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Department Profile[]

The Evanston Fire Department responds for fire suppression, emergency medical services, and special rescue incidents from 5 stations located throughout the city. The department is staffed by 115 full-time firefighter/paramedics and responds to approximately 11,000 calls per year. EFD operates 5 engine companies, 2 truck companies, 3 ALS ambulances, and 1 command vehicle. Additionally, a heavy rescue squad and a dive truck are housed at Station 21 and can be deployed as needed within the city or as part of MABAS Division 3. EFDs water rescue apparatus are in service from May to September and are kept "rescue ready" at the Church Street boat ramp. Marine 21 is staffed with water rescue team members on weekends and holidays. All frontline units are ALS equipped and all firefighters are trained as paramedics. In July 2024, the city agreed to fully staff a third ambulance (A23) almost 3 decades after a study recommending 3 frontline ambulances for the city was released.

The department consists of three (3) divisions: Operations, Logistics & Emergency Management, and Training & Special Operations. The EFD rank structure consists of 1 Fire Chief, 1 Deputy Chief of Operations, 2 Division Chiefs (Logistics and Emergency Management, Training), 2 Field Chiefs (Special Operations, EMS), 3 Battalion Chiefs, 24 line Captains, 21 Fire Apparatus Operators (FAOs), and 57 Firefighter/Paramedics (see EFD Organizational Chart). Additionally, 2 Captains are assigned to the Fire Prevention Bureau. Daily minimum staffing is 28 members, including 7 Captains, 7 FAOs, 13 FF/PMs, and the Battalion Chief. During the summer beach season from May to September, approximately 100 seasonal EFD lifeguards staff all 5 of Evanston's swimming beaches.

EFDs Special Operations Division consists of 5 special teams which members can serve on voluntarily in addition to their regular firefighting and EMS duties. These 5 teams, Hazardous Materials (HazMat), Technical Rescue (TRT), Dive, Surface Water Rescue (SWR), and Drone report to the Field Chief of Special Operations . Members are also part of the MABAS Division 3 special team for their respective disciplines. The HazMat Team currently has 7 members who are trained to at least the HazMat technician level and are ready to respond to any HazMat calls in the city or from MABAS. HazMat equipment is stored on Squad 21 and Truck 23. The TRT team consists of 12 members who are trained in multiple disciplines including high/low angle rescue, confined space rescue and collapse rescue. TRT equipment is stored on Squad 21 and Truck 22. The Dive Team has 13 members who are certified public safety divers and trained to respond to underwater emergencies on Lake Michigan or on the Skokie Canal. All dive equipment is stored on Dive 21 with each member maintaining a full complement of dive gear in a ready state. The Drone Team consists of 11 members who are certified by the FAA as public safety drone operators. The department drones are stored on Battalion 21 and at station 23 and are shared with the Evanston Police Department. The Surface Water Rescue Team is the largest special team in EFD and the only team not associated with MABAS. With 27 members, the SWR team is trained to respond to emergencies on Lake Michigan utilizing EFDs jet skis. All members are trained as WaveRunner operators and rescue rescue swimmers. 15 members are also trained to operate EFDs rescue boat, Marine 21.

History[]

The Evanston Fire Department began as a volunteer department (the 60-man "Pioneer Fire Company of Evanston"), which was organized, chartered, and accepted for service with the Village of Evanston on January 7, 1873. The company and its apparatus (a hand-drawn chemical engine and a hand-drawn hook &ladder) were based in the first floor of the Village Hall. Among the members of the company were the village doctor, a judge, several Davis Street business owners and their employees, clergy, a couple of Civil War heroes, and a banker who was a future U. S. Secretary of the Treasury.

The Holly High Pressure Water Works was constructed during 1874 and was placed into service in December of that year, with water mains gradually extended throughout Evanston. The Holly system was a technological marvel of its day, allowing water pressure in the mains to be increased during a fire such that only "plug pressure" (110 psi at the hydrant) would be needed to extinguish a fire, with no need for a steam fire engine. The Pioneer Fire Company reduced its membership to a "hard core" thirty and changed its name to "Pioneer Hose Company, No. 1" and a second 30-man hose company known as the "C. J. Gilbert Hose Company" was organized at this time. Both companies were assigned their own hand-drawn one-axle hose cart.

