Indiana Fire Trucks: Indiana Dunes National Park Service Fire Department

	Indiana Dunes National Park Service Fire Department Indiana Dunes is a national park located 50 miles east of Chicago along the shores of Lake Michigan in Porter County. The department staffs two fire stations full-time to provide Fire protection to the park's visitors. NPS Fire protects 15,000 acres of forest, wildland, swamps, sand dunes, and beaches that make up the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore & Indiana Dunes State Park.


NPS Fire Station 1 - Porter, IN Stations 1 & 2 were previously used by C-32, a Nike Missle Base Radar Post that was located here between 1957-1974. While, the radar towers are gone, the command site is owned and operated by the National Park Service. The actual missle launch site was sold to an individual and is not accessible to the public. However, the owner lives on the site and the structures have been kept in excellent condition. The remaining C-32 structures are used by the NPS including both firehouses.


Wildland 5673 - 2008 International 7400/S&S/Type 3 Pumper - 500gpm/500gal This tall off-road capable pumper is first-out on all working wildland fires.


Wildland 5673 - 2008 International 7400/S&S/Type 3 - 500gpm/500gal


Wildland 5671 - 2001 Ford F-450/Boise Mobile Equipment/Type 6 Brush Truck - 110gpm/300gal


Wildland 5671 - 2001 Ford F-450/Boise Mobile Equipment/Type 6 Brush Truck - 110gpm/300gal


Wildland 5670 - 2006 Ford F-550/Boise Mobile Equipment/Type 6 Brush Truck - 110gpm/300gal 5670 is one of two brush trucks that respond from Station 2.


Command 5650 - 2000 Ford F-150 4x4


ATV 1 & 2 - Polaris 4x4 These two rigs allow rescue and light firefighting access to trails and dunes unreachable by full-sized vehicles.


Utilty 5674 - Schwinn Stingray - 0gpm/0gal Okay, so maybe this isn't really a fire apparatus. However, the crews at NPS did such a good job, we couldn't pass it up. So do you just throw your victim in the basket to transport them down the street? How much 1-3/4" could it carry?

Not pictured: Wildland 5672 & ATV 3 & 4.

Special thanks to Captain Jim Whitenack for his assistance in arranging the apparatus for these pictures and for providing department background and history.