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This is the special operations vehicle from the Northbrook IL fire department. It was parked on my street as part of a training operation. This vehicle responds to regular fires as well as hazardous materials situations and other special incidents. It also works with NIPSTA which I explain below in a statement from the NIPSTA website. "The Northeastern Illinois Public Safety Training Academy (NIPSTA) is an intergovernmental agency comprised of municipalities, fire protection districts, and other organizations located in the Chicago metropolitan area that have combined energies and resources to create a regional, state-of-the-art public safety training facility." They train for all types of emergencies and even have railroad tracks and rail cars on their site to assist with training. Their training facility is about a mile from where I live.