Posts Tagged Mchenry County

Lakewood to disband fire department

Nov 14

Posted by bgshap in Fire Department News, Fire Service News | Comments off

The Village of Lakewood, in McHenry County, created a new fire department four years ago. Prior to that, they had contracted for many years with Crystal Lake for fire protection. They are currently looking into an intergovernmental agreement with the Woodstock Fire Rescue District to provide these services beginning the first of next year. An article in the Northwest Herald can be seen HERE.

Thanks to Bill Friedrich for bringing this to our attention.

Lakewood Engine 1041 came from Tallman, NY. It was origiinally a 1977 Hahn 1500/1000 that was refurbished by Pierce in 1991 with a new Pierce Arrow cab. Larry Shapiro photo

Lakewood Engine 1042 is a 1987 Pierce Arrow 1500/500 which was formerly owned by Arlington Heights, IL. Larry Shapiro photo

This is Lakewood Brush 1061 which is built around a Ford F350 -pickup. Larry Shapiro photo

Tags: Arlington Heights, Bill Friedrich, Crystal Lake, Hahn, Lakewood Fire Department, Larry Shapiro, MABAS Division 5, Mchenry County, Northwest Herald, Pierce Arrow, Tallman NY, Woodstock Fire Rescue District

Hebron-Alden-Greenwood FPD is on the site

Oct 4

Posted by bgshap in Fire Department News, New Listing | Comments off

In McHenry County Division 5, the two stations of the Hebron-Alden-Greenwood Fire Protection District have been added to the site although two apparatus images are missing. They run with four commercial engines utilizing Ford and Freightliner chassis. They have two brush rigs and a 3,500-gallon tanker which formerly saw service in Woodstock. According to their website, the district completed their first year of Advanced Life Support service in February of this year. They have two Type III Medtec ambulances.

Thanks to Bill Friedrich for supplying the images.

Hebron-Alden-Greenwood Fire Protection District IHC 4-Guys tanker

Hebron-Alden-Greenwood Fire Protection District Medtec ambulance

Tags: Division 5, Ford, Freightliner, Friedrich, Hebron-Alden-Greenwood, Mchenry County, MedTec

Ferrara updates

Sep 3

Posted by bgshap in Fire Department News, New Apparatus Order, New Delivery | Comments off

On the Ferrara Fire site there are updated photos of the new Ember engine being built for the Nunda Rural FPD in McHenry County. The pictures can be seen HERE with the body mounted to the cab and chassis.

Also on the Ferrara site HERE are finished photos of the Algonquin Igniter MVP rescue pumper that was on display at the IAFC trade show last week. You’l have to scroll down to see the photos listed alphabetically under Lake in the Hills. Similarly, the new Inferno tower ladder can be seen HERE by scrolling down as well.

Tags: Algonquin, Ember, Ferrara, Igniter, Inferno, Mchenry County, MVP, Nunda, tower ladder

Woodstock is on the site

Jul 18

Posted by bgshap in New Listing, Site News | Comments off

Woodstock Fire District Pierce Arrow XT quint

There are three stations serving the Woodstock Fire District in Division 5 (McHenry County). They cover over 86 miles with a combination paid and part-time staff. Each station runs an ambulance and there is a 105′ Pierce Arrow XT quint at Station 1. Both of the other stations have a Pierce engine, a tanker, and a brush rig. Station 2 houses two antique units which have not yet been photographed. In addition, Hazmat 5, which serves both Divisions 4 and 5 is housed at Woodstock Station 1.

Woodstock Station 2 on Dean Street is the same basic design as Station except that Station 3 has only two bays. Larry Shapiro photo

Stations 2 and 3 share the same design with one exception; Station 2 has three bays and Station 3 has only two. Both have drive-thru bays.

Station 1 has their own creative decal representing the companies assigned there.

Station 3 also has a unique decal.

The newest units in Woodstock are a 2009 Pierce Arrow XT engine and a matching 105′ RM aerial.

Tags: antique, Arrow XT, Division 4, Division 5, hazmat, Mchenry County, Pierce, quint, Woodstock

Richmond FPD is posted

Jul 16

Posted by bgshap in Fire Department News, New Listing, Site News | Comments off

Along the Illinois/Wisconsin border in McHenry County is the town of Richmond and the Richmond Fire Protection District. They are in Division 5 covering roughly 28 square miles from one fire station which is packed with apparatus. The design of the Richmond fire station is sightly unique in that all of the apparatus bays are in the rear of the ‘L-shaped’ building.

Richmond Fire Protection District Fire Station

The Richmond FPD station was designed in an 'L-shape' with the apparatus bays around the back of the building. Larry Shapiro photo

The department has a full-time chief and is staffed by 40 part-time firefighters. They run two engines, a truck, a tanker, two ambulances, a brush unit, two AWD ATVs and a pickup which doubles as a chase vehicle for medical runs and a take-home vehicle for the night-time shift commanders. Additionally, they have two beautiful antique engines.

Several years ago, Richmond purchased a 1984 E-ONE, 110′, rear mount, single axle straight truck from Franklin Park. This was an early custom cab/chassis unit from E-ONE with the square cab. Richmond updated the emergency lighting, repainted the black roof white and did various other work to the unit before putting it in service.

Richmond FPD EONE E-ONE 110' truck X-Franklin Park

One of Richmond’s engines built in 1999 by US Tank with an enclosed top-mount pump panel has a twin unit in neighboring Spring Grove. Both feature the HME 1871 super command cab.

Tags: antique, Division 5, EONE, Franklin Park, HME, Hurricane, Mchenry County, patch, Pirsch, Richmond, Shapiro, Spring Grove, Stratosphear, US Tank, US Tanker

Three McHenry County departments posting soon

Jul 15

Posted by bgshap in Site News, updated listing | Comments off

Several contributors travelled to Division 5 (McHenry County) yesterday and photographed the apparatus and four fire stations of the McHenry Township FPD as well as Richmond and the three stations in Woodstock. As this represents eight stations and just under 50 pieces of apparatus, it will take a few days before the departments are posted to the site. Thanks are in order to Hank Sajovic, Karl Klotz, Bill Friedrich, Larry Shapiro and George Reichardt for braving the heat. Most of all though our thanks go out to the personnel at all three departments for being so helpful, outgoing, and patient to accommodate the group so that everything could be documented.

Tags: Division 5, Friedrich, Klotz, Mchenry County, McHenry Township, Reichardt, Richmond, Sajovic, Shapiro, Woodstock