Found on Facebook – Shop ID#D-669
thanks Dennis
Found on Facebook – Shop ID#D-669
thanks Dennis
Tags: new E-ONE engine for Chicago, New fire engine assigned to Chicago FD Engine 116.
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#1 by John Antkowski on March 20, 2018 - 10:44 AM
Anybody know if the new engines went in service? And I have yet to see if the new Towers have started down the assembly line. Just curious. John
#2 by eugene O on February 22, 2018 - 3:27 PM
does somebody know, have the new e-one engines been put in service. Thank you
#3 by Danny on February 21, 2018 - 7:11 AM
Yeah mike they are in the spare still… not sure if it’s permanent or not but the last rig that needed body work that was minor was out for 4 months they had some serious damage so who knows if they will get to back or not
#4 by mike on February 11, 2018 - 11:12 AM
Is engine 68 still running with a spare? Seemed they had been for a year or more. I do not know what happened to their engine? Are they getting something handed down to them?
#5 by Bill Post on February 11, 2018 - 10:49 AM
Mike don’t let Engine 103’s house fool you. It was built as Truck 39’s original house. At one time there was an 85-foot tillered wood aerial ladder with a long over hang. In 1959/60 when most of Chicago’s trucks were still TDAs, they purchased four Mack/Magirus rear mounted, metal aerial ladders. Two were 100 footers and two were 144 footers. To this day those were the tallest aerials the CFD ever owned. Truck 39 was assigned a 144-foot ladder and while it was a rear mount it still was a heavy rig, and the door was tall and wide enough to accommodate it. From 1964 until 1969 the chief of the old 6th battalion was also there. In 1969 Battalion 6 was taken out of service and Truck 39 was taken out of service for four years. Engine 103 and Ambulance 2 were relocated there from Harrison between Laflin and Loomis. Ambulance 2 became ALS ambulance 45 and was relocated to Engine 26’s house when they opened in the mid 1970s. In 1972 Engine 103 was assigned one of six American LaFrance 2000-GPM pumpers. The other five were assigned to downtown companies at Engines 5, 1, 13, 42, and 98. Engine 103 ran with the ALF for eight or nine years when it was replaced by a much lighter weight 1250-GPM 1980/81 Ford E/One. Their current engine is a 1998 HME/Luverne which is puny compared to the 1972 American LaFrance. The 1998 HME/Luverne was at Engine 71 for only about four years so I don’t know why it was reassigned to Engine 103. Engine 103’s runs and fires have gone down over the years so sometimes they are used as a change of quarters engine.
In 1986 the fire department’s research and planning department did a study that recommended Engines 103 and Engines 104 located in the center of the city be moved to the far south side. Engine 103 would move to Truck 61, a single-truck house with plenty of room. A new house would have been built near 732 W 115th Street for Truck 24 and Engine 104. It turns out that Engine 104 was relocated with Truck 61 from Engine 1’s house and Engine 103 stayed where they were. The study noted there were quite a few engine companies all with-in about a mile and a half of Engine 103’s house including Engine 26, 5, 14, 18, and 30 plus a few that weren’t much farther.
The new house was never built for Truck 24 but a good case can still be made for building one and possibly for Engine 103 further southeast. The 22nd Battalion has seen an increase in working fires over the past few years. The 1986 study found that the far south side had some coverage gaps compared to the rest of city and recommended three new stations besides the one for Truck 24 and Engine 103. One was for Engine 97 and another truck company but all of that is beside the point.
#6 by Jim on February 11, 2018 - 8:11 AM
Mike, I cant speak about Eng 103’s house, but, at Engine 94’s house they put a hideous metal roll up door on their firehouse to make the clearance a lil bigger for the new rig.
Supposedly they had Eng 125 over with their new rig to assist in seeing if the new one would fit.
#7 by Mike on February 11, 2018 - 6:58 AM
Looking at photos of Eng 94 and Eng 103’s fire houses will these new Emerg One pumps fit into those small bays??
#8 by Bill Post on February 11, 2018 - 4:59 AM
Aidan that’s a good question. I also wonder why the heck it is taking so long to fix Truck 47’s cab, that is if they do fix it. Truck 47 was using a rig that wasn’t more then a few years old.
