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Shirley Shirley is located just between SR-234 and SR-109 & I- 70 in northeast Hancock County and Western Henry County. Main Street is literally the county line. Established in 1890, Shirley VFD provides Fire, Rescue, and BLS protection for the Town of Shirley and parts of Brown Township and Greensboro Townships. SVFD is staffed with 25 trained and professional volunteers who protect approximately 1,000 residents and 40 square miles from their single station. |
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| Station 11 - Shirley The Town was incorporated in 1890, and nearly destroyed by fire in 1908. The fire claimed at least two lives and burned down most of the downtown businesses. The Town built a water system in 1910 and a hose cart was bought to supplement the hydrants that were installed. The first fire truck was a homemade chemical truck constructed in 1925. The first pumper was built by Howe Fire of Anderson in 1927 and is now owned privately by an Indianapolis businessman. The current trucks are white, dating back to the department's third pumper from 1956, shown below. The lime green engines here were purchased used and did not require rennovation and therefore, were not repainted. Covering two counties adds two separate 911 centers and radio systems to make communications and mutual aid challenging. |
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| Engine 11-1 - 1976 Sutphen Pumper – 1500gpm/500gal Engine 11-1 is the first out engine for all fire and auto extrication calls. This truck was purchased from the Village of Bourbonnais, IL in 1990. A brand new engine is scheduled to replace this rig as first-due in late 2008. |
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| Engine 11-2: 1984 Ford/Pierce Pumper – 1000gpm/750gal Engine 11-2 is our second out city engine. It is equipped with BLS equipment including an AED for in-town EMS calls that may happen while the first due EMS is out of town. This truck was purchased in 2002 from nearby Sugar Creek Township Fire department in Philadelphia, IN (Hancock County). |
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| Engine 11-3: 1978 Ford/Grumman-Howe Pumper – 1000gpm/500gal Engine 11-3 is the second-out rural engine and reserve truck in the event the other engines are out of service. This truck was purchased in 2005 from the Greenfield Fire Department where it had a previous life in lime green. This rig was renovated in-house with volunteer labor. |
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| Tanker 11-5: 1999 GMC/S&S – 750gpm/2100gallons Tanker 11-5 responds on all out of town fires and is equipped for first attack fire suppression if manpower is an issue during the day. |
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| Grass 11-7: 1985 Chevrolet Brush Truck - 250gpm/200gallons Grass 11-7 responds on field fires. The truck was purchased from the Fishers Fire Department in 2004 and after in-house rust treatment, and a local painter looks good as new. |
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| Rescue 11-9: 1992 GMC/Monroe Custom Body Rescue 11-9 responds on all EMS, MVA’s, and structure fires. The truck is equipped with Amkus hydraulic tools with reels mounted on the rear roll out tray, BLS medical equipment with AED, on board 4 bottle air cascade for SCBA refill and air tool use. The truck is stocked with many hand tools and specialty tools to give us a portable tool box for many applications |
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| BLS Ambulance 11-8: 2006 Ford E-450/MedTec Ambulance 11-8 was purchased in December 2006. The Wilkinson and Shirley Town Councils entered into a joint venture to provide BLS transportation to this district after the local private service went out of business. The truck housed in Shirley is manned by on-call personnel and covers all of Brown Township and Northern Jackson Township in Hancock County, and Western Greensboro Township in Henry County. A second unit (Ambulance 98) is kept as backup at nearby Wilkinson VFD. |
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| Former Engine 11-03 - 1966 Ford 850/Bean Pumper - 750gpm/500gal | ||
| This rig formerly served as Engine 3 and was sold to a private collector in Florida in 2006. | ||
| Not Yet Pictured: Engine 11-01 - 1956 Ford/Howe Pumper - 500gpm/500gal Engine 11-01 was in service from 1956 to 2002. It was the first in a long tradition of white trucks purchased for the department. It was the third truck ever bought by the town and is now stored and used for parades and fairs. The piston pump was rebuilt in 1987 and is in excellent shape. The odometer shows a mere 7,800 miles. |
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| Special Thanks to Andrew Ebbert for helping arrange for these pictures and for providing SVFD history and background. | ||
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