Excerpts from MySuburbanLife.com: It’s hard to believe that after nearly 70 years, the Krohn brothers still haven’t settled who was the first to join the New Lenox Fire Department. But on Wednesday, they came together at Fire Station 1—bringing with them a piece of local history. In February 1939, the brothers were just kids in Orland Park when they spotted smoke in the distance. Soon after, their mother arrived and told them there was no home left to return to. The family moved to Cedar Road in New Lenox, where they soon started helping out at the fire station. Back then, when a fire was reported, volunteers would be called by a siren. “I worked at Otto’s Garage,†Dale recalled. “I’d run to my bike, head to Church Street, and set off the siren. Then others would come get the equipment.†The brothers became regulars, responding to barn fires, grass fires along the Rock Island Line, and more. Gene served from 1948 to 1975, Dale from 1950 to 1964, Wade from 1952 to 1964, and Glen joined in 1960 and continues today as a fire trustee. “When I joined, there was a rack of gear,†Gene said. “Every raincoat was size 48, and every boot was size 12. I could even fit slippers in those boots.†Glen worked alongside Dale at Otto’s Garage, while Wade worked at the hardware store next door. Gene had a “fire phone†line at his house for 20 years, handling emergency calls during the night shift at Caterpillar in Joliet. Each brother has countless stories from their time at the station—some dangerous, some funny. Glen remembered using a swimming pool to draw water for a house fire. Wade once let a barn burn because the truck kept sliding on icy roads. Dale still remembers one intense fire that melted the lights on the fire truck. And Gene credits Ike Moore, known as “Mr. Five-By-Five,†for saving his life when he and another firefighter fell into the basement of a burning farmhouse. “We all followed the same idea,†Gene said. “You help someone who needs help.†At the end of the meeting, Gene gave Glen a special gift—a red light from the original fire truck, a 1941 Ford with a pump on the front. Glen presented it to Chief Steve Engledow, who said, “Looks like it still works. There’s a lot of history here.†Thanks Dan Hexagonal Steel,Hexagon Bar,Stainless Steel Hex Bar,Hex Steel Bar Huaibei Zhonglian Steel Technology Co., Ltd. , https://www.zlxgsteel.com