Chicago Fire Department

[karl4700]

Truck 8 is running an E\-One now too (used to have a Pierce) not sure who they swapped with. I believe there are 6 ALS truck companies now.

[Guest]

Any word on the replacement of the Snorkel Squads?

[Guest]

Pardon the OT question, but how does the CFD hire their medics?? Are they FF/PMs or civillian PMs manning CFD rigs. Have a buddy looking to relocate from the Pacific Northwest.



Thanks for any info.

[firepost]

[quote name='karl4700' post='304685' date='May 12 2009, 19:24 ']Truck 8 is running an E\-One now too (used to have a Pierce) not sure who they swapped with. I believe there are 6 ALS truck companies now.[/quote]

Karl to my knowledge there are supposed to be 7 ALS Truck companies in service as of now. They are Trucks 2,32,29,60,41,45 and 55. I understand that there may be two additional Truck companies that may be going ALS in the near future however.

[firepost]

[quote name='Wing1223' post='304711' date='May 12 2009, 20:00 ']Any word on the replacement of the Snorkel Squads?[/quote]

They are supposed to be working on the specs for the three City Located Snorkel/Squads this year so that they can be replaced by sometime next year when the current ones are ten years old.

There could be a problem however as American La France owns the rights to build the Snorkel and they have refused to build any new Snorkels for several years now. I do understand that are willing to rehab and remount Old Snorkels on new Chassis however.

[karl4700]

Firepost, thanks for the info. I will update my list (only had 6 trks). Im sure that number will grow as time goes on too.

[Russell]

[quote name='firebuff55407' post='304660' date='May 12 2009, 17:15 ']Two of the ALF engines they built for Chicago were bought by the East Chicago Fire Department, Indiana. Here's East Chicago Engine 1.

-2005 photo by Steve Skaar[/quote]



Sharp looking rig!

[Guest]

[quote name='casey' post='304736' date='May 12 2009, 20:40 ']Pardon the OT question, but how does the CFD hire their medics?? Are they FF/PMs or civillian PMs manning CFD rigs. Have a buddy looking to relocate from the Pacific Northwest.



Thanks for any info.[/quote]









I believe they are FF/PMs, They have to through the CDF Academy! The Paramedics work 24 on 72 off Not a bad deal.

[firepost]

[quote name='GA_Dave' post='304489' date='May 11 2009, 17:56 ']On my recent visit, I shot shop #G482 filling in for Squad 1A. Can anyone tell me which Squad Company this Spartan/E-One ran as when it was new? I shot Squad 5's Spartan/E-One back in 1995 and I wanted to know if I have just shot the same rig again. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/shrug.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />[/quote]

Yes Dave G482 was indeed the same rig. I did some research and G482 was one of two 1987 Spartan E/One Snorkels that were delivered that year and G482 was orginally assigned to Squad 1.

The following year (1988) Squad 5 did have a nearly identical apparatus delivered and put in service however in the fall of 1988 the Snorkel was totaled in a rollover accident. After the accident Squad 5 was reassigned the 1975 Hendrickson Pierce 55 foot Snorkel that remained assigned to Squad 5 until 1996 when Squad 1's 1987 E/One was reassigned to Squad 5 as Squad 1 had received a 1996 HME/Saulsbury single piece Heavy Rescue Van which was assigned to Squad 1 until mid 2000 when the 3 city located Squads had received new 2 piece Squad and Snorkel apparatus.

It was probably in 1996 and not 1995 when you had photographed Squad 5 using apparatus G482 which was orginally assigned to Squad 1.

[GA_Dave]

Yes Dave G482 was indeed the same rig. I did some research and G482 was one of two 1987 Spartan E/One Snorkels that were delivered that year and G482 was orginally assigned to Squad 1.

The following year (1988) Squad 5 did have a nearly identical apparatus delivered and put in service however in the fall of 1988 the Snorkel was totaled in a rollover accident. After the accident Squad 5 was reassigned the 1975 Hendrickson Pierce 55 foot Snorkel that remained assigned to Squad 5 until 1996 when Squad 1's 1987 E/One was reassigned to Squad 5 as Squad 1 had received a 1996 HME/Saulsbury single piece Heavy Rescue Van which was assigned to Squad 1 until mid 2000 when the 3 city located Squads had received new 2 piece Squad and Snorkel apparatus.