The Village Board officially established the Evanston Fire Department by ordinance on May 29, 1875. By 1879, the fire department was connected with the water works by telegraph, and then later by telephone. The two volunteer hose companies resigned en masse in May 1881 in a dispute with the Village Board over financial compensation and working conditions, after which there was no organized fire department in Evanston for more than two years. (Fortunately, with the village just one square mile in size, structure fires were rare).

A twelve-man part-time paid fire company was organized in July 1883 in an old remodeled paint shop on Sherman Avenue, and that is the actual genesis of today's Evanston Fire Department. The first five horses were purchased in 1883-85, as the fire company now operated with three horse-drawn rigs: a two-axle hose wagon, a hook & ladder truck, and the chemical engine. The part-time company became a full-time company in 1888, and then in 1892 the Village of Evanston annexed the Village of South Evanston (and its combined village hall/police station/firehouse -- what would become Evanston Fire Station # 2) and formed what is known today as the City of Evanston. Fire Station # 1 was relocated from the old paint shop to the first floor of the new City Hall at Davis & Sherman in 1893.

A Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph network with fire alarm boxes placed on street corners throughout the city was installed in 1895, a Public Safety headquarters facility was constructed at Grove & Sherman in 1897 (as both Police headquarters and Fire Station # 1 were relocated from City Hall), and a third fire station (Station # 3) was constructed in North Evanston in 1901. The former South Evanston village hall/police station-jail/firehouse that became Fire Station # 2 and the Evanston Police South Precinct station after the annexation of South Evanston was demolished and replaced with a single-purpose three-bay fire station (only) that was constructed on the same site in 1903.

The increase in water pressure needed to fight fires with just "plug pressure" eventually led to the collapse of some of the city's water-mains, so direct-pressure was rarely used after 1900. To avoid having to rely on the direct pressure system, two steam fire engines were purchased, one in 1895 and another in 1906. By 1911, 19 horses were in service pulling the two steamers, an 85' aerial ladder truck, a chemical engine, a hook & ladder wagon, a chemical engine / hook & ladder combination truck, a hose wagon, and the chief's buggy.

The Evanston Fire Department started the process of motorizing its fleet with the purchase of a Robinson "Jumbo" triple-combination pumper that was placed into service in November 1911. The Robinson engine was only the second automobile triple-combination pumper ever built in the U. S. ("triple combination" meaning it combined a pump, hose supply, and soda-acid chemical tank in one vehicle, something that would require two or three separate vehicle in the horse-drawn era).

Motorization was completed a little over six years later when Engine Co. 2's "tractorized steamer" was placed into service on March 2, 1918, marking the end of the fire department's horse-drawn era. (Motorization of the Evanston Fire Department was swiftly completed after Evanston voters approved a $30,000 bond issue in the municipal election of April 1917, that resulted in the purchase of five automobile rigs from Seagrave, including a city service ladder truck, a triple-combination pumper, two chemical & hose booster pumpers, and a one-axle tractor used to motorize a previously horse-drawn steamer).

Evanston's first aerial ladder apparatus was a 1907 American LaFrance horse-drawn 85' aerial ladder truck, but it was demolished in a collision with a streetcar in September 1916. After operating with a city service ladder truck (no aerial ladder) for seven years, a 1924 Seagrave tractor-drawn 85' aerial ladder truck was placed into service on September 1, 1924.

The Evanston Fire Department had 49 members by 1920, staffing three engine companies and one truck company in three fire stations, and working a two-platoon 84-hour work week. A second truck company was established at Station # 1 on September 1, 1924, and two additional engine companies were established on November 1, 1927, as a fourth fire station was constructed in southwest Evanston. The Evanston Fire Department was now an 84-man force, with a minimum staffing of 34 men per shift (maximum of 41). The Fire Prevention Bureau was established in 1928. Six positions were cut from the department in 1933 due to Depression era budget cuts as minimum shift staffing was cut from 34 to 31, but four of the positions were restored in 1941, and six more positions were added in 1947, bringing total manpower to 88.

