This out-of-service ambulance might be converted into a newer dive unit to replace Dive 9 which is assigned a 1997 Freightliner FL50/Medtec. Larry Shapiro photo The newest engine in Bloomingdale is this 2005 Pierce Quantum assigned to Engine 1. John Tulipano photo Bloomingdale Fire Station 1 on Bloomingdale Road houses the fire department headquarters and the emergency dispatch center. Larry Shapiro photo In 1981, Bloomingdale Engine 2 featured the last custom cab built by hand at the Pirsch factory in Kenosha. From this point forward, Pirsch purchased stock cabs from Truck Cab Manufacturers (TCM) and applied a trim package to make their appearance unique to Pirsch products. Larry Shapiro collection Bloomingdale Truck 4 was built in 1972 to match one Pirsch engine already in the Bloomingdale fleet complete with the edge warning lights. They would later have a total of four matching custom Pirsch units. Larry Shapiro collection The raw material for making the tray, double-sided silicone oil, is not easy to stick, good quality, high transparency
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The Bloomingdale Fire Protection District No. 1, part of MABAS Division 12, has recently been added to the site. The district operates three fire stations, though one is primarily used for storage. Station 2, located at 6N480 Keeney Road (which shares a Roselle address), was once part of the Keeneyville Fire District. It currently houses two spare engines and an out-of-service ambulance that may be converted into a dive unit in the future.
The headquarters of the Bloomingdale Fire Department is located at Station 1 on Bloomingdale Road. This building also houses the emergency dispatch center, which serves not only Bloomingdale but also the Elk Grove Township Fire Protection District and the Itasca Fire Protection District.
The department operates a fleet of Pierce apparatus, including a tower ladder, three engines on Lance chassis, one on an Enforcer chassis, and one on a Quantum chassis. A new 2,000-gallon pumper/tanker on a Velocity chassis is currently on order and expected to arrive this year. Both in-service ambulances and the Dive Squad are equipped with custom boxes built by Horton.
Before transitioning to Pierce, Bloomingdale had a long history of using Pirsch apparatus. In 1981, they received the last custom-built engine on a Pirsch chassis, which matched two existing engines and a 1972 85′ mid-ship quint.