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New area apparatus orders from Pierce

The following information comes to us from Keith Grzadziel, a full-time Firefighter/Paramedic with the Bridgeview Fire Department.

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Darien-Woodridge FPD orders new quint

Lieutenant Jim Skrabel from the Darien-Woodridge FPD submitted the following information:

We have ordered a new truck (Quint). It will be a Pierce Velocity PUC 105 FT with a 500 gallon tank. Delivery will be April/May next year.

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Hillside updated

Bill Friedrich submitted an image of Hillside Truck 403, the 2010 Pierce Velocity 105′ quint which replaced the 1985 Grumman AerialCat. The Grumman was sold to the Northern Illinois Public Safety Training Academy (NIPSTA). Nipsta also acquired two other recently retired area trucks. They now have X-Niles Truck 2 a 1992 Pierce Lance 100′ TDA and X-Evanston Truck 22, a 1990 Pierce Lance TDA.

Hillside Fire Department Truck 403 2010 Pierce Velocity quint

Hillside Fire Department Quint 403 1985 Duplex/Grumman AerialCat

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New area Pierce aerials

As mentioned in previous posts HERE and HERE, the Homewood Fire Department and the Hillside Fire Department both received new rear mount aerials from Pierce. Ryan Wyckoff was kind enough to submit photos of both from his visit to Pierce last month. As of Monday, Pierce has posted the following images along with many others on the Pierce Flickr site.

Homewood Fire Department 2011 Pierce Arrow XT 105' quint

The new 2011 Pierce Arrow XT 105' rear mount quint form Homewood Ladder 555. Pierce photo

Hillside Fire Department 2011 Pierce Velocity XT 105' quint

Hillside's new Truck 403 is a 2011 Pierce Velocity 105' rear mount quint. Pierce photo

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New Pierce Truck for Hillside

Hillside FF/PM Ryan Wyckoff went to Pierce this week where a new truck awaits the Hillside Fire Department. They purchased an HD 105′ rear mount with a 2,000-GPM pump and 500 gallons of water on a Velocity chassis. This was built as a stock unit (job #23212) that they purchased with grant money from FEMA. After doing some minor modifications to the truck, it was lettered for Truck 403 and will be delivered shortly.

Hillside Fire Department Truck 403 2011 Pierce Velocity

The new Truck 403 for Hillside is this 2011 Pierce Velocity HD 105' rear mount quint which will be delivered shortly. Ryan Wyckoff photo

The Truck 406 will replace Quint 403, a 1985, Duplex D350/Grumman 102′ AerialCat tower ladder.

Hillside Fire Department Duplex/Grumman AerialCat tower ladder

Hillside currently runs this 1985 Duplex D350/Grumman AerialCat tower ladder, a sister to the tower in Bellwood. Ryan Wyckoff photo

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