Illinois

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Mason City,IL

1973 Mack

1250/500

Eng-69

Ex-Rock Island,IL



Bill Fricker photo

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Mason City ,IL

2007 Int'l/Alexis

1500/1000

#1967

Eng-61

Bill Fricker photo

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Bloomington,IL

2007 Pierce/Dash

1500/850/30f

Eng-5

#19123-01

Bill fricker photo

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Bureau,IL

2007 FL/Central States

1500/3000/20f

ET-2911#93625

Bill fricker photo

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West Suburban FD Rockford,IL

1949 White.Boyer

500 Gpm

Steve Mieszala photo

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Normal, IL

1963 Ford/American LaFrance

1000 Gpm 85'MM

Ron Heal photo

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Bensenville, IL

1963 Int'l/Darley

300 Gal booster Tank

Steve Mieszala photo

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Hoffman Estates,IL

1971 American LaFrance

1500/300 100'MM

Steve Mieszala photo

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Bloomington, IL

1965 american LaFrance

1000/300 85'MM

Ron Heal photo

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Champaign,IL

Seagrave

Sorry No Info

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Don,

Great older stuff from Central ILL!!!!!



David





[quote name='The Commish' post='179894' date='Jan 14 2008, 15:29 ']Champaign,IL

Seagrave

Sorry No Info[/quote]

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[quote name='The Commish' post='179865' date='Jan 14 2008, 16:25 ']Bloomington, IL

1965 american LaFrance

1000/300 85'MM

Ron Heal photo[/quote]



Awesome shot of the "Service Truck"! This rig was assigned on every structure fire in the City of Bloomington from 1962 until 1974 when Station 3 was opened at the Airport. My father drove this rig for a number of years before it was replaced by a 1978 ALF 1250/300/100' mid-mount quint. It was the city's reserve truck from 1978 until 1994. I believe it was sold to a collector in Decatur, IL. It was a bucket of rust when it was sold.



Back in the day, the city ran this as a quint. It had four pre-connected 1 1/2" lines (two on each side) in the compartments over the rear wheels. It also had a 200' 2 1/2" attack line stuffed into a compartment, but not pre-connected. The hose bed contained 1000' of 2 1/2" line which was often used as handline on "big" fires which used to be quite frequent in the 60's and 70's in Bloomington. When this rig ran fires in the Central Station district, Engine 1 accompanied the "Service Truck" and laid a supply line into the truck. When the truck ran into Station 2's district, the crew laid the supply line to Engine 2. Until 1991, Bloomington used to only dispatch a truck (quint) and an engine to reported structure fires.



Thanks for bringing back some good memories!

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Hampshire,IL

1972 Ford L/Ward LaFRance

1000/1000

Eng-4

Steve Mieszala photo

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These are some of the rigs I shot during my first photo trip of 2008. I'll try to add other apparatus from my Illinois collection over time.



Photos by: Evan Smith



Richmond TWP, IL Eng. 1443

2007 Pierce Enforcer

1500/500/25F

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Richmond TWP, IL Eng. 1446

2000 HME/US Tank Custom

1500/1250/30F

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Richmond TWP, IL Truck 1481

1984 E\-One Stratoshpere

110' RM

EX-Franklin Park, IL

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McHenry TWP, IL Squad 1211

Pierce Arrow

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Spring Grove, IL Eng. 1844

1985 Ford/Pierce

1250/1000

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Spring Grove, IL Sqaud 1850

1992 Freightliner/Marion

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Garden Homes,IL

Squad-2505

Bob Zwiers photo