tiller for Norwalk, CT, American LaFrance had a tiller for Ventura County, CA and HME had a Type III wildland pumper for CALFIRE.
As regards new introductions:
Pierce showed the new Dash CF chassis under a PUC rescue pumper;
Rosenbauer introduced their Smart Cab enclosure for adding a crew area to units built on a commercial chassis;
KME brought out the Predator Pro Series (Pumper Rescue Operations) integrated pumper and a new 79-foot ladder;
Crimson highlighted their new acquisition of Classic Fire and showed their ‘Transformer’ on a commercial chassis;
American LaFrance announced that they are now offering their Eagle custom chassis to other manufacturers and that the LTI aerials can also be purchased by others;
E-ONE showed the eMAX pumper series with a narrow operator’s panel.
Tags: Algonquin Fire Department, American LaFrance, American LaFrance Eagle, CALFIRE, Classic Fire, Crimson, Crimson Transformer, E-ONE, E-ONE Cyclone II, E-ONE eMAX, E-ONE Typhoon, Elizabeth NJ Fire Department Rescue 1, FDIC 2011, FDNY, FDNY Rescue 4, Ferrara, HME, KME, KME Predator, LTI, MedTec, Norwalk CT Fire Department, Pierce, Pierce Dash CF, Pierce PUC, Rosenbauer, Rosenbauer Smart Cab, Seagrave, TDA, tiller, Type III engine, University Park Fire Department, Ventura County Fire Department, Wheeled Coach
Mar 17
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Another photo history gallery has been added to the site. Stone Park, in MABAS Division 20 has a gallery HERE showing apparatus dating back to 1954. Their history is rich with Darley and E-ONE rigs, and a classic custom Pirsch.
One of their current engines was an emergency purchase to replace a 2002 HME/Darley engine that was damaged beyond repair in a traffic collision on April 27, 2004. The accident involved the Stone Park engine and a Northlake engine, both of which were responding to an alarm. The collision resulted in the death of Jeffrey Bergstrom, a part-time firefighter for the Stone Park Fire Department. The Illinois Fire Service Institute Firefighter Record has a summary of the accident with scene photos. The article includes the following:
In addition to serving as a part-time firefighter and paramedic for the Stone Park Fire Department, Bergstrom was also a paramedic for Ambulance Company 44 of the Chicago Fire Department. Firefighters and paramedics from both departments joined firefighters from around the country in paying tribute to Bergstrom during a funeral procession through several Chicago suburbs and at a memorial service in Hillside, Illinois.
Tags: Bill Friedrich, Darley, E-ONE, FF/PM Jeffrey Bergstrom, fire department history, Firefighter LODD, HME, Illinois Fire Service Institute, Larry Shapiro, MABAS Division 20, Stone Park Fire Department
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