Posts Tagged Seagrave P-Series engine

Oak Forest FD history

This from Mike Summa:

Hello,
This is Oak Forest 1967 Seagrave.  It is 1000/500.  It’s long gone, it may have been sold to a department in Minnesota.  Enjoy!
–Mike S.
1967 Seagrave fire engine from Oak Forest IL

Mike Summa photo

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Where are they now … Palatine Rural.

Perhaps this should be retitled … In Search of …

A request has come in to help find the former Palatine Rural Seagrave engine seen in the photo.

Palatine Rural FPD Seagrave engine

Photo of an X-Palatine Rural Seagrave engine taken June, 2002 at the Northern Illinois Fire Museum Pump-In.

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Midlothian added to the site

The Midlothian Fire Department in MABAS Division 22 has been added to the site. Midlothian has two stations. Station 1 is staffed by full-time firefighters while station 2 personnel are part-time. This is a Pierce department with three engines and two squad units.

Midlothian Fire Department Station 2

Midlothian Station 2 at 14700 S. Homan Avenue. Dennis McGuire, Jr. photo.

 

Midlothian Fire Department Engine 4 2011 Pierce Saber

The newest rig in Midlothian is this 2011 Pierce Saber pumper assigned as Engine 4. Karl Klotz photo

Midlothian Fire Department Squad 2707

Dennis McGuire, Jr. photo

Midlothian Fire Department Engine 2723 Piece squrt

Dennis McGuire, Jr. photo

Midlothian Fire Department Seagrave Squrt

This 1973 P-Series Seagrave engine with a 1,250-GPM pump and 300 gallons of water with a 54′ Squrt was rebuilt by Pierce in 1994 with a Pierce Arrow cab. Larry Shapiro photo

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