Posts Tagged Road Rescue Ambulance

Gurnee FD updates

Oct 16

Posted by bgshap in Fire Department News, Fire Truck photos, New Delivery | 6 Comments

Tim Olk visited the Gurnee Fire Department and submitted images of the new Engine 1312 (not yet in service) and Ambulance 1344 (in service). Both units will be at Station 2. The arrival of these units meant some shifting of apparatus:

the previous Ambulance 1344, a 2000 IHC/2001 Road Rescue has been disposed of
the previous Engine 1312, a 1995 E-ONE fixed cab Cyclone 1500/750 has been disposed of
with the addition of the new command car 1396, the previous unit 1396, a 2000 Ford Expedition will be disposed of
Ambulance 1343 will relocate to Station 1 where it will be first out
Ambulance 1341 will be the second ambulance out of station 1 and 1342 will be unmanned
command car 1392 will become a staff car at station 1

Gurnee Fire Department Ambulance 1344 is a 2012 Ford F-450/Road Rescue Type I. Tim Olk photo

Larry Shapiro photo

Gurnee Fire Department Engine 1312 is a 2012 EONE Cyclone II with a 1,500-GPM pump, 750 gallons of water, 20 gallons of Class A foam plus 30 gallons of Class B foam. Tim Olk photo

Gurnee Engine 1312 should be in service soon. Tim Olk photo

Larry Shapiro photo

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Palos Heights FPD is added to the site

Oct 15

Posted by bgshap in Fire Truck photos, New Listing, Patch, Site News | 3 Comments

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 American LaFrance

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 Pierce Lance engine

Palos Heights Fire Protection District Engine 6413 which runs out of Station 2. Larry Shapiro photo

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Alsip Fire Department apparatus updates

Aug 6

Posted by bgshap in Fire Department News, updated listing | 2 Comments

Dennis McGuire, Jr. and Larry Shapiro have submitted images to update the Alsip Fire Department listing.

Alsip Fire Department headquarters station 1

Alsip Station 1 is located at 12600 S. Pulaski. Larry Shapiro photo

Alsip Fire Department Seagrave Engine 2033

Alsip Fire Department Grumman TeleSqurt Engine 2053

Alsip Fire Department Ambulance 2022

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Bridgeview Fire Department Station 2

Jul 23

Posted by bgshap in Fire Truck photos, Reader submission | 2 Comments

The Bridgeview Fire Department in Mabas Division 21 has not yet been added to the site. Martin Nowak has submitted images from Bridgeview Station 2 to allow viewers a glimpse of some of the department’s apparatus.

Bridgeview Fire Department Station 2. Martin Nowak photo

Bridgeview Engine 405 is a 2003 Crimson on a Spartan Metro Star chassis. Martin Nowak photo

Bridgeview Ambulance 406 is a 2012 Ford F-450 4×4 Type I built by Wheeled Coach. Martin Nowak photo

Bridgeview Brush 407 was built on a 2001 Chevy Silverado pickup . Martin Nowak photo

Bridgeview’s spare Ambulance 426 is a Type III from Road Rescue on a 1999 Ford E-450 chassis. Martin Nowak photo

Bridgeview Engine 415 was built by Darley on a 1986 KME chassis. Martin Nowak photo

This old Type II ambulance is used by the Bridgeview EMA. Martin Nowak photo

Outside the station is this sign honoring the FDNY. Martin Nowak photo

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New apparatus coming to area departments

Jun 20

Posted by bgshap in Fire Service News, New Apparatus Order | 10 Comments

The following departments have new vehicles coming.

Gurnee has two units due late this summer:

an EONE Cyclone II engine
a Road Rescue Type I ambulance on an F-450 4×4 chassis

Grayslake has one unit coming this summer:

a Horton Type I ambulance on a F-450 4×4 chassis

Bridgeview has one unit coming this summer:

a Wheeled Coach Type I ambulance on a F-450 4×4 chassis

Broadview has one unit coming this summer:

a Wheeled Coach Type I ambulance on a F-450 4x chassis

Bolingbrook has two units coming this summer:

two Wheeled Coach Type I ambulances on Ford F-450 4×4 chassis

Aurora has three units coming towards the end of the year:

two EONE engines on Cyclone chassis
one EONE 95′ tower ladder with no pump and no water tank on a Cyclone chassis

Oak Lawn recently received one new unit:

a Wheeled Coach Type I ambulance on a Ford F-450 4×4 chassis

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Bolingbrook has been added to the site

Dec 7

Posted by bgshap in Fire Department News, New Listing, Patch | 1 Comment

Bolingbrook Fire Department patch

The Bolingbrook Fire Department in MABAS Division 16, has been added to the site. Bolingbrook runs out of five stations. Each station has a suppression company and all but Station 5 run a medic unit. The suppression company at Station 1 is a jump company utilizing either the engine or the truck depending on the nature of the dispatch. As mentioned previously, a new engine is on order for Station 5, and a new medic unit will be in service before the year ends.

Bolingbrook Fire Department Engine 2 HME Ferrara Intruder 2

One of three units by Ferrara in Bolingbrook. Larry Shapiro photo

The suppression apparatus are a mixture of Precision Fire Apparatus (out of Camdenton, MO), Ferrara, Grumman, and Seagrave. Medic units were build by Road Rescue, Wheeled Coach, Life Line, and Osage.

Bolingbrook Fire Department Engine 5 Precision Fire Apparatus

Engine 5 has one of two commercial engines in Bolingbrook, both of which were built by Precision Fire Apparatus. Larry Shapiro photo

Missing from the images posted on the site are a 1992 Seagrave reserve engine at Station 4, and two large trailers. One at Station 4 carries a Gator AWD unit, and one at Station 5 houses the technical rescue equipment.

Bolingbrook Fire Department Medic Unit 1

This ambulance has different striping than the other units in Bolingbrook because they purchased it from Air Angels. Larry Shapiro photo

The medic unit running out of Station 1 was formerly owned by Air Angels, Inc. which went out of business in February of 2009. Air Angels operated ground medical transport and helicopter transport. In 2008, an Air Angels helicopter crashed.

Bolingbrook Station 3 is at 1111 W. Boughton Road. Larry Shapiro photo

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Antioch Rescue Squad added to the site

Oct 17

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

The Antioch Rescue Squad was formed in 1940 as a volunteer group to provide emergency medical services within Antioch Township and the Village of Antioch. Today, they service 34 square miles with 56 volunteers and four Road Rescue ambulances. Their quarters are in a separate section of the Antioch Fire Department headquarters building at 835 Holbek Drive.