Posts Tagged Mack CF fire engine

Summit Fire Department history

This from Mike Summa for #TBT:

This is the Summit Fire Dept.’s Engine 951, 1960/70’s Mack CF.  Please fill in the blanks if you know more.  Thanks.  The first picture is mine, the second, a group shot is from the Summit FD Facebook page.  Enjoy and comment.
Mike Summa
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Mike Summa photo

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Melrose Park Fire Department history

for #throwbackthursday – classic apparatus and ambulance photos from the Melrose Park Fire Department

Melrose Park FD vintage Cadillac ambulance

Larry Shapiro photo

 

Melrose Park FD vintage ambulance

Larry Shapiro photo

Vintage Melrose Park Ford C-Series fire engine

Larry Shapiro photo

Melrose Park FD classic Mack CF fire engine

Larry Shapiro photo

Melrose Park FD 3-boom Seagrave Snorkel

Larry Shapiro photo

Melrose Park FD Grumman AerialCat tower ladder

Larry Shapiro photo

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Phoenix Fire Department history

This from Mike Summa:

Hello,
This is Phoenix Fire Department Engine 1703.  A very plain 1968 Mack CF600.  It’s a 1000/500 pumper.  Hope that you enjoy,
Mike S.
Phoenix Fire Department history

Mike Summa photo

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Oak Lawn Fire Department history

This from Mike Summa:

Hello,
This is a 1978 Mack 1250/500.  Very plain by today’s standards.  Correct me if I’m wrong on any of the specs.  Enjoy!
Thank you,
Mike S.
Mack CF fire engine from Oak Lawn IL

Oak Lawn Engine 25 – 1978 Mack 1250/500. Mike Summa photo

More from the chicagoareafire.com archives:

Photos from Larry Shapiro:

1977 Mack CF fire engine from Oak Lawn, IL

Oak Lawn Engine 26 – 1977 Mack CF 1250/500. Larry Shapiro photo

1977 Mack CF fire engine from Oak Lawn, IL

Oak Lawn Engine 30 – 1977 Mack CF 1250/500. Larry Shapiro photo

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House fire in Munster, IN – 3/29/15

This from Brad Steinweg:

I was at home when a call came out for a house fire at 7946 Madison Avenue, in Munster (3/29/15). I stopped by and they had it knocked, but I got some photos. While operating at this scene they also received a call for smoke inside an apartment a couple blocks away from Station 2, which turned out to be burned food. Since most of the rigs were tied up at the other fire, they called Schererville and Lynwood for assistance on the 2nd call. At the 2nd call, I got a good shot of Lynwood’s Mack CF, one of the few Macks left in Cook County.

-Brad S.
firemen rolling hose after fighting a fire

Brad Steinweg photo

fire truck at fire scene

Brad Steinweg photo

Brad Steinweg photo

Brad Steinweg photo

house fire scene

Brad Steinweg photo

house fire scene

Brad Steinweg photo

fire engine

Brad Steinweg photo

American LaFrance tower ladder

Brad Steinweg photo

fire truck at fire scene

Brad Steinweg photo

Mack CF Fire engine

Brad Steinweg photo

Mack CF Fire engine

Brad Steinweg photo

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As seen around … North Riverside

This from Josh Boyajian:

I took this shot of North Riverside Engine Co. 809. This engine along with another Mack engine are being replaced with a new Pierce engine that was just recently delivered.
It is a 1986 Mack/Pierce Engine with a 600 Gallon Booster Tank 1250 GPM Waterous Pump
Pierce fire engine on a Mack CF chassis

North Riverside Engine 809, a 1986 Mack CF Pierce 1250/600. Josh Boyajian photo

Pierce Velocity PUC pumper

North Riverside Engine 807, a 2014 Pierce Velocity PUC. Josh Boyajian photo

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2nd Alarm fire in Lynwood, 1-26-14 (more)

Additional images from Tim Olk at the 2nd Alarm fire in Lynwood.

