Vintage Hawthorne Race Track fire of 1978

This from Steve Redick: I found some of my images from the Hawthorne Racetrack fire. The slides are stamped Nov 78. My buddy Hank and I were fanning at 84 truck 51 when the man on watch woke us up and told us to look out the 2nd floor window of the firehouse. Needless to say we wen

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Homer Fire Protection District ambulance refurb

From the Fire Service, Inc. Facebook page: A big thank you to Chief Bob Tutko and the Homer Fire District in Homer Glen, IL on their recent delivery. This older PL Custom ambulance was refurbished and placed on a new F-450 chassis. The entire job was completed at our Fire Service Inc

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Box alarm fire in Volo, 7-4-15

This from Sam Borcia: Here’s some shots of the house fire in Volo last night (7-4-15). It went to the box alarm. It started with the attached garage on fire, then extended to the house and caused an exposure to two other houses. This happened at 522 Niagara Drive (main house) an

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Goodyear and DuPont create "biological" rubber tires

It is reported that DuPont , a large US chemical company, is working with Goodyear Tire to develop the "BioIsoprene Bio-Rubber ." After the new rubber has been successfully developed, it will replace the ordinary tires currently extracted from petroleum. DuPont's business scop

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New ambulance for Mt. Prospect

The Mount Prospect Fire Department received a new Type I Medtec ambulance for station 13. Again, one of the last Medtec units prior to the shutdown, this is on a Ford F-450 chassis with job #25913-1, and fleet #527. This will replace the current Ambulance 13 (fleet #524) which will go

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