This from 9 man squad:
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#1 by DANNY on September 11, 2016 - 10:40 AM
THAT THING HAS BEEN OUT THERE FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY MAYBE LONGER
#2 by Bill Post on September 9, 2016 - 2:52 AM
9 man squad there is a lot of history to Chicago’s Snorkel Squads and Snorkel companies. A few years ago I did a 3 part article on the Chicago Fire Department which covered most of that time period. Here are links to the posts. I might send some additional information, however reading these should answer most of your questions.
http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/2012/08/a-commentary-cfd-apparatus-history-part-1-of-3/
http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/2012/08/a-commentary-cfd-apparatus-history-part-2-of-3/
http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/2012/08/a-commentary-cfd-apparatus-history-part-3-of-3/
#3 by Squad546 on September 8, 2016 - 4:51 AM
They have had this thing for quite a while and apparently no takers!
#4 by twinsonic on September 7, 2016 - 8:33 PM
I think this was one of Mack MB tractors that was sent to Pierce for modification to a snorkel squad…….correct me if I’m wrong…..
#5 by 9 man squad on September 7, 2016 - 5:56 PM
Hi bill
I was just wondering if you could give me a breif rundown of the rigs used by the Snorkel squads ( both 1st and 2nd pieces) over the years. Could you also provide a little insite into the rigs used by the standard snorkels over the years and the standard squads post autocar squad era.
Thanks 9 man squad
#6 by CrabbyMilton on September 7, 2016 - 6:01 AM
I had forgotten that MACK had built that MB chassis that early on. I was thinking early 70’s and not mid to late 60’s.
MFD had some pumpers built on those as well as rehabbing a few PIRSCH tillers with those tractors.
I hate to hijack but I just want to remind everybody of the muster here in Milwaukee on Saturday 9-10-16. It will be at the MATC south campus just like last year. Typically, the muster is held on odd number years but this time, it’s being combined with some sort of police expo as well so it should be a wonderful day. Perfect time to thank our police and fire fighting people for their great service.
#7 by Bill Post on September 7, 2016 - 1:44 AM
That was Snorkel Squads 1’s second assigned Snorkel unit. I recall hearing or reading that the city was getting rid of it several years ago so I thought that it would have either been scrapped or rehabbed for another purpose by now. It had served as SS1 for a little less then 8 years. It was put in service around April 1968 and was taken out of service around January of 1976. It was used as a spare Snorkel for several years however. When the original Snorkel Squads ran, the Snorkel always ran as the front unit and the second piece was a fog pressure labeled called SS1-A which ran behind the Snorkel.
The fog pressure was replaced by a Ford/Pierce C cab walk around body squad that had a small crew cab in built into the front of the body and it also had a 300-gallon booster tank. That was in the fall of 1974.
I remember the first fire that I saw that Mack/Pierce responding to. It was the National Die Casting explosion and fire on July 17, 1968 at 3635 W Touhy Ave in Lincolnwood. That was well before Lincolnwood had it’s own fire department. The fire made a 3-11 alarm as Chicago protected Lincolnwood before they got their own fire department in 1990. There were over 30 people injured and one fatality. Skokie was on the scene also. While Chicago provided fire protection for Lincolnwood they didn’t normally provide ambulance service. However, because this was a disaster, the CFD and Skokie sent ambulances. Normally private ambulances or police station wagons provided ambulance service for Lincolnwood at the time.