The Evanston Fire Department continued to operate with seven companies and 88 members until 1955, with a captain and a lieutenant assigned to each of the five engine companies, and an assistant chief and a lieutenant assigned to both of the truck companies. There were two engine companies and two truck companies in service at Station # 1, and one engine company in service at each of the other three stations. Ten or twelve men were assigned to each of the seven companies (five or six men per company on each shift, but with one member of the company off duty on a "Kelly Day" each shift). The position of lieutenant was eliminated in 1954, with all of the lieutenants being promoted to captain.

The Evanston Police Department and Fire Department (Station # 1) were moved into a new Public Safety headquarters facility at Lake & Elmwood in August 1949, and after Evanston voters approved two separate bond issues totaling a combined $935,000 in the municipal elections of 1951 and 1953, the "Fire Department Modernization Plan" was implemented that resulted in two tractor-drawn aerial ladder trucks, two triple combination pumpers, and a combination pumper / rescue squad being purchased from Peter Pirach & Sons in 1951-52, the purchase and installation of two-way radios in fire department apparatus in 1952 (at which time engine and truck company numbers were changed to the "20-series" to avoid confusion with other fire departments sharing the same radio frequency), and the rebuilding of Station # 2 as a fire department "headquarters" in southeast Evanston, the rebuilding and relocation of Station # 3 in northeast Evanston, and the construction of a fire station (Station # 5) in northwest Evanston in 1955.

Also in 1955, the two assistant chiefs serving as platoon commanders were relieved of company officer responsibilities, were assigned a driver, and responded to alarms in a station wagon, the second engine company at Station # 1 was relocated to the new Station # 5, the second truck company at Station # 1 was relocated to the rebuilt Station # 2, a third truck company was established at the rebuilt / relocated Station # 3, and the combination pumper-rescue squad (Squad 21) was fully-staffed as a company and responded to inhalator calls, specialized rescues, and all structure fires city-wide.

The fire department was still under the command of the Chief Fire Marshal, with an assistant chief and two captains (inspectors) assigned to the Fire Prevention Bureau. Another captain was appointed Training Officer and was promoted to assistant chief in 1959. A three platoon system (24 hours on duty followed by 48 hours off duty) was implemented on April 1, 1957, with three-man crews becoming the norm. Three police patrol-ambulances were placed into service and the "Police-Fire Cooperative Plan" was implemented in 1958 that cross-trained 17 police officers as firefighters to staff the patrol-ambulances and to help offset the reduction in shift staffing caused by the introduction of the three-platoon system. The third truck company (Truck 23) was taken out of service on January 1, 1963, and the company's manpower was transferred to Squad 21 (which had been operating with just a driver since implementation of the three platoon system in 1957).

Since 1976, the Evanston Fire Department has had an emergency medical services (EMS) division. The founding of the EMS division involved the hiring of 13 additional members. At the time, this included 12 members to staff ambulances and the assignment of 1 Captain to be a Medical Officer as the EMS Supervisor. Today, each shift is staffed with a minimum of 26 members, 4 of which are solely dedicated to staffing the two frontline ambulances (A21 and A22), while the 3 members that staff Engine 23 will cross-staff Ambulance 23 as needed. In 2023, 7 additional positions were created with the intention of bringing shift staffing up to 28 and permanently staffing Ambulance 23 as well as filling the newly created positions of EMS Field Chief and Special Operations Field Chief. In July of 2024, manning was increased to 28 minimum per day to allow ambulance 23 to be permanently staffed full time.

In late 2022, it was announced that the fire department would be taking over all lakefront operations. This would entail management of the seasonally employed lifeguards. This took effect for the 2023 season, creating the Evanston Fire Department Lifeguard Division. Several fire department personnel, many of them former Evanston lifeguards, were tapped to head up this new division, overseeing and providing training to all of Evanston's lifeguards.

In March 2025, with the delivery of their new rescue engine, Engine 21 will be redesignated as Squad 21. The current squad 21 apparatus will be redesignated as Rescue 21 and remain a jump company responding to major incidents. Squad 21 will retain Engine 21s still district and function as an engine company on fires in their first due district. Squad 21 will respond to all special rescue incidents.

Apparatus Roster[]

All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.