Danny thanks for the news on Engine 71’s 2002 Spartan/Luverne. Engine 71’s old old rig is still in service but not for much longer as Engine 103. Engine 71 had it for less than four years and it was their first ALS unit. When they received the 1998 HME/Luverne it was one of not more then 20 ALS engines that were put in service in late 1997/98. It is interesting that Engine 103 is still not an ALS engine. The HME/Luvernes were never well liked and when Engine 50 got Engine 88’s old rig they had it replaced with a 1995 Spartan/Luverne a few years later because it had a roomier cab.
#9 by Aidan Hughes on February 10, 2018 - 9:39 PM
What happened to Engine 43’s frontline
#10 by Jason on February 10, 2018 - 9:29 PM
Old engine 71 is now permanent engine 43 . Old 43 is out of service . Surprised engine 43 didn’t get a new rig, they need one .
#11 by Aidan Hughes on February 10, 2018 - 7:22 PM
Remember that time when Truck 47 was in an accident two years ago? And when will they get their rig back?
#12 by Bill Post on February 10, 2018 - 4:09 PM
Thanks Lt.
After these rigs go in service there will be three HME/Luverne ALS companies remaining in service. Engine 11 has a 1998, Engine 74 has a 1998, and Engine 39 has a 1999, however most likely they will receive hand-me-down rigs replaced by the new E/Ones.
#13 by Mike on February 10, 2018 - 1:29 PM
FDD664 Engine 59 ALS
FDD665 Engine 80
FDD666 Engine 94
FDD667 Engine 103
FDD668 Engine 104
FDD669 Engine 116 ALS
FDD670 Engine 126 ALS
#14 by Rob on February 10, 2018 - 12:34 PM
North Palos engine in the back
#15 by Bill Post on February 10, 2018 - 11:30 AM
Thank’s Danny, I wasn’t aware that the rigs made a stopover in Indiana on the way to Chicago in fact I thought the Naperville center was the place they reported to before being delivered.
#16 by Michael M on February 10, 2018 - 11:03 AM
Looks like they turned out nice! That house is lucky, last year they received the new squad 5, this year they will get a new engine! Will be interesting to see if Engine 94 gets one of the new ones! Hopefully Engine 59 will get one of the new ones as well. Is that a Palos or a University Park Engine that is in the shot as well?
#17 by Danny on February 10, 2018 - 10:55 AM
Bill this picture looks to have been taken inside fire service inc in Saint John Indiana where every one of the new E one rigs has been lettered before going to the city as they don’t do it before They leave Hamburg they are completely unlettered..
#18 by John Antkowski on February 10, 2018 - 9:48 AM
That’s cool I thought lettering and numbering was done at the city shops. Nice picture! Too.
#19 by Bill Post on February 10, 2018 - 8:47 AM
The manufacturer is Emergency One and it is at their plant in Hamburg New York.
While I don’t know what their ranking was last year in terms of runs I know that Engine 116 usually had been in the top three and for sure the top five so choosing them for a new engine really comes as no big surprise.
The real question now is who will be getting their current rig as a hand me down. Of the first six E/Ones which were assigned last year Engine 73’s former 2004 Spartan Luverne was given to Engine 102 whose HME rig was damaged in an accident. I would expect to see Engine 125’s 2004 rig also get reassigned.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the former Engine 71 and Engine 50 get reassigned as neither were HME/Luvernes and they weren’t the oldest front line rigs in the system. Both were 2002 Spartan Luvernes. Of the new E/Ones that have previously been assigned only two replaced HME/Luvernes from the 1990s which are really rigs that should be getting replaced as they are either 20 or 21 years old.
#20 by Aidan Hughes on February 10, 2018 - 7:58 AM
This is an E-One
#21 by John on February 10, 2018 - 6:58 AM
Who is the manufacturer?
#22 by Aidan Hughes on February 9, 2018 - 4:58 PM
Where are the other 6 going to
#23 by Rich on February 9, 2018 - 12:40 PM
Good for them. There one of the busiest.
#24 by Danny on February 9, 2018 - 11:57 AM
Well one of the 7 down lol