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Working fire in Chicago, 3-11-17

This from Steve Redick:

48 W Garfield Blvd, Saturday (3/11/17). Looks like squad 5 has a length or 2 of 1 3/4 strapped to the front bumper to use off an engine or divider … cool!

Steve

Steve Redick photo

Steve Redick photo

Steve Redick photo

Steve Redick photo

Steve Redick photo

Steve Redick photo

Steve Redick photo

Tags: Chicago FD Engine 50, Chicago FD Engine 84, Chicago FD Squad 5, Chicago FD Truck 51, Chicago Fire Department, fire truck photos, Steve Redick

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7 Comments

• #1 by David on March 14, 2017 - 1:50 PM

  

  Rob, have you got any link, do you know what type they’ll be?

• #2 by Rob on March 13, 2017 - 11:03 PM

  

  They are building 18 more ambulances. I found out from CFD medic.

  • #3 by Marty Coyne on March 14, 2017 - 8:05 AM

    

    18 more throwaway piles of crap? What for?

• #4 by Chuck on March 13, 2017 - 7:46 PM

  

  Well, considering they weren’t spec built for Chicago but in fact were somebody’s throwaways, that’s not hard to figure out.

• #5 by CrabbyMilton on March 13, 2017 - 12:50 PM

  

  I know I said it before and it’s not likely in Chicago or Milwaukee. However, a purpose built ambulance doesn’t seem to out of the norm. It would last longer since it would be built to be an ambulance instead of a motorhome/shuttle bus/bread truck chassis.

• #6 by Chris S on March 12, 2017 - 4:40 PM

  

  I notice the new ambulances don’t have the heavy duty bumper

  • #7 by Marty Coyne on March 13, 2017 - 8:54 AM

    

    The A pillars and ball joints were cracking. They switched to the regular bumper to reduce weight. Crap throwaways.

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