CTLR ALLEGES RPTR DID NOT CALL PRIOR TO TKOF AND THERE WAS A FIRE TRUCK AT THE END OF THE RWY.

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I WAS TAXIING TO RWY 30 AT ALO AT XA45 LCL. THE TWR WAS NOT IN OP; SO I BROADCAST MY INTENTIONS ON 118.1; TWR FREQ; STATING THAT I WAS TAXIING TO RWY 30. AS I TAXIED OUT I CALLED ZAU ON 118.9 TO LET THEM KNOW THAT I WOULD BE DEPARTING RWY 30 VFR; AND TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY OTHER TFC ON HIS RADAR. CTR GAVE ME A VFR SQUAWK FOR ADVISORIES. I THEN LOOKED DOWN THE RWY AND ON THE FINAL APCH TO RWY 30; NOTICED NO TFC; MADE A CALL IN THE BLIND; AND DEPARTED WITHOUT INCIDENT. CTR TOLD ME THEY HAD ME IN RADAR CONTACT; AND THEN SAID TO CONTACT ALO TWR ON 118.1. I DID SO; AND THE TWR CTLR TOLD ME A CFR TRUCK HAD BEEN ON THE DEP END OF RWY 30 WHEN I TOOK OFF; AND THAT I SHOULD HAVE MADE A RADIO CALL. I TOLD HIM THAT I HAD; BUT HE SAID NO ONE HEARD IT. I TOLD HIM THAT REGARDLESS; ALO WAS AN UNCTLED ARPT AT XA45; AND THAT A RADIO CALL WAS NOT REQUIRED ANYWAY; AND THAT IT WAS THE CFR TRUCK DRIVER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO REMAIN CLR OF A RWY WHEN AN ACFT IS DEPARTING. ANOTHER CTLR THEN CAME ON THE FREQ AND TOLD ME THAT THE TRUCK WAS CLR WHEN I DEPARTED.