Looking Back at the Village of Mount Prospect’s Past in 1970
thanks Drew
Oct 6
Posted by Admin in Fire Department History | 3 Comments
Looking Back at the Village of Mount Prospect’s Past in 1970
thanks Drew
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Feb 14
Posted by Admin in Fire Department History, Fire Truck photos, Historic fire apparatus, throwbackthursday | 2 Comments
This from Larry Shapiro for #TBT:
here are some vintage Mount Prospect fire trucks when the were white over yellow for #TBT
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Apr 19
Posted by Admin in Fire Department History, Historic fire apparatus, throwbackthursday | 6 Comments
From Larry Shapiro for #TBT:
Here are other American LaFrance Aero Chief units from my collection in addition to the Zion unit that was featured preciously.
Data and narrative for these photos is from THE AMERICAN LAFRANCE AERO CHIEF PROJECT
This website is the result of a twelve year project to document the production and history of the American LaFrance Aero Chief. The Aero Chief was introduced in 1962 and continued in production until 1974. 171 Aero Chief platforms were built. It came in three sizes: 70′, 80′, and 90′. Most Aero Chiefs were built on the custom American LaFrance chassis, but there were several built on various commercial chassis. Many of them had pumps and even more had tandem rear axles.
The photos on this site come from a variety of sources. I have photgraphed 65 of them, but the remainder come from many other photographers, including Glenn Vincent, Mike Martinelli, Scott Berringer, Kevin McKeon, Garry Kadzielawski, Bill Friedrich, Don Feipel, Bill Hattersley, Paul Barrett, Scott Mattson, John Floyd, Al Whitlock, Don Loeb, Dan Decher, Ralph Decker, Jon Umbdenstock, Ron Bogardus, Wayne Sorensen, Chuck Madderom, Richard Bartlett, Dave Stewardson, Ken Wible, John Langley, Todd Lincoln, Dan Jasina, Tom Shepherd, Mark Rzepnicki, Andrew Henry, Mike Bakunis, and a host of others whose names have faded from my feeble memory. If you have sent me photos and you can’t find your name, please contact me and it will be immediately corrected. Additional photos came from many of the fire departments who owned Aero Chiefs. To all these contributors, I am forever in your debt.
The information on this website will be updated as it becomes available. Any additional information or photos are always welcome. Please contact me through the link at the bottom of this page. Thank you and enjoy!
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Jul 15
Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire Department History, Fire Truck photos, Historic fire apparatus | 19 Comments
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
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