Fire Department Headquarters - 909 Lake Street[]

Built 1949, renovated 1998

Fire Station 1 - 1332 Emerson Street[]

Built 1996

Fire Station 2 - 702 Madison Street[]

Built 1954-55, renovated 1990

Fire Station 3 - 1105 Central Street[]

Built 2004

  • Engine 23 - 2023 Pierce Enforcer (1500/500) (SN#38054)
  • Truck 23 - 2015 Pierce Arrow XT 6710 (-/-/100' tractor-drawn aerial) (SN#28379)
  • Ambulance 23 - 2023 Ford E-450 / Braun Chief XL Type III
  • ATV 21 - 2018 John Deere Gator
  • MABAS Division 3 Boat Trailer - 13' RHIB & 13' flat bottom boats

Fire Station 4 - 1817 Washington Street[]

Built 1988, renovated 2021

  • Engine 24 - 2010 Pierce Arrow XT 6710 (1500/500/15A) (SN#23324) (Ex-Engine 23)

Fire Station 5 - 2830 Central Street[]

Built 2008

  • Engine 25 - 2013 Pierce Arrow XT 6710 (1500/500/15A) (SN#26168)

Water Rescue/Lifeguarding Division - Church Street Boat Ramp[]

  • Marine 21 - 2017 21' Boston Whaler Guardian 210 (Ex-Parks and Recreation Boat)
  • Water Rescue 1 - 2023 SeaDoo GTI SE Jet Ski
  • Water Rescue 2 - 2023 SeaDoo GTI SE Jet Ski
  • Water Rescue 3 - 2004 Yamaha FX140 WaveRunner
  • Water Rescue 4 - 2004 Yamaha FX140 WaveRunner
  • Aquatic Camp Boat 427 - 2023 Boston Whaler Guardian 170
  • Sailing/Rescue Boat 436 - 2017 Boston Whaler Guardian 170
  • Aquatic Camp Boat 445 - 2013 Boston Whaler Guardian 170
  • 2130 Asst. Lifeguard Coordinator - 2018 Chevrolet Tahoe PPV 4x4 (Ex-Evanston Police Department)
  • 2131 Lifeguard Supervisor - 2016 Ford Escape (Ex-City Pool Vehicle)
  • 2132 Lifeguard Supervisor - 2016 Ford Escape (Ex-City Pool Vehicle)
  • 2142 Sailing Supervisor - 2015 Ford F-150 4x4

Reserve[]

Awaiting Deployment[]

  • Squad 21 - 2025 Pierce Enforcer (SN#39295-1)

On Order[]

  • 2025 Pierce Enforcer Midmount Tower to replace Truck 22 (Delivery expected June 2025)
  • Ambulance 22 - 2026 Ford F-550 / Horton Type I

Retired Appus[]

