VF Listings

Fire Buff; Interest - Antique apparatus; Owner - 1946 Dodge pumper 500/300 ex-Creston IL

Deputy District Chief - Chicago Fire Dept.; Interest - History of and items relating to Chicago Fire Dept.- helmets fronts etc.

Fire Apparatus Buff Former Co-Publisher - The VISITING FIREMAN; Interest - Apparatus & photos; Owner - 1926 ALF Type 75 #5640; Member - SPAAMFAA FB of I GLIAFAA WRFBA Reichhardt's Raiders

Fire Paramedic Officer - Chicago FD Photo Unit; Interest - Fireground photography fireground photo books; Author - We've Got A Hit! Chicago FD Pictorial Essay/Book; Member - IAFF IFPA

Retired Capt. - Western Springs Fire Dept(33 yrs); Ret. Inspector/Investigator - Pleasantview FPD - 10 years; Member - Mabas Div. Ten C & O Team IAFIA IAAI Strike Force IACAP; Interest-Fire Literature & Fire Philately Founding Member - Fire Museum of Greater Chicago

Paid Firefighter/Arson Investigator - Morton Grove FD; Interest - Collect & swap FD patches History of Chicago LA City & County Fire Depts.; Member - IAFF Local 2178 AFFI IPFA IFA IAAI FB of I

Lieutenant - Oak Lawn Fire Department; Interest - History of Chicago FD including photos videos & audio recordings

Vol FF/EMT; Interest - Collect antique fire helmets US& foreign fire memorabilia items relating to Chicago FD & Chicago Insurance Patrol; Honorary Fire Chief - San Francisco New Orleans Russellville AL FDs; Member - CAFEC; Charter Member - Chicago Fire Museum; Fire Dist. Trustee; Honorary BC - St. Fire Marshal Office - GA

Interest-Chicago FD Memphis FD and any other Illinois FD's; Anything on Chicago Water Towers; Member - 5-11 Club Fire Buffs of Illinois SPAAMFAA Fire Museum of Greater Chicago; Owner - 1946 Ford/Darley ex-New Lenox IL 1947 Seagrave 65' MS ex-North Little Rock AR

Communications Officer and Trustee - Hometown FPD; Interest - Communications Emergency Management; Member- APCO FB of I Hometown 911 Board

Vice President - Fire Museum of Greater Chicago; Interest - badges helmets front pieces photos or ephemera from the Chicago Fire Dept. The Chicago Fire Insurance Patrols The Century of Progress Fire Depts. The Great Chicago Fire

Fire Buff; Interest - Memorabilia PIRSCH Apparatus photos; Member - IFCA FB of I IADRS GLIAFAA SPAAMFAA Smokey Row Hose Co. #1

Fire Buff; Interest - Forestry Wilderness/Wildfire Firefighting CA Dept. of Forestry wilderness EMTs smoke jumpers conservation law enforcement

Chief - Stickney FD; Battalion Chief - Fermilab FD; Interest - Collect FD antiques and early fire grenades fire hydrants ebay.com; Member - SPAAMFAA FB of I GLIAFAA IAFC IFCA

Fire Lieutenant - City of Naperville; Interest - High eagle helmets and other quality memorabilia Chicago area items especially

Retired Firefighter/Paramedic; Member - NWFPD Metro Ambulance; Interest - Collect and trade FD patches; FD memorabilia collectables and fire truck toys

Fire Buff; Chicago Police Officer; Interest - CFD FDNY patch collecting public safety communications; Canteen Coordinator and Director 5-11 Club of Chicago; Associate Member - Friendship Fire Association

Paid Chicago Firefighter; Photographer; Editor - The Chicago Firefighter & Paramedic Yearbook

Owner - 1951 Seagrave 750 GPM pumper ex-Edwardsville IL Member - SPAAMFAA Gateway Fire Historical Society

Fire Buff; Interest - Collect fire patches fire memorabilia special interest in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 videos of large famous fires; Member - FB of I; Will trade or purchase fire shoulder patches

Paid Firefighter/Engineer/Tillerman - Cicero FD; Fire Buff; Interest - Collect fire memorabilia patches badges front pieces fire videos on VHS/DVD fireground action shots & apparatus; Member - IAFF Local 717 Cicero Firefighter Benevolent Assoc. Mabas Div 11 HazMat Team

Fire Buff; Trustee - North Maine Fire Dept.; Was Paid on Call Fireman - North Maine Fire Dept.; Interest - Collect and swap patches

Fire Buff; Interest - Apparatus photography FD organization history; Member - SPAAMFAA

Fire Buff; Interest - Chicago FD history collectibles; Other Fire Departments; Member - FB of I SPAAMFAA

Retired Paid on Call Lieutenant for almost 34 years; Interest - Cast iron & bisque fire trucks patch collector(will swap guarantee return for FD patches sent)

Chicago Police Officer; Interest - Chicago FD patches (IL Only) Diecast toys radio communications.