Lynwood house destroyed by fire 1-26-14

Tim Olk photo

Munster tower ladder. Tim Olk photo

Munster tower ladder. Tim Olk photo

Lynwood house destroyed by fire 1-26-14

Tim Olk photo

Lynwood house destroyed by fire 1-26-14

Tim Olk photo

Mack CF fire engine photo

Lynwood engine. Tim Olk photo

E-ONE Hurricane fire engine pumping at fire scene

Lynwood engine. Tim Olk photo

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Dixmoor shuts down their fire department (more)

A historic look at apparatus over the years from the Dixmoor Fire Department.

Dixmoor Fire Department history

Dixmoor Engine 2443, a 1992 Spartan/Luverne 1500/500 formerly from the Chicago Fire Department. It carries CFD shop ID# D-523. Dennis McGuire, Jr. photo

Dixmoor Fire Department history

Dixmoor Engine 2433 is a 2003 E-ONE Typhoon 1250/1000. (SN 127675). Dennis McGuire, Jr. photo

Dixmoor Fire Department history

Dixmoor Engine 2453, a 1971 Mack CD 1250/750 formerly from Homewood, Illinois. George Reichardt photo

Dixmoor Fire Department history

Dixmoor Squad 2405. photographer unkown

 

Dixmoor Fire Department history

Former Dixmoor Engine 4, a 1973 American LaFrance 10000 Series 1250/750 fire engine. (SN C-12-358) photographer unknown

Dixmoor Fire Department history

Dixmoor Squad 1, a 1969 Chevy Step Van. Gary Kadzielewski photo

Dixmoor Fire Department history

Former Dixmoor Engine 2, a 1953 Chevrolet 500/300. photographer unknown

Dixmoor Fire Department history

Former Dixmoor Engine 1, a 1954 Chevy/Central (st Louis) 500/500. photographer unknown

thanks Dennis

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New engine for Lake Villa

This from Jeff Rudolph

Lake Villa E 244 2013 Pierce Arrow XT 1500/1000. Set to run out of station 4 when opened

 

Lake Villa Fire Department

Jeff Rudolph photo

Lake Villa Fire Department

Lake Villa’s new Pierce engine alongside the old Mack CF/Pierce engine. Jeff Rudolph photo

 

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Down memory lane …

This from Steve Redick:

I was doing some scanning from the “wayback” files and found a few you might like to see…

The first was a huge pile of RR ties in Bensenville that burned for hours and hours..early 80s. Got some rig shots including the old Bensenville International Squad rig..I remember at this fire the oxygen levels near it got low and one fireman started acting very erratically til they got him into better atmosphere..very strange but no one thought of using masks at an outside fire back then.

I got a lot of interest in the Elk Grove tiller shot too…..

Found a coupla shots of some Mt Prospect rigs, and the Wood Dale truck

Also a fire in a trailer in Morton Grove at the old OCC site (Oakton Community College)

All these should be from the early 80s and shot on Kodacolor negative film…

Steve

Bensenville Fire Department history

Bensenville engine. Steve Redick photo

Railroad ties on fire in the 1980s.

Railroad ties on fire in the 1980s. Steve Redick photo

Wood Dale Fire Department history

Wood Dale Pirsch ladder truck. Steve Redick photo

Railroad ties on fire in the 1980s.

Railroad ties on fire in the 1980s. Steve Redick photo

Bensenville squad. Steve Redick photo

Bensenville squad. Steve Redick photo

Elmhurst Fire Department history

Elmhurst Mack CF engine. Steve Redick photo

Elmhurst Fire Department history

Another shot of the Elmhurst engine. Steve Redick photo

Leyden Township FPD history

Leyden Township Hendrickson/FMC engine. Steve Redick photo

Elk Grove Village Fire Department history

Elk Grove Village Pirsch TDA. Steve Redick photo

Mount Prospect Fire Department history

Mount Prospect American LaFrance engine. Steve Redick photo

Mount Prospect Fire Department history

Mount Prospect American LaFrance engine. Steve Redick photo

Mount Prospect Fire Department history

Mount Prospect squad 543. Steve Redick photo

Morton Grove Fire Department history

Morton Grove engine with burned out trailer. Steve Redick photo

 

 

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