This from Mike Summa for #TBT:
For TBT- Squad 304, a 1970’s Mack MB, specs unknown.
Mike Summa
Mike Summa photo
Posts Tagged vintage fire truck
Roberts Park FPD history
Jun 14
Something different today for #throwbackthursday, a look at several rigs acquired in the past by the Robbins Fire Department that previously served other area departments
Bill Friedrich photo
Bill Friedrich photo
Bill Friedrich photo
Bill Friedrich photo
Bill Friedrich photo
For #throwbackthursday from Larry Shapiro
Larry Shapiro photo
Palos Heights FPD History
Feb 23
This from Mike Summa:
Palos Heights once ran this IHC/unknown Squad 6405 out of their station 1. Enjoy and comment.
Mike Summa
Mike Summa photo
This from Mike Summa:
I do not know anything about this fire truck. I found it on a website called “I grew up in Midlothian.” What I do know is that firemen and kids have not changed. The dates may change, but firemen are always firemen and kids, well they are always aspiring firemen. Enjoy and comment.Mike Summa
photo found at ‘I grew up in Midlothian’
This from Mike Summa:
This was Markham’s Squad 1540, a 1966/1994 Ford C/Hesse. Do not know if still in service. Enjoy and comment.Mike Summa
Markham’s Squad 1540, a 1966/1994 Ford C/Hesse. Mike Summa photo
This from Mike Summa:
This is the Worth Fire Dept.’s 6708, a 1980’s GMC/EONE mini pumper. Enjoy and comment.Mike Summa
Worth Fire Dept.’s 6708, a 1980’s GMC/EONE mini pumper. Mike Summa photo
This from Mike Summa:
This was Chicago Ridge’s Mack/Pirsch ladder truck. I do not know the specs, so feel free to inform. Looks a lot like the Backdraft movie truck. Enjoy and comment.Mike Summa
Mike Summa photo
This from Brian Murphy:
“This picture shows what a 10 year-old can do with an Instamatic Camera at a parade on a cloudy day. Ok, not that much, but the subject is Elmhurst’s 1974 Pierce-Hendrickson 1500 GPM Engine 1, with old Truck 1 (1955 Seagrave 85′ mid-mount) right behind. Taken during the 1975 Elmhurst Memorial Day Parade in downtown Elmhurst on York Street. Dimples in picture courtesy of thumbtacks from bedroom bulletin board. Memorial Day is coming up soon- perhaps there’s some 10 year-olds out there ready to provide some future historic photos for this site. Enjoy!”Brian Murphy
Brian Murphy photo
This from Mike Summa:
This was the Chicago Ridge’s E6523, a 1981 Chevy/Indiana Fire Apparatus 250/100 mini pumper. Enjoy and please comment.Mike Summa
Chicago Ridge FD E6523, a 1981 Chevy/Indiana Fire Apparatus 250/100 mini pumper. Mike Summa photo