  • 2015 Ford Police Interceptor Utility AWD (Ex-2102) (Transferred to Evanston Public Works)
  • 2015 Ford Police Interceptor Utility AWD (Ex-2107) (Sold At auction)
  • 2013 Ford F-150 4x4 (Ex-Battalion 22) (Transferred to Evanston Public Works)
  • 2013 International 4300 / MedTec Type I (SN#26256) (Ex-Ambulance 24)
  • 2012 International DuraStar 4300 / MedTec Type I ambulance (SN#24749)
  • 2006 Pierce Dash (-/-/105' rear-mount ladder) (SN#17808) (Ex-Lisle-Woodridge Fire District)
  • 2005 International 4300 / MedTec Type I ambulance (SN#M6297 or M6298)
  • 2004 Ford F-450 4x4 (Ex-Fire Investigation Unit)
  • 2002 Ford Excursion 4x4 (Ex-Battalion 21)
  • 1995 Freightliner FL 70 / Road Rescue Type I ambulance (Ex-Ambulance 22)
  • 1995 Freightliner FL 70 / Road Rescue Type I ambulance (Ex-Ambulance 21)
  • 1994 Pierce Dash (1500/500/15A/20B) (SN#E8235) (Ex-Engine 25)
  • (328) - 1994 Pierce Saber pumper (1500/300/50' TeleSqurt) (SN#E8683) (Ex-Engine 23 1994-2010, ex-reserve pumper 2010-22)
  • 1994 Pierce Dash-S pumper (1250/500) (Ex-Engine 21 1994-2007, ex-Engine 25 2007-2013, ex-reserve pumper 2013-20)
  • 1991 Ford Road Rescue MICU modular ambulance (Ex-Ambulance 21 1991-94, ex-Ambulance 23 1994-2000)
  • 1991 Pierce Arrow pumper (1500/500) (SN#E6374) (Ex-Engine 21 1991-94, ex-Engine 22 1994-2003, ex-reserve pumper 2003-2013, sold to "Chicago Fire" TV Show, used on the TV Show as Engine 51, Engine 17, Engine 20, Engine 24, Engine 37, Engine 40, Engine 66, Engine 105, and Engine 118)
  • 1991 Pierce Lance aerial (-/-/105' tractor-drawn) (SN#E6399) (Ex-Truck 23 1991-2015)
  • 1990 Pierce Lance aerial (-/-/105' tractor-drawn) (SN#E5511) (Ex-Truck 21 1990-91, ex-Truck 22 1991-2011)
  • 1990 Pierce Arrow aerial (-/-/105' rear-mount ladder) (SN#E5636) (Ex-Reserve Truck 21 1998-2021) (Ex-San Antonio Fire Department (Texas)) (Purchased by Evanston resident, posthumously donated to the Illinois Fire Service Institute)
  • 1989 Pierce Arrow pumper (1250/500) (SN#E4721) (Ex-Engine 24)
  • 1988 Pierce Arrow pumper (1250/500) (SN#E4175) (Ex-Engine 25)
  • 1988 Ford MICU modular ambulance (Ex-Ambulance 23 1988-94, ex-Ambulance 24R 1994-2000)
  • 1987 Pierce Dash pumper (SN#F1779) (1250/500/30F, pump was salvaged from the 1968 Pirsch) (Ex-Engine 23 1987-94)
  • 1986 Ford MICU modular ambulance (Ex-Ambulance 2 1986-94)
  • 1984 Chevrolet Type I MICU modular ambulance (Ex-Ambulance 1 1984-91, ex-Reserve Ambulance 24R 1991-94)
  • 1983 Spartan / Welch pumper (1250/500) (Ex-Engine 22 1984-94)
  • 1968 GMC / Pirsch tractor (Ex-Aurora Fire Rescue (Colorado), was the replacement tractor for 1952 Pirsch reserve truck (Ex-Reserve Truck 23 1982-90)
  • 1982 Chevrolet Type I MICU modular ambulance (box remounted from 1976 Chevrolet MICU) (Ex-Ambulance 3 1982-84, ex-Ambulance 2 1984-86, ex-Ambulance 3 1986-88, ex-Reserve Ambulance 4 1988-91)
  • 1982 Mercury Linx compact station wagon (Ex-Medical Officer 1982-85, ex-Training Officer 1985-90)
  • 1982 AMC sedan (Fire Investigator)
  • 1979 Ford Type I MICU modular ambulance (Ex-Ambulance 2 1980-84, ex-Reserve Ambulance 4 1984-88)
  • 1979 Ford Type I MICU modular ambulance (Ex-Ambulance 1 1980-84, ex-Ambulance 3 1984-86, ex-Air Wolf 1987-2006)
  • 1979 Seagrave / FWD aerial (1250/300/100' rear-mount ladder) (Ex-Truck 21 1980-90)
  • 1979 Pirsch Model 88-C pumper (1250/750) (Ex-Engine 22 1979-83, ex-Engine 21 1984-91)
