Last week’s post about different colors for fire apparatus touched on several departments in the area that have units not painted red—or red and white or red and black. Some departments have switched from other colors to red, while readers pointed out that some still operate rigs with older color schemes. This is the first in a series of posts that will spotlight departments that either changed their color scheme over time or once had units in non-standard colors. **Division 1:** Arlington Heights once acquired a demo Mack CF engine that arrived white over lime green. This unique color scheme stood out among their fleet at the time.
Arlington Heights Fire Department 1975 Mack CF engine

Arlington Heights Engine 411 was a 1975 Mack CF engine with a 1,500-GPM pump and 500 gallons of water. Larry Shapiro collection

Elk Grove Village also had a lime green Mack CF engine, another example of how color choices varied across departments during this era.
Elk Grove Village Fire Department Engine 118 1977 Mack CF

Elk Grove Village once owned this 1977 Mack engine with a CF600 chassis. It carried 700 gallons of water with a 1,250-GPM pump. Larry Shapiro collection

Mt. Prospect had a distinctive white-over-yellow paint scheme that lasted for many years. This included multiple engines and even two mid-ship aerials.
Mount Prospect Fire Department 1975 Pierce engine Hendrickson

Mount Prospect had two engines with the Hendrickson 1871-S cab. One was built by Boyer, and this engine was built by Pierce with a 1,000-GPM pump and 500-gallon water tank. Larry Shapiro collection

Palatine had a white-over-lime-green Seagrave engine, showing how this color combination wasn’t uncommon in the region.
Palatine Fire Department 1973 Seagrave PB-Model engine

Palatine had this one 1973 Seagrave Model PB engine with a 1,500-GPM pump and 500 gallons of water. Larry Shapiro collection

Rolling Meadows also had two white-over-lime-green units. In addition to the Pierce engine, they had a medium-duty squad with a PTO pump built by E-ONE on a GMC chassis.
Rolling Meadows Fire Department 1979 Pierce Suburban engine

Rolling Meadows ran with this 1979 Pierce Suburban engine that was built on a Ford L9000 chassis. Engine 612 carried 500 gallons of water and had a 1,250-GPM pump. Larry Shapiro collection

Wheeling's apparatus used to be white over lime green as well. From the late 1960s when Ward LaFrance pioneered the use of lime green for fire trucks, through the purchase of the 1994 Sutphen tower ladder currently in service, all Wheeling units followed this color scheme.
Wheeling Fire Department Ward LaFrance P80 Ambassador engine

Wheeling purchased two Model P80 engines from Ward LaFrance on Ambassador chassis. In addition to this 1969 unit, they purchased a second engine in 1971. Engine 1 had a 1,250-GPM pump, 500 gallons of water, and a mid-ship elevating platform with a pre-piped deluge gun. Larry Shapiro collection

And here’s one last image to showcase the famous **Palm Beach Gardens green** mentioned in a Wall Street Journal article.
Palm Beach Gardens Fire Department Rescue Engine 5 Pierce Arrow

Palm Beach Gardens Engine 5 shown here as a 1999 Pierce Arrow with a 1,250-GPM pump and 750 gallons of water. This was formerly built in 1990 on a Pierce Javelin chassis. Larry Shapiro collection

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