Question for anyone with knowledge of the Springfield, IL Fire Department.

[DaveYoung]

Straight from a Springfield guy:

 

They currently only run one light rescue out of their downtown station with an engine, ladder and chief's buggy.  They just got the new KME quint which replaces a dry ladder on the east side.  The engine currently stationed there will be replaced with a light rescue.  The other outlying aerial is already a quint and is supposedly getting a light rescue to run with it in the near future.  He has not been told yet how these light rescues will be manned.

 

The downtown truck (tower) will remain strictly a truck.  Glad I qualified my prior comments as being not 100% verified!

 

The KME dealer for Illinois is based south and by all appearances is a pretty well run organization.  I'm sure they'll take care of Springfield just fine. 

Thanks for the information.