This from Danny Nelms:
Heres a few photos of rigs at the Truck 36 100th anniversary on saturday 10-12-19 as well as Tower 23 and Engine 79 out and out the same morning.
Danny Nelms photo
Danny Nelms photo
Danny Nelms photo
Danny Nelms photo
Danny Nelms photo
Danny Nelms photo
Danny Nelms photo
Danny Nelms photo
Danny Nelms photo
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#1 by danny on October 18, 2019 - 1:14 PM
id hope they still had the 2000 pierce they just did a full on off frame restoration on it a few years ago.
#2 by harry on October 16, 2019 - 8:18 PM
however as of 2017 they still had the old pierce sqd 7 in reserve I am told
#3 by Bill Post on October 16, 2019 - 7:37 PM
Marty Coyne you are correct. If you’ll notice that on the next to the last line in the second paragraph I mentioned that Squad 7 was a two-piece unit in September 1982 when they went in service at O’Hare. Then in 1988 they got rid of the Oshkosh pumper/Snorkel. They replaced it with a heavy rescue in 1988 which was a Spartan/Supervac and then in 2000 they got a tandem-axle Pierce heavy rescue which was replaced by the two-piece Rosenbauer Snorkel Squad in late 2016.
#4 by Michael m on October 16, 2019 - 1:38 PM
Nice photos!
#5 by Matt on October 16, 2019 - 10:15 AM
The Crown Vic is assigned to one of the CFD Chaplains.
#6 by Marty Coyne on October 16, 2019 - 8:42 AM
Bill, Squad 7 was a two piece company with a mini-pumper as the second piece. They had a hummer (two of them actually) and then the Fords.
#7 by CrabbyMilton on October 16, 2019 - 6:00 AM
Mike and Harry. I love the CROWN VICTORIA because I have an ’04 GRAND MARQUIS that I love as much as I did when I took proud delivery in January of ’04. At the time, it was the only car in it’s class that had a V8 as standard equipment. My car is starting to show it’s age but that engine still runs like a Swiss watch and is dependable as a sunrise. Yes, the EXPLORER has become accepted for police and fire use but many do still speak highly of the old CROWN VIC. The 2020 EXPLORER has a longer wheelbase which is great since I like longer wheelbases but sadly, it has a 4 cylinder as standard and it’ll cost me about 10k more if I want a V6. 4’s have good power now but I can’t stand the noise. I suspect that if FORD was still building the CROWN VICTORIA, it would have likely not had a V8 but rather turbo and non turbo V6’s or perhaps a hybrid which cab owners love. V6 engines are find but nothing beats the dependability of an old standard American V8. In other words, FORD could have left the same platform and concept in place. So when the time comes for me, the CHRYSLER 300 and TOYOTA AVALON are at the top of my list. Or perhaps my dream LINCOLN CONTINENTAL.
#8 by Bill Post on October 15, 2019 - 9:24 PM
Those shots are great. Even Battalion 17’s cherry red buggy looks good (as an oddball buggy of course). I take it that Engine 79 and Tower Ladder 23 weren’t at Truck 36’s celebration as it says they were out and about. They would have had to go a pretty good distance to get to Engine 44 and Truck 36’s house.
Whose buggy was the Crown Vic?
I remember when the house opened in 1981. It was a double engine station with Engine 85 and also the 18th Battalion was there before they renumbered and relocated the chiefs in 1982. That wasn’t the only new double engine house. Engine 117 and Engine 67 were together in a new four-bay house about two and a half miles west of Engine 44 and Engine 85. Engine 95 and Truck 26’s new house was between Engine 44’s and Engine 117’s. They all opened within a year of each other in 1980 and 1981 and were all big stations. Even Engine 95 had a short-lived Squad 4 that was only in service from September 1982 until September 1983 when three of the six single-piece squads were taken out of service. The remaining three became two-piece Snorkel squads. Squad 7 at O’Hare became a two-piece Snorkel squad in September of 1982. They were a single heavy rescue squad again in 1988 until receiving the Rosenbauer rigs about 2 and a half years ago.
#9 by Mike C on October 15, 2019 - 3:30 PM
Crabby – What is it about the Crown Victoria that you like? The Explorer seems to be a substantial upgrade in my opinion.
#10 by harry on October 15, 2019 - 2:07 PM
crabby Milton I know Massachusetts state police told me that the explorer utility is like the new crown vic in terms of most depts. had cv then
like they have the explorer now
#11 by CrabbyMilton on October 15, 2019 - 6:42 AM
Nice pictures. Oh how I wish FORD still built the CROWN VICTORIA. Oh well what are you gonna do. 🙁