Apparatus images from Tim Olk from the 2-11 Alarm fire and Haz Mat Box in Cary
MABAS Division 5 Mobile Air Unit. TIm Olk photo
MABAS Mobile Ventilation Unit. Tim Olk photo
Carpentersville FD tower ladder. Tim Olk photo
Woodstock FPD engine. Tim Olk photo
McHenry Township FPD tower ladder, Tim Olk photo
Tim o Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Ferrara tower ladder. Tim Olk photo
East Dundee ambulance. Tim Olk photo
The Schiller Park Fire Department is expecting a new ambulance from Medtec to be delivered by early March. This will match the design of their Ambulance 462 and will be one of the last units to be completed before the Medtec shutdown.
*** webmaster query: What other fire departments are expecting the last of the Medtec ambulances to be built?
Jan 16
Some long overdue updates have been made to the pages for several departments on the site. Several contributors are responsible for the updates and corrections.
The Huntley FPD in MABAS Division 5 has two new units coming early in 2013.
The first will be a Type I ambulance from Medtec on an IHC 4300 chassis to match Ambulance 953.
Huntley FPD Ambulance 953 IHC 4300 Medtec Type I. Larry Shapiro photo
Huntley FPD Quint 983 2002 Pierce Dash 105′ rear mount. Larry Shapiro photo
The second unit coming is a 103′ rear-mount Spartan ERV aerial. This will replace Quint 983 and will have a 2,000-GPM pump (rated at 1,500-GPM) and a 500-gallon water tank on a Spartan chassis with a Gladiator cab and Evolution trim package.
The Arlington Heights Fire Department has taken delivery of two new IHC 4300/Medtec ambulances. These are the first Type I ambulances in Arlington Heights.
Foster Coach photo
thanks Martin
Oct 31
This from Scott Pilafas:
Just put in service as 914 replaced 2004 McCoy Miller. Great website appreciate all your hard work !!
Lemont’s new Ford F-450/Medtec Type I ambulance is in service as 914. Scott Pilafas photo
The Palos Heights Fire Protection District has been added to MABAS Division 19. This now completes all of Division 19 departments. Palos Heights has two stations with 22 career personnel covering 4.5 square miles. Each station has a jump company that will staff the engine or ambulance. The ambulance is staffed by two and the officer follows in 6408 or 6418.
Engines are from American LaFrance or Pierce, and the ambulances are either Medtec or Road Rescue. Palos Heights does not have an aerial unit. They also maintain a retire ambulance for their dive team.
Palos Heights Fire Protection District headquarters station 1 at 12300 S. Harlem Avenue. Karl Klotz photo
Palos Heights Fire Protection District Engine 6403, a 2005 American LaFrance Eagle which runs out of Station 1. Karl Klotz photo
Palos Heights Fire Protection District Engine 6413 which runs out of Station 2. Larry Shapiro photo
Lemont Fire Protection District Headquarters Station 1. Larry Shapiro photo
The Lemont Fire Protection District in MABAS Division 10 has been added to the site. Karl Klotz and Larry Shapiro recently photographed the entire fleet and the four fire stations. Lemont runs two Crimson engines, one Ferrara rescue engine, and a Pierce quint. Each of the four stations has a Type I style ambulance featuring two Fords, a Navistar, and a Freightliner chassis with boxes by Medtec and McCoy Miller.
Lemont Fire Protection District Station 4. Larry Shapiro photo
Station 1, which is their headquarters, also has an air trailer and the MABAS Division 10 Water Rescue and Recovery trailer.
MABAS Division Water Rescue Unit. Larry Shapiro photo
Lemont ran this 1982 American LaFrance Century Series engine with 500 gallons of water and a 1,500-GPM pump. Larry Shapiro photo
Lemont also had this 1983 American LaFrance Century Series 75′ Water Chief Quint (1500/500). Larry Shapiro photo
This from Glenside Fire Protection District Deputy Chief James L. Larsen
Good morning,
Our new ambulance has been placed into service. “Medic 710” is a 2011 International Medtec that we purchased through Foster Coach Sales.
Glenside FPD Medic 710 is a 2011 IHC 4300/Medtec Type I. Glenside FPD photo
Glenside FPD photo
The rear chevron striping on Glenside Medic 710. Glenside FPD photo
Matt Schumann submitted an image of Orland FPD Ambulance 1 that was missing from the site.
For the finest department portraits and composites contact Tim Olk or Larry Shapiro.
