The Cortland Fire Department ran this 1977/1982 Chevy/Horton Type I as Rescue 1751. Bill Friedrich photo Dekalb had this lime yellow and white 85' Hi-Ranger built by Ward LaFrance in 1975. Bill Friedrich photo The Shabbona Fire Department bought this 1975 Ward LaFrance (P80) 85' Hi-Ranger from Dekalb. Bill Friedrich photo Shabbona had this 1975 Chevy Step-Van as Rescue 2516. It was their only piece that was not red. Bill Friedrich photo Malta ran this as Rescue 4. It was a 1965 Dodge/Boyer with a 250-GPM pump and 300 gallons of water. Bill Friedrich photo Maple Park bought this 1985 Alexis 2,750-gallon tanker on a Mack MC chassis which was built as a demonstrator/show truck. It had a 750-GPM pump and was the only non-red unit in Maple Park. Bill Friedrich photo The Genoa-Kingston Fire Protection District used to run with a fleet that was all orange. One early unit was Engine 78, built by Pierce in 1978 on a Ford C-8000 chassis. It had a 750-GPM pump and carried 750 gallons of water. It also featured a 45' Aerial-ETT, an early aerial ladder design by Pierce. Bill Friedrich photo When the Kirkland FPD ran with white apparatus, this front-mounted pumper tanker from Howe was Tanker 2. It was built in 1961 on a GMC chassis. Bill Friedrich photo Waterman Rescue 1251, the only non-red unit in their fleet, was built in 1986 by McCoy-Miller on a Ford F-800 chassis. Bill Friedrich photo Customizable Wheels,Custom Magnesium Wheels,Custom Wheel,Forged Magnesium Wheels Shamora Material Industry , https://www.shamorawheels.com
The color of fire trucks (part 8) Division 6
This installment is from Bill Friedrich.
Eight fire departments in DeKalb County, part of MABAS Division 6, have had non-red fire apparatus and rescue vehicles over the years.
This was the only non-red vehicle in the Cortland Fire Department's fleet.
This Ward LaFrance/Hi-Ranger Snorkel was the only non-red rig in the DeKalb FD fleet. It was later sold to the Shabbona FPD and repainted white over red.
This squad was the only non-red unit for the Shabbona Fire Protection District.
For the Malta FPD, this was the only non-red unit in their fleet.
At the Maple Park FPD, this was the only non-red rig in their house. It had been a show truck for Alexis.
At the Genoa-Kingston FPD, everything today is all red. Previously, though, the vehicles were all orange, red with a white paint job, and white with an orange stripe.
The Kirkland FPD was all white. Today, everything they have is painted red.
The Waterman FPD apparatus is all red, with the exception of this one unit.