  • 1979 Dodge panel van (Ex-Training Officer 1979-84, then was converted to window van in 1984, ex-Shift Commander 1985-92)
  • 1979 Chevrolet station wagon (Ex-Shift Commander 1979-85, ex-Medical Officer 1985-86)
  • 1978 Dodge sedan (Ex-Chief)
  • 1978 Plymouth (Ex-Chief Prevention Officer)
  • 1977 Chevrolet / Penn Versatile Van rescue (Ex-Squad 21 1977-2006)
  • 1977 Dodge sedan (Ex-Deputy Chief)
  • 1977 Dodge sedan (Ex-Personnel Officer)
  • 1977 Honda compact coupe (Ex-Fire Prevention Inspector)
  • 1977 Honda compact coupe (Ex-Fire Investigator)
  • 1976 Chevrolet Type I MICU modular ambulance (Ex-Ambulance 2 1977-1980, ex-Ambulance 3 1980-82)
  • 1968 Cadillac ambulance (Ex-Ambulance 3 1977-80) (Ex-Skokie Fire Department)
  • 1976 Mack MB / Howe pumper (1000/500) (Ex-Engine 25 1977-88)
  • 1975 Dodge Type II MICU van ambulance (Ex-Ambulance 1 1976-80, ex-Reserve Ambulance 4 1980-84)
  • 1972 Plymouth sedan (Ex-Training Officer 1975-1979) (Ex-Evanston Police)
  • 1975 Plymouth sedan (Ex-Chief's "buggy" 1975-78, PIO 1978-84)
  • 1975 International / Howe pumper (1000/300) (Ex-Engine 24 1975-89)
  • 1974 International / Howe pumper (1000/300) (Ex-Engine 23 1974-87)
  • 1974 Dodge panel van (Ex-Utility 1974-79)
  • 1973 Plymouth station wagon (Ex-Chief's "buggy" 1973-75, ex-Shift Commander's "buggy" 1975-79, ex-Medical Officer 1979-82)
  • 1971 Dodge station wagon (Ex-Shift Commander's "buggy" 1971-75, ex-Fire Investigators 1975-77, ex-Medical Officer 1977-79)
  • 1970 Dodge station wagon / auxiliary ambulance (Ex-Fire Prevention Bureau 1970-80)
  • 1970 Dodge station wagon (Ex-Shift Commander's "buggy" 1970-71, ex-Fire Prevention Bureau 1971-78)
  • 1970 Pirsch pumper (1000/300) (Ex-Engine 22 1970-79, ex-reserve pumper 1979-88)
  • 1969 GMC/Pirsch tractor-drawn aerial (Ex-Aurora Fire Rescue, ex-Columbus Division of Fire)
  • 1968 Pirsch Senior aerial (-/-/100' tractor-drawn) (Ex-Truck 21 1969-80, ex-Truck 22 1980-91)
  • 1968 Pirsch pumper (1250/300) (Ex-Engine 21 1968-83)
  • 1966 Ford station wagon auxiliary ambulance (Ex-Chief's "buggy" 1966-73, ex-Fire Prevention Bureau 1973-75))
  • 1965 International R-190 / General Body pumper-squad (Ex-Squad 21 1966-77)
  • 1965 Dodge station wagon auxiliary ambulance (Ex-Training Officer 1965-75)
  • 1942 GMC DUKW amphibious vehicle equipped with auxiliary pump (Civil Defense / WW II US government surplus, was used for rescue, firefighting, and towing disabled boats on Lake Michigan 1964-74, was designated "F-7" and was staffed by Squad 21 crew)
  • 1964 Plymouth station wagon auxiliary ambulance (Ex-Fire Prevention Bureau 1963-73)
  • 1963 Plymouth station wagon (Ex-Shift Commander's "buggy" 1962-70)
  • 1962 Ford station wagon auxiliary ambulance (Ex-Chief's "buggy" 1961-66, Fire Prevention Bureau 1966-70)
  • 1960 Ford station wagon (Ex-Fire Prevention Bureau 1960-66)
  • 1958 Seagrave pumper (1000/300) (Ex-Engine 24 1958-75)
  • 1958 Seagrave pumper (1000/300) (Ex-Engine 23 1958-74)
  • 1957 Ford Station wagon (Ex-Chief's "buggy" 1957-61, ex-Shift Commander's "buggy" 1961-62)
  • 1956 Chevrolet station wagon (Ex-Shift Commander's "buggy" 1956-61)
  • 1956 International pick-up truck (Ex-Utility 1956-74)
  • 1955 Chevrolet station wagon (Ex-Shift Commander's "buggy" 1955-56, ex-Fire Prevention Bureau 1956-63)
  • 1955 Chevrolet sedan (Ex-Chief's "buggy" 1955-57, ex-Fire Prevention Bureau 1957-60)
  • 1942 Willys jeep (Civil Defense WWII government surplus, used as utility vehicle 1954-57)
