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• #1 by Mike C on December 28, 2019 - 10:38 AM

  

  Craig Mack is spot on! I couldn’t have said it better myself!

• #2 by harry on December 27, 2019 - 8:34 PM

  

  any idea when she is going in service

• #3 by Eugene O on December 27, 2019 - 6:14 PM

  

  hey guys i love the new look headlights on top warning lights on the bottom is all the new rearmounts getting this look?

• #4 by Craig Mack on December 24, 2019 - 12:51 AM

  

  T7 going out of service? What in the actual hell are you talking about? This is becoming ridiculous. I understand there’s people with actual mental handicaps that comment on here regularly, but please keep the nonsense to yourself.

• #5 by Wayne on December 23, 2019 - 4:43 PM

  

  Aerial Tower 8 is going in service at Engine 28s house in place of Truck 8, nothing is changing with Truck 7, and Aerial Tower 1 is most likely going to become a regular truck again. Unless there’s some real high level shenanigans going on anything else is speculation of the highest order.
  The city must have 61 truck companies in service, which is the number of trucks currently in service. There’s no arguing that the aerial tower or any tower ladder isn’t a truck for contractual purposes as 95% of the time they’re all filling the same roles.

• #6 by Mike on December 23, 2019 - 1:07 PM

  

  Truck 7 is not going out of service and there isn’t a new contract. Do t let anyone fool you. The city has money for what they want to spend it on.

• #7 by John Antkowski on December 23, 2019 - 11:13 AM

  

  I’m guessing that’s just the beginning. Did the Local ratify a contract? I remember someone saying that the Squads are not part of daily staffing? When Milwaukee cut they started slow by reducing staffing on the rigs from 5 on some to eventually all. After that companies were closed, and decommissioned. When it was done the department lost a third of it strength. Today We have 30 engines and 8 trucks. They don’t consider the rescues. I hope for the best. John

• #8 by Bill Post on December 23, 2019 - 10:32 AM

  

  Those are great glossy shots. What was done to make to shots so bright and glossy in comparison to the shot of Aerial Tower 8 in the previous post?

• #9 by Ed on December 23, 2019 - 8:15 AM

  

  Truck 7 will most likely be decommissioned and Aerial Tower 8 will be put in its place at the same station. I am wondering though if the union can fight to keep Truck 7 in service. I know their contract says something about how many trucks, engines, squads…etc have to be in service. Not sure exactly on the wording but I think they could argue that the Aerial Tower isn’t technically a truck according to the contract language. And that could be the loop hole to keeping an extra truck in service.

• #10 by Mike C on December 22, 2019 - 4:46 PM

  

  HA! Mike L, I was going to say the same thing! You beat me to the punch!

  I think the headlights above the warning lights is a better option! Nice to have the flexibility. Reason being, if anything is mounted on the bumper, the headlights still clear. Beautiful rig and I can see Chicago getting 30+ years out of this!

  Does Chicago allow multi-plexing in their rigs?

• #11 by Chris S on December 22, 2019 - 11:11 AM

  

  Headlights over the warning lights, that’s a first

• #12 by Aidan Hughes on December 22, 2019 - 10:34 AM

  

  Where is the red label on the ladder that says Chicago Fire Department

• #13 by Michael m on December 22, 2019 - 10:05 AM

  

  It is a sharp looking rig! Was this picture taken at F2M?

• #14 by Mike L on December 22, 2019 - 9:44 AM

  

  I’m kidding. The rig looks good!

• #15 by Mike L on December 22, 2019 - 9:43 AM

  

  I heard this was supposed to be going to Truck 7…. ???

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