This from Colton Latham:
Engine 10S (former engine 10) – 1998 Pierce Lance ?/1500/20 … as I was told by the firefighters on shift. Still going strong with 136,986 miles and hopefully an even longer future protecting the people of O’Hare International Airport!(Photographed at Rescue Station 3 at a reserve for Engine 9) I am still a little puzzled why 9S wasn’t there instead, but overall I’m just happy to have gotten some good shots. Thank you so much to the crew at Rescue 3!
Colton Latham
Colton Latham
#1 by Dennis on February 5, 2023 - 7:36 PM
When a pumper is in pump the odometer does NOT move, hence the reason for a hours meter. 137,000 miles on a 1998 engine is about normal for a Chicago fire department vehicle. These rigs are given to any fire company who needs it. Sometimes it’s an engine, sometimes it’s Squad 7 and sometimes it’s the hazmat.
#2 by Colton Latham on February 5, 2023 - 12:08 PM
Thank you for the info. I hope engine 12 is back in service soon, I love they rig.
#3 by Jim on January 26, 2023 - 5:45 PM
Spares are used as available at ORD. Currently Eng 12 has been using 9-S and has been using it since at least early December 2022. The AMC currently only has 9-S, and 10-S, so when Eng 9 needed the spare, only 10-S was available. They are now back in their newer E-One, and 10-S is awaiting the next break down…
#4 by Tim on January 26, 2023 - 11:40 AM
Mike, the odometer does register speed when it is in pump. However, it wouldn’t pump enough to put that many miles on it.
#5 by Mike on January 26, 2023 - 10:48 AM
Mike C. Could also be pump time on it too. I think the odometer moves when it’s in pump also.
#6 by Mike C on January 26, 2023 - 10:11 AM
Hairy – It’s hard to believe it has this many miles mainly because most of these miles are on O’Hare grounds. Just shows how big O’Hare is! Just doing very rough math, if this rig was in service everyday the past 25 years which we know it’s been out of service at times, but just making the assumption that it was in service 365 days a year for 25 years, it would average 15 miles per day. That’s a lot of miles for an airport rig.
The good thing about this rig, it’s on relatively smooth pavement pretty much all of the time. That in itself reduces a lot of fatigue compared to the city rigs hitting massive potholes.
#7 by Harry on January 25, 2023 - 4:48 PM
Mike c why is it hard to believe that this has that many miles this one or it’s twin are in service a lot I used to go by rescue 3 at O’Hare all the time and the pierce is always there I have seen engine 9 eone 2 times in 9 years it’s broke all the time
#8 by Mike on January 25, 2023 - 9:52 AM
That’s a lot of laps around ohare.
#9 by crabbymilton on January 25, 2023 - 7:49 AM
I would guess that it wasn’t confined to O’Hare property over the years. Waht a nice privilege that you got to go in there.
#10 by Mike C on January 25, 2023 - 7:43 AM
Nearly 137,000 miles. How many of these miles took place on the air field? Almost all if I had to guess which is hard to believe!