  • 19?? rescue trailer (Civil Defense rescue trailer, kept in reserve 1954-74)
  • 1952 Pirsch pumper (1000/100) (Ex-Squad 21 1952-65, converted to triple combination pumper by General Body in 1966, ex-Engine 22 1966-70, ex-Engine 25 1970-76)
  • 1952 Pirsch aerial (-/-/85' tractor-drawn) (Ex-Truck 22 1952-80, both tractor and trailer were extensively refurbished by Pirsch in 1969, ex-reserve truck 1980-90, the 1952 tractor was replaced in 1982)
  • 1952 Pirsch Model 44-S pumper (1000/100) (Ex-Engine 25 1952-70, ex-reserve pumper 1970-83)
  • 1952 Pirsch Model 44-S pumper (1000/80) (Ex-Engine 21 1952-68, ex-reserve pumper 1968-83)
  • 1951 Pirsch aerial (-/-/85' tractor-drawn) (Ex-Truck 21 1951-68, ex-reserve truck 1969-80)
  • 1951 Mercury sedan (Ex-Chief 1951-55, ex-Fire Prevention Bureau 1955-57)
  • 1949 Seagrave pumper (1000/80) (Ex-Engine 1 1949-52, ex-Engine 22 1952-66, ex-reserve pumper 1966-71)
  • 1946 Ford Tudor coupe (Ex-Fire Prevention Inspector 1946-55)
  • 1946 Ford 4dr sedan (Ex-Chief 1946-51)
  • 19?? pump trailer (250/-) (Civil Defense, assigned to Evanston Auxiliary Fire Service 1942-44)
  • 19?? pump trailer (250/-) (Civil Defense, assigned to Evanston Auxiliary Fire Service 1942-44)
  • 19?? pump trailer (250/-) (Civil Defense, assigned to Evanston Auxiliary Fire Service 1942-44)
  • 1937 Seagrave Model G pumper (750/80) (Ex-Engine 3 1938-58, ex-reserve pumper 1958-69)
  • 1937 Seagrave Model G pumper (750/80) (Ex-Engine 1 1938-49, ex-Engine 4 1949-58, ex-reserve pumper 1958-66)
  • 1937 Seagrave Service (-/80/65' mid-mount ladder) (Ex-Truck 2 1937-52, ex-Truck 23 1952-69)
  • 1937 Ford Tudor Deluxe (Ex-Fire Prevention Bureau Inspector 1937-46)
  • 1936 Ford Tudor Deluxe (Ex-Chief 1936-46)
  • 1929 Ford Model A coupe (Ex-Fire Prevention Inspector 1929-37)
  • 1927 Seagrave Standard pumper (1000/50) (Ex-Engine 5 1927-52, ex-reserve pumper 1952-57)
  • 1927 Seagrave Standard pumper (1000/50) (Ex-Engine 2 1927-52, ex-reserve pumper 1952-65)
  • 1925 Lincoln Model L (Ex-Chief 1927-36)
  • 1924 Seagrave aerial (-/-/85' tractor-drawn) (Ex-Truck 1 1924-51, then hose body salvaged from Seagrave Suburbanite pumper was installed onto tractor and rig was converted to a high-pressure deluge / hose rig in 1952, ex-Squad 22 1953-64)
  • 1918 Seagrave Model K one-axle tractor (welded to 1906 American LaFrance steamer in March 1918)
  • 1917 Seagrave chemical & hose booster-pumper (300/-/50 chemical) (Ex-Engine 3 1918-1937, ex-Auxiliary Engine 7 assigned to Evanston Auxiliary Fire Service 1942-44)
  • 1917 Seagrave chemical & hose booster-pumper (300/-/50 chemical) (Ex-Hose 2 1918-27, ex-Hose 4 1927-30, converted to (500/50) booster Suburbanite triple combination pumper in 1930, ex-Engine 4 1930-37, ex-Engine 4 1947-49, pumper body was salvaged and installed on the 1924 Seagrave tractor in 1952)
  • 1917 Seagrave pumper (750/-/50 chemical) (Ex-Engine 1 1918-37, ex-Engine 4 1938-47)
  • 1917 Seagrave Model E city service hook & ladder (50 gal chemical, life net, heavy-duty jack, 55' Bangor was the tallest ladder, no aerial) (Ex-Truck 1 1917-24, ex-Truck 2 1924-37, ex-Auxiliary Truck 3 assigned to Evanston Auxiliary Fire Service 1942-44)
  • 1917 Haynes touring car (cEx-Chief 1917-27)
  • 1891 LaFrance / Hayes horse-drawn 55' aerial ladder truck with three-horse hitch (Ex-Chattanooga, TN, leased from American LaFrance) (Ex-Truck 1 1917, replaced the ex-Peru H&L after it was sold to Toronto, was returned to American LaFrance after the Seagrave city service truck arrived in November 1917))
