Mayor Jose Sanchez Gonzalez of Manati, Puerto Rico will accept an Ambulance and Engine from the City of Chicago, 12/10/19 at 2726 W Division at 1 pm
Mayor Jose Sanchez Gonzalez of Manati, Puerto Rico gave thanks for the former CFD Ambulance & Engine that will now serve the people of Manati and the surrounding region.
The donated ambulance and engine will complement and enhance the equipment in Manati, Puerto Rico. Following aftermath of Hurricane Maria, donations such as this are a step in the right direction to making the Island whole again.
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thanks Dennis
#1 by Danny on December 17, 2019 - 2:21 AM
Ex amb 30 and u believe that was the unit that was at 43 and 70 if i was told correct
#2 by Mike C on December 13, 2019 - 1:00 PM
Sounds like a good method of doing things rather than going out for bid multiple times. Unfortunately, I don’t see the city allocating funds for as many rigs as was originally announced. Only time will tell. Chicago politics at it’s finest.
#3 by rich s. on December 12, 2019 - 12:33 PM
It’s not all up to the fire department or fleet. there are other city departments that need to release funds to purchase these rigs. I’m sure the fire department wants as many rigs per year as E-one can roll out. It’s a bog process(game)
#4 by Paul on December 12, 2019 - 11:21 AM
MIke C that agreement with E-One is a purchase agreement not a purchase order. It says they can order up to so many engines trucks and towers at a set price and specification through April of 2024 with out have to do the bid process
#5 by Bill Post on December 12, 2019 - 11:13 AM
Mike C, I understand that there are 13 aerial ladders on order as of now in addition to the 137 aerial tower and another tower ladder. I also heard that seven additional engines are on order.
I know that recently Engines 74, 39, and 11 received new engines. From what I’ve read their cabs were slightly larger than previous E-One engines. Those three were the last short wheelbase HME/Luverne engines still in frontline service. They were also the last engines in frontline service from the 1990s, Now Chicago can start replacing engines built in the new millennium.
The oldest engines now in service are at Engines 97, 81, and 127. Those were delivered in early 2001 and are different than the ones delivered in late 2001. They are on the Advantage chassis and their rollup doors were unpainted. Engines 81 and 127 have raised roofs while Engine 97 has a flat roof. The engines delivered later that year were on the Gladiator chassis.
Engine 97 is in another firehouse that was recommended to be replaced years ago in several studies. Engine 115’s new house was just started a few weeks ago. It is being built as a super station with four bays. It would have been wiser and more cost effective to have built two smaller stations with fewer bays. That way more stations could be built instead of one extra large one.
#6 by Mike C on December 12, 2019 - 6:44 AM
Nice political move! Looks like a nice gesture to those who don’t know Chicago’s fleet is falling apart so much to the point that companies are running in a 30 year old rig that is unsafe for the personnel and citizens.
What’s the deal with the so called large order for E-One apparatus for Chicago? I thought by now we’d be seeing more than 2 or 3 rigs per year being delivered.
#7 by Michael m on December 11, 2019 - 9:38 PM
I wonder which engine this was from?
#8 by Wayne on December 11, 2019 - 7:25 PM
He’s probably giving side eye because it’s the only serviceable spare and all of the rest are falling apart. It’s nice donating but not when a spare rig almost killed a lady recently.
#9 by Austin on December 11, 2019 - 6:42 PM
I’m assuming the HME is from a slower house, hence why they can gift it. I’m sure this will be a welcomed addition to PR. That last photo with all the top brass, that guy on the right is giving some hardcore side eye lol. I know it is just when the photo was taken, but it cracks me up.
#10 by Martin on December 11, 2019 - 6:02 PM
One of those newer Ambulances was also seen in Crestwood at the Kings house.
#11 by Marty Coyne on December 11, 2019 - 5:05 PM
Nice. The ambo looks to be one of the 2013 remounts they did. Ambo 10 was sold at auction, so I presume it was one of the others, either 30, 63 or 70.
#12 by harry on December 11, 2019 - 3:35 PM
well a fairly old engine but a newer less than 10 yo ambo at least the cab and chassis