Chicago Fire Department

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Buggy with E85 ethanol

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More of the Crimson truck.

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Crimson aerial

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Rear section

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Visit to Engine 13 after the show closed.

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Truck 6, when this went in service Squad 1 was moved to Eng 42's house

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Battalion 1

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Scuba 6-8-7

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The pole with a small mural

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2 great views, 1 from outside facing in and then inside facing out!

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[quote name='ACPD227' date='29 August 2010 - 10:47 AM' timestamp='1283095654' post='399734']

Is that new chicago truck atower or straightstick? They really changed the spec if its a stick they used to store the portable ladders out board.

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I was thinking the same thing about the ground ladders so I took a look at the ladder compartment and it had 1-50' Bangor Ladder, 2-35's, 1-28'. 1-20', an attic ladder and a half dozen pike poles of various sizes.

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i was going through my archives in preparation for a slide show and I found these...thought you might enjoy seeing them...

a 2-11 alarm at 755 N Clark in the late 80s..the back end of engine 98's 2000 gpm alf...boy it was cold.

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here's truck 3..pemfab e1 135 foot aerial at the same fire..these were scanned from underexposed slides

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Well it's finally complete!!! I have uploaded the new book to the Blurb website and it's ready to be viewed



An historical photo retrospective of the Chicago Fire Department. The book features several hundred brilliantly restored Kodachrome images of the men, apparatus and fires from the 1950s and 1960s. Also included is historical data, including dates, locations, equipment information, as well as a wealth of interesting facts and anecdotes. This is a must see book of seldom seen photos of a bygone era in Chicago firefighting.



here is a link to a preview of the book, and ordering information as well....



http://www.blurb.com/books/1602508



My Dad and I are excited about what we created, and we hope you will be too!



Steve Redick

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one more sample page

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[quote name='Srresquire' date='23 September 2010 - 07:29 PM' timestamp='1285283396' post='404125']

one more sample page

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Steve, very nice stuff. I hope to get one of the books as well.



What type of light was that on the roofs? My memory has stopped working now. I've seen them for years.

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Dx 40 football mars light

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[quote name='Srresquire' date='23 September 2010 - 08:28 PM' timestamp='1285286895' post='404138']

Dx 40 football mars light

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Thanks. I knew it was a "Light From MARS" but had forgot the number it carried.

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[quote name='Truckman' date='23 September 2010 - 11:37 PM' timestamp='1285298266' post='404289']

Thanks. I knew it was a "Light From MARS" but had forgot the number it carried.

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Mars DX-40, oscillating light with separate drives so that you could control them separately front/rear. My 2 cent contribution for today! <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/BananaMan.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> TJ <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/stirpot.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[Jamie]

Battalion 5