From Sutphen.com:
COMMERCIAL WETSIDE TANKER – HOMER TOWNSHIP FIRE PROTECTION, IL
DELIVERY DATE: 07/01/2018DEPARTMENT NAME: Homer Township Fire ProtectionDEPARTMENT CITY / STATE: Lockport, ILTRUCK TYPE: Wetside tankerWHEEL BASE: 276”CHASSIS: FreightlinerPUMP: Hale QMAX-1500 GPM Single Stage; 2,000-Gallon Water TankBODY: Sutphen 162.2 cu. ft. Total Compartment Space
Sutphen Corporation photo
Sutphen Corporation photo
thanks Dennis and Drew
From the Sutphen Corporation Facebook page:
Congratulations to the Homer Township Fire Protection District on the purchase of your new Sutphen/ commercial chassis tanker! Can’t wait to deliver this bad boy! Check back in late June 2018 for some great delivery pics.
thanks Ron
This from Bill Friedrich:
On 9-11-2012, Homer Township FPD Chief Bob Tutko and the members of Black Shift had a ceremony to place Engine 32 in service. At 1440 hrs, Wescom Dispatch cracked the speakers and officially placed the new engine in service. Pete Lomardi from Fire Service Inc sold this rig to them.
Homer Township Engine 32 is a 2012 E-ONE on a Typhoon chassis with a 1,500-GPM pump and 1,000 gallons of water. Bill Friedrich photo
Wet down of the new engine. Bill Friedrich photo
Pushing the ring into the house. Bill Friedrich photo
Fire Service, Inc. posted images of a new E-ONE engine for Homer Township.
Fire Service, Inc. photo
Fire Service, Inc. photo
thanks Josh
There will be several changes to the Homer Township apparatus fleet in the coming months. Several units will be leaving the department and a new engine is on order.
Three units are leaving the department including:
The tanker as it looked before being taken out of service. Karl Klotz photo
Perviously the unit carried the umber 6823. Larry Shapiro photo
When the tanker was delivered, it had open jump seats, was painted lime green, and was lettered for Tanker 827. Larry Shapiro photo
Bill Friedrich has submitted 17 images of apparatus which document much of the history of the Braceville Fire Department in MABAS Division 15. These images are assembled with those previously submitted by Karl Klotz to produce a gallery with 21 images dating back to 1959.
Many of the rigs that Braceville has used saw previous service with other departments including Braidwood, Argonne Labs, Flossmoor, Lyondell Chemical (Quantum Chemicals), Homer Township, Northbrook, and the Oneida Wataga FPD. Apparatus manufacturers represented include Alexis, John Bean, Road Rescue, Horton, Pierce, Darley, Welch, and Pirsch.
This 1959 Chevy/Alexis engine carried 500 gallons of water and had a 500-GPM front mounted pump. Bill Friedrich photo
This 1989 Road Rescue ambulance saw previous service in Northbrook. Bill Friedrich photo
This beautiful 1965 Pirsch was rehabbed in 1980 by Pierce. It originally saw service with Argonne Labs. Bill Friedrich photo
The 1965 Pirsch squad as it originally looked when it was in service for the Argonne National Laboratory Fire Department as Engine 2. Bill Friedrich photo
This unit, shown here in service for the Quantum Chemical Company was acquired by the Braceville Fire Department several years ago. It has now been retired from Braceville and is on the roster in Dana, IL. Bill Friedich photo
Braceville purchased this engine from the Flossmoor Fire Department and has since retired it. The unit can be seen decorated for Braceville in the historic gallery. Bill Friedrich photo
For the finest department portraits and composites contact Tim Olk or Larry Shapiro.
