Chicago Fire Department

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E.96 & L.29

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Chicago E.69







FDNY E.69

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Chicago L.28







FDNY L.28







Both recently celebrated their 100th Anniversarys - Congrats to both !

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[quote name='CFD Adv207' post='23999' date='Aug 18 2006, 14:57 ']Thank you Firepost. So it was a ALF Century? What happened to it when the E\-One arrived? I assume because it was 25+ years old it was just disposed of....[/quote]

Hi D. I can't say with 100% certainty that it was a Century however I do know that Truck 36 had one until 1988 when they received their E\-One 110 footer with a crew cab.I'm unaware of the exact dispositon of the Truck but most likely it was gotten rid of quickly.

Are you familiar with Retired Chief Jack Connor's? He really is the ultimate resource on the rigs diposition as he was in chaarge of the shops at the time and he is heavily involved with the Chicago Fire Museum and the Fire Buffs of Illinois.



I ran into him a few weeks ago at Engine 106's 100th anniversary.



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Caught a shot of the CFD Chopper in action yesterday....

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So, was Tower 5 an emergency delivery like E92 & E23?



And I'm looking for any pics of any special units, if you have some (planning out some Code 3 Collectibles kitbashes).

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Tower 5 was also an emergency purchase. It was on display at FDIC before CFD took delivery of it. At the time of the show, the truck had polished aluminum wheels, which were swapped out w/ steel before going in service.

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[quote name='karl4700' post='25003' date='Aug 21 2006, 04:30 ']Tower 5 was also an emergency purchase. It was on display at FDIC before CFD took delivery of it. At the time of the show, the truck had polished aluminum wheels, which were swapped out w/ steel before going in service.[/quote]



I've always wondered why Chicago used only steel wheels instead of the aluminum ones.

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For tower 5 I think that origanly had a pump in it also which was removed and a cabinet was placed in its spot.

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Thats what I also heard about T-5.

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A therory on Chicago and chrome wheels. The fleet has probably 300 or so trucks in the fleet and when it comes time to change tires a large fleet probably swaps wheels from one rig to another and puts tires on wheels. If you have 1 truck out of 300 that has chrome wheels, you can't change wheels & tires without having red/chrome wheels on the same rig. When yu only have a couple of rigs, whhels probably stay with the rig all of its life. Besides FDNY, CFD and others like standardization.

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Yes, they do like standardization I'm sure. FDNY has started buying aluminum wheels also.

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[quote name='RocklandFires.com' post='24500' date='Aug 19 2006, 22:25 ']E.96/L.29



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This is the fourth oldest active Firestation in Chicago and was built in 1898 by Cicero Township and was annexed into Chicago in 1904. Firepost!

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I read someplace withing the last couple months that Chicago was finally going to go with full bunker gear instead of the 3/4 boots, have they finally done that? And why did it take them so long to switch over?

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[quote name='The Nozzleman' post='25839' date='Aug 23 2006, 04:21 ']I read someplace withing the last couple months that Chicago was finally going to go with full bunker gear instead of the 3/4 boots, have they finally done that? And why did it take them so long to switch over?[/quote]



3 reasons...





1.Tradition 2. Politics 3. tradition and politics.

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I put up a new gallery featuring FWD CFD classics...check it out





[url="http://ksc711.smugmug.com/gallery/1808352"]http://ksc711.smugmug.com/gallery/1808352[/url]

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[quote name='Srresquire' post='26083' date='Aug 23 2006, 17:53 ']I put up a new gallery featuring FWD CFD classics...check it out

[url="http://ksc711.smugmug.com/gallery/1808352"]http://ksc711.smugmug.com/gallery/1808352[/url][/quote]



Wow nice pics of FWD i want to find a old CFD tiller truck or to me just the tractor to pull a lowboy to put my FWD on for parades <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

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[quote name='FFPM571' post='25873' date='Aug 23 2006, 07:59 ']3 reasons...

1.Tradition 2. Politics 3. tradition and politics.[/quote]





Okay, don't get me wrong I like tradition just like the next guy, and I remember fighting fires in the old 3/4 boots (1979-1984) but it just seemed like a department as modern as Chicago would have had their guys in the better protection of full bunker gear. That was why I was wondering.

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[quote name='JFong' post='25006' date='Aug 21 2006, 06:53 ']I've always wondered why Chicago used only steel wheels instead of the aluminum ones.[/quote]

Tower Ladder 5 also had a pump and tank at FDIC when displayed as a demo, both were removed and replaced with compartments prior to CFD taking delivery