I apologize that's my typo they are walk in type, rear door, side doors the whole 9 yards I really wish I could of gotten some photos of them. Also wish I could have seen the snorkel squads the ones we could see we're not going to be snorkel squads didn't have any signs of being set up that way not outriggers or housing.
Quote:Thanks for the information grubber. It's a disappointment that the Squads are walk around types because the current ones are the walk in types. Even though Chicago has 4 two piece Squads on order, I believe that the 4th one for O"Hare is foolish and can be better used as a 4th Squad for the city proper where it would get more work. Squad 7 at O"Hare Field has been using a very large 2000 Pierce Walk In Squad and several months ago was rehabbed and reconditioned so it just seems a waste to put a Snorkel/Squad at the airport . If you were familiar with the way Chicago is laid out you would know how Chicago's south side is larger in area then Chicago's north side or the Central part of the city which includes downtown and the west side. The busiest of the Chicago's Squads is Squad 5 which covers most of the south side and it has a much larger district then the other 2 Squads that are located in the city proper and it just would make more sense to put a second Squad in service which would cover the far south side then to put a Snorkel/Squad in service at O"Hare field where they recently rebuilt and reconditioned the Heavy Duty Squad and there is a full sized Tower Ladder at O Hare Field as well. Even though Squad 7 at O"Hare field doesn't run with a Snorkel it does run with a mini foam pumper as it's second piece that can be used for fighting fire in the multi level parking lot at the airport.
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