Deputy Chief - Lyons Fire Department; Interest - Training tactics toy fire apparatus Chicago Fire Department memorabilia photography communications; Member - IL Fire Chiefs Assn. ISFSI FB of I

Interest - Fire apparatus photography Chicago FD; Collecting Die cast Fire vehicles have over 2300; Member - FB of I SPAAMFAA

Former Volunteer in Iowa; Collect all fire department antiques and collectables

Authors - The Firefighters Best Friend - Lives and Legends of Chicago Firehouse Dogs -The first book to document the role and tradition of Chicago firedogs through real life stories history and photography; Please contact authors for purchase

Lieutenant/EMT - Glenside Fire Prot. Dist. Local 3277 IAFF; Member - AFFI DCPFFA SPAAMFAA; Interest - Apparatus Buff

Corresponding Secretary - 5-11 Club of Chicago; Interest Fire and Apparatus Photography; Member - Fire Museum of Greater Chicago

Retired Assistant Fire Chief-Urbana IL; Fire Inspector- Champaign IL Interest - Collect all types of memor- abilia esp. advertising grenades helmets buckets and nozzles

Paid Lieutenant/Paramedic - Edwardsville FD; Interest - Collect and swap FD patches collect fire truck toys 1/25 scale models Emergency memorabilia; IAFF Local #1700; Owner - Go MTP Travel Company - www.gomtptravel.com

Fire Buff; Interest - Collect apparatus photos and toys; Member - Heart of Illinois Fire Enthusiasts & Collectors Fire Buffs of Illinois and SPAAMFAA

Retired Captain 35 year Veteran - Freeport IL Fire Department; Member - IL Assn. of Retired Firefighters National Assn. of retired Firefighters IL Professional Firefighters Assn. Honorary Member of IAFF; Interest - Collector of Fire Memorabilia die cast and plastic models

Fire Buff; Interest - Learning about various fire departments including apparatus running card responses communication systems annual reports and statistics especially major cities

Retired Lieutenant - Chicago Fire Department; Licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer; Interest - Fire apparatus ambulances & hearses and equipment

Firefighter; Interest - Collect patches and memorabilia apparatus; Member - FB of I SPAAMFAA GLIAFAA SWNIFA ILFFA Aurora Fire Musuem Elgin Fire Museum Hall of Flame Fire Museum Northern Illinois Fire Museum Fire Museum of Greater Chicago; Co-Owner - 1942 Chev-Central Fire Engine

Ret. Fire Comm. Operator - Chicago Fire Dept.; EMT-D; Member of Fire Museum of Greater Chicago This listing is a tribute to Len's love of the fire service. He died on December 15 2006.

Fire Buff; Interest - Equipment & fireground photos large Metro FD's - Chicago etc.

Dispatcher - Chicago FD; Interest - Digital Photography of rigs and fires; See my photo website: www.ksc711@smugmug.com

Member - WSPR FD; Member - FB of I SFPE NFPA ECFWA; Registered Professional Engineer; Honorary BC of FDNY

Fire Buff; Interest - Old FD ambulances; Owner - 3 1954 Henny Packard Junior ambulances (ex-LeRoy Community FPD LeRoy IL; ex-Whitefish Bay WI FD; and last Henney professional car and Junior made); 1958 Edsel Villager station wagon Fire Chief car/rescue Wagon (ex-Berkley MI FD); Member - SPAAMFAA FB of I PCS

Interest - Apparatus manufacturer's rosters apparatus photography Illinois Apparatus Builders Alexis-Towers W.S. Darley & Co.; Member - SPAAMFAA HOIFEC

Fire Buff; Member - East Joliet F.P.D. FB of I SPAAMFAA & Reichhardt's Raiders

Forreston Fire Dept. Cadet; Fire Buff; Interest - Collecting patches photos shirts and fire gear

Retired paid Lieutenant 28 yrs. service; ESDA Co- ordinator; Past President - IFPA Master Fire Photographer; Firefighter III Master Fire Instructor; Fire Officer II; Fire Investigator I

Certified Firefighter III in Illinois; Lieutenant - Lynwood IL VFD; Enjoy the satisfaction of being a fire fighter. Am a definate Fire Buff; Interest - Collect just about anything fire related

Fire Buff; Interest - Buffing; Dispatcher (FT) - Maryville IL Fire & Police Dept.; PT Dispatcher- Caseyville IL PD & FD State Park FD Hollywood Heights FD

Former Fire Chief Fire Instructor & Fire Inspector; Interest - Pirsch memorabilia & apparatus - parts; Owner 1956 Pirsch pumper ex-Villa Park IL 1961 Pirsch Ladder Truck ex-Skokie IL 1952 Ford/Howe pumper ex- Sandwich IL 1968 Pirsch Aerial ex-Evanston IL; Member - FB of I SPAAMFAA Dir.- Aurora Regional Museum

Interest - Chicago Fire Dept. and Chicago Fire Insurance Patrol history and items; Geneology and fire history of CFD families: Heaney Roach McAuliffe Cowhey; Collector of pre-1965 Fire Department photographs; Thomas J. Roach IV - cfdcfip@hotmail.com - associated with ebay store - Firehouse pix

Fire Fighter/HM Technician Olin Corp.; Vol Fire Fighter Haz Mat Villa Hills IL FD; Fire Buff; Interests- Collect FD Patches & memoribilia especially Ahrens Fox apparatus; Member Madison Co Firemen's Assn SWIFA Greater St Louis Patch Club Madison County HM Team

Fire Buff; Interest - Antique equipment gear models apparatus photography; Owner - 1929 American LaFrance triple combination ex-Byrn Indiana; Member - SPAAMFAA FB of I

Interest - Photography of antique fire apparatus; Owner- 1925 Seagrave Suburbanite ex-Norfolk CT; Member - FB of I SPAAMFAA GLIAFAA Northern Illinois Fire Museum

Firefighter; Buff; Interest - Collecting and trading patches shirts photos helmets die cast vehicles used gear union items and wetdown collectibles; Salesman - Fire Apparatus & Supply Team -selling Smeal Danko EVI Rescues and loose goods. Buffing with my son Pierce

Fire Lt.; Interest - apparatus fire station fire photo graphs collecting patches helmet fronts rosters running cards photos & slides - especially: Chicago Detroit FDNY; Member - IAFF FB of I FIRENET; Author - Old Flames- column in FB of I- Joker Stand Newsletter;