It was probably in 1996 and not 1995 when you had photographed Squad 5 using apparatus G482 which was orginally assigned to Squad 1.

I would almost have bought all that, but I know for a fact it wasn't 1996. Prior to this trip, I have only been to Chicago twice, once in 1989 and once in 1995. The 1995 trip was memorable because it was during the infamous "Chicago Heatwave". In comparing the two photos, I see several minor differences. Since I couldn't figure it out, I went back into my database to check my original entry on Squad 5's rig. Turns out that I shot Squad 5 in 1989, not 1995. The one I shot was the 1988 rig that was later wrecked. According to the info in FAJ, Squad 5 received that rig in November, 1988. The wreck happened in September, 1989. My visit was in the spring of 1989.



I appreciate the efforts of those who tried to help me out on this. It was my mistake in saying that I shot Squad 5 in 1995. I was at the station, without any of my reference materials, when I asked.

[firepost]

[quote name='GA_Dave' post='305089' date='May 13 2009, 19:38 ']I would almost have bought all that, but I know for a fact it wasn't 1996. Prior to this trip, I have only been to Chicago twice, once in 1989 and once in 1995. The 1995 trip was memorable because it was during the infamous "Chicago Heatwave". In comparing the two photos, I see several minor differences. Since I couldn't figure it out, I went back into my database to check my original entry on Squad 5's rig. Turns out that I shot Squad 5 in 1989, not 1995. The one I shot was the 1988 rig that was later wrecked. According to the info in FAJ, Squad 5 received that rig in November, 1988. The wreck happened in September, 1989. My visit was in the spring of 1989.



I appreciate the efforts of those who tried to help me out on this. It was my mistake in saying that I shot Squad 5 in 1995. I was at the station, without any of my reference materials, when I asked.[/quote]

Thanks for getting back to us on that one Dave. So it was the Squad that was wrecked. Yes I'm sure that you were correct on when Squad 5 was wrecked. I apparently was off by a year.

[Guest]

Found this old shot...from Bob Freeman I believe

[Guest]

Another Freeman shot...back end of a high pressure rig showing the 3 1/2 boathose

[GA_Dave]

Found this old shot...from Bob Freeman I believe

I think this was what became 6-7-4. They added a treadplate enclosure around the manifold.

[Guest]

[quote name='Srresquire' post='308452' date='May 25 2009, 11:44 ']Another Freeman shot...back end of a high pressure rig showing the 3 1/2 boathose[/quote]



Thanks, Steve, that is an awesome shot to me with my love for hoseload shots.

[GA_Dave]

I think this was what became 6-7-4. They added a treadplate enclosure around the manifold.

I take that back. I just looked at the shot I have of 6-7-4 and it isn't the same manifold system. Not sure what they called this one. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/shrug.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[firepost]

[quote name='GA_Dave' post='308507' date='May 25 2009, 13:49 ']I think this was what became 6-7-4. They added a treadplate enclosure around the manifold.[/quote]

Dave the rig that you are looking at was the Original 672, better known as "Big Mo". That was the Original chassis or shall I say the "wheels" of Big Mo when they were put in service in mid 1967. In about a year or so they had remounted the Deluge set onto a much larger "military surplus" style chassis which was similar to that of Big John which was 673.

The original 674 or "Little John" had a much smaller Deluge set on it.

[Guest]

[quote name='firepost' post='308511' date='May 25 2009, 21:12 '] In about a year or so they had remounted the Deluge set onto a much larger "military surplus" style chassis which was similar to that of Big John which was 673.

[/quote]



Firepost -

"Big Mo" 6-7-2 had two different military chassis after the Jeep - one painted black over red and one painted CD blue. Which was the first of them and when was the turret assembly transferred to the final chassis? And: Did the first version on the Jeep ever respond to a fire?

[Guest]

1972 Oshkosh/Pierce

1250/500

Eng-84

Taken at IAFC Cleveland,Oh 1972

[Guest]

Chicago,IL

Eng-113 Ahrens-Fox