  • 19?? American LaFrance horse-drawn hook & ladder with two-horse hitch (Ex-Peru, IN, leased from American LaFrance) (Truck 1 1916-17, was sold by ALF to Toronto, ON, in March 1917)
  • 1914 Overland roaster (chief's automobile 1914-17)
  • 1911 Robinson Jumbo pumper (750/-/50 chemical) (Ex-Motor Engine 1 1911-18, ex-reserve pumper 1918-29, was the second automobile triple-combination pumper built in the US and the first Evanston automobile fire apparatus)
  • 1907 American LaFrance horse-drawn 85' aerial ladder truck with four-horse hitch (Ex-Truck 1 1907-16, was demolished in collision with an Evanston Railway Company streetcar in September 1916)
  • 1906 American LaFrance Metropolitan horse-drawn 700 GPM steamer with three-horse hitch (Engine 1 1906-11, Engine 2 1912-27, Engine 4 1927-30, reserve pumper 1930-38, was welded to the 1918 Seagrave one-axle tractor in March 1918 as the last three horses were retired at that time)
  • 1906 (unknown make) one axle horse-drawn buggy with two horse hitch (Chief's buggy 1906-14)
  • 1902 Seagrave horse-drawn "combination truck" (hook & ladder / chemical engine, hose box added in 1907) with two-horse hitch (Ex-Truck 2 1903-18, ran as second section of Engine Co. 2 1911-18, was not retained after fire department was was fully-motorized in 1918)
  • 1901 one axle horse-drawn buggy with two-horse hitch (Ex-Chief buggy 1901-06)
  • 1901 horse-drawn two-axle hose wagon with two-horse hitch (Ex-Hose 3 1901-1907, ex-reserve hose wagon 1907-18, was not retained after fire department was fully motorized in 1918)
  • 1900 horse-drawn two-axle hose wagon with two-horse hitch (Ex-Hose 1 1900-11, ex-reserve hose wagon 1912-18, was not retained after fire department was fully motorized in 1918)
  • 1895 Ahrens Metropolitan horse-drawn 600 GPM steamer with two-horse hitch (Ex-Engine 1 1895-1905, ex-reserve steamer 1906-10, ex-Engine 2 1911, ex-Engine 3 1912-18, was not retained after fire department was fully-motorized in 1918)
  • 1892 horse-drawn one axle hose cart with one horse hitch (Ex-Hose 2 1892-1900)
  • 1887 horse-drawn one axle hose cart with one horse hitch (Ex-reserve hose cart 1887-1907)
  • 1885 Davenport horse-drawn hook & ladder (hose box added in 1907) with two-horse hitch (Ex-Truck 1 1885-1907, ex-Truck 3 1907-18, ran as second section of Engine Co. 3 1912-18, was not retained after fire department was fully-motorized in 1918)
  • 1883 Gerhard Brienen horse-drawn two-axle four wheeled hose wagon with one-horse hitch (Ex-Hose 1 1883-1900, ex-Hose 2 1900-1907, ran as second section of Engine Co. 1 1895-1900 and as the second section of Truck Co. 2 1903-07, reserve hose wagon 1907-12, was the Evanston Fire Department's first horse-drawn apparatus)
  • 1874 Silsby one-axle hand-draw hose cart (Ex-C. J. Gilbert Hose Co. 1875-83, ex-reserve hose cart 1883-88)
  • 1874 G. W. Hannis one-axle hand-drawn hose cart (Ex-Pioneer Hose Co. No. 1 1875-83, ex-reserve hose cart 1883-88, ex-North Evanston Volunteer Fire Company 1888-1892)
  • 1873 Babcock horse-drawn double 50-gal chemical engine with two-horse hitch (Ex-Chemical 1 1873-1917, was hand-drawn 1873-84, ran as third section of Engine Co. 1 1895-17, was not retained after fire department was fully-motorized in 1918)
  • 1872 Babcock hand-drawn hook & ladder (Ex-Truck 1 1873-85)

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