Posts Tagged CFD Special Ops

Chicago FD special operations apparatus (part 4 of 4)

Nov 28

Posted by Admin in Fire Truck photos | 25 Comments

Final installment of our four part series on the apparatus and equipment at the CFD Special Operations warehouse.

Chicago Fire Department Special Operations Battalion Chief 5-1-5. It is a 2009 Ford Expedition #B-545 and is quartered with Engine 5. Larry Shapiro photo

One of four Chicago Fire Department Special Operations POD storage units. Larry Shapiro photo

Special Operations Komatsu fork lift with shop ID #S-053. Larry Shapiro photo

Special Operations maintains this 2008 Bobcat unit with Shop ID# S-119. Larry Shapiro photo

Special Operations maintains these two 2004 Cub Cadet units. One is a mini pumper (S-097), and the other is a utility unit (S-087). Larry Shapiro photo

Special Operations also maintains these two 2004 Cub Cadet units. Both are utility units. (S-100 and S-096). Larry Shapiro photo

Items that were not photographed include 2 wave Runner jet skis, a John Boat, and a large portable pump unit.

View Part 1 of CFD Special Operations

View Part 2 of CFD Special Operations

View Part 3 of CFD Special Operations

Tags: CFD Special Ops, Chicago Fire Department, Cub Cadet units for fire department, fire department ATV vehicles, fire truck pictures, fork lift photo, Larry Shapiro, photos of fire trucks, POD units for fire department use, Special Operations Division

Chicago FD special operations apparatus (part 3 of 4)

Nov 25

Posted by Admin in Fire Truck photos | 3 Comments

Karl Klotz submitted images from the CFD Special Operations warehouse which also houses vehicles assigned to the Equipment and Supply division.

Chicago FD Special Operations compressor unit 5-2-3. Karl Klotz photo

Chicago FD Equipment and Supply unit 6-4-14. Karl Klotz photo

Chicago FD Equipment and Supply unit 6-4-13. Karl Klotz photo

More images from the Special Operations warehouse are HERE and HERE.

Tags: CFD Special Ops, Chicago Fire Department, fire truck pictures, Karl Klotz, photos of fire trucks, Special Operations Division

Chicago FD special operations apparatus (part 2 of 4)

Nov 23

Posted by Admin in Fire Truck photos | 21 Comments

More on the CFD Special Operations equipment and apparatus.

These images from Steve Redick.

Chicago FD Special Operations support unit 5-6-5. Steve Redick photo

Chicago FD Special Operations Collapse Rescue unit 5-2-5. Steve Redick photo

Chicago FD Special Operations mobile command post unit 2-7-9. Steve Redick photo

Chicago FD Special Operations sewer vac unit 5-2-4. Steve Redick photo

See the previous Special Operations apparatus photos posted.

Tags: CFD Special Ops, Chicago Fire Department, Chicago Fire Department Mobile Command Unit 2-7-9, fire department mobile communications unit, fire department rescue vac, Freightliner MT-55 chassis, sewer vac, sewer vac for fire department, Spartan Gladiator chassis, Special Operations Division, Steve Redick, Summit Fire Apparatus

Chicago FD special operations apparatus (part 1 of 4)

Nov 20

Posted by Admin in Fire Truck photos | 3 Comments

Several contributors had an opportunity to visit the CFD Special Operations warehouse at 39th & Honore recently and photographed the apparatus and equipment housed there.

These images from Dennis McGuire, Jr.

Haz Mat 5-1-3 is a 2002 Ford F-350/American LaFrance Medic Master. This is “Ex” Training Ambulance @ the Fire Academy.
Dennis McGuire, Jr. photo

CFD Special Operations support unit 5-6-4 is a 2010 Ford F-550/Auto truck Inc. Shop ID G-578. Dennis McGuire, Jr. photo

CFD 5-6-7 is a support unit which delivers any of the four POD units. This is a 2008 Freightliner M2/H.C.I. Fabrications Roll Off truck with a 3000 Pound capacity. Shop ID# G-570. Dennis McGuire, Jr. photo

New Deluge Wagon 6-7-3 awaiting deployment to Engine 108’s house. Dennis McGuire, Jr. photo

Tags: CFD Special Ops, Chicago Fire Department, Chicago Fire Department deluge wagon 6-7-3, Chicago Turret Wagon 6-7-3, Dennis McGuire Jr., fire truck pictures, Ford F-550, Freightliner M, Special Operations Division

CFD Rescue Vac goes in service

Jan 9

Posted by bgshap in Fire Department News, Fire Service News, New Delivery | 2 Comments

On December 6th of last year, The Chicago Fire Department issued an administrative order adding a new tool to the arsenal of the Special Operations Division. Rescue Vac Unit 5-2-4 was established as a new CFD asset. Assigned to the Special Operations facility at 39th and Honore, 5-2-4 is an X-Streets and Sanitation sewer vac truck that many may have seen displayed last summer for the International Fire Chief’s Association trade show at McCormick Place. It is on an LN Series Ford chassis and has been modified by Rescue Vac Systems, a local company that upgrades the equipment for emergency rescue operations. 5-2-4 will respond to city-wide trench rescue incidents and will be available for suburban trench rescues through the MABAS Box Alarm System.

Chicago Fire Department Rescue Vac 524 5-2-4 sewer vac

Chicago Rescue Vac Unit 5-2-4 shown here on display last August at the Fire Rescue International Trade Show at McCormick Place. Larry Shapiro photo

Chicago Fire Department Rescue Vac Unit 5-2-4

The Chicago Fire Department made modifications to this sewer vac truck that previously saw service with the Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation. Larry Shapiro photo

Tags: CFD Special Ops, Chicago Fire Department, Fire Rescue International, Ford LN, International Fire Chiefs, Larry Shapiro, MABAS, Rescue Vac, RescueVac Inc, sewer vac, Special Operations Division, trench rescue