The following is a video from the Fire Museum of Greater Chicago
This video is of the Chicago Fire Dept’s. former “Joker Stand” that was used in Chicago firehouses for over 90 years until it was replaced by the O.E.M.C. and computer aided dispatching in the mid 1990’s.
thanks Dan
The Chicago Tribune has a short video created recently at the Fire Museum of Greater Chicago.
The Fire Museum of Greater Chicago is hosting a fundraiser next week.
Dec 3
This from Bill Friedrich
The radio station that the great Chicago Historian program was on, changed their format and is no longer available for this programming. John Divita, past president of the 5-11 Club, says that the Chicago Historians are back, better than ever, direct from the new Chicago Fire Museum! This includes Ken Little and several other former CFD fire alarm operators, and members from both the CFD and CPD. The programs feature audio only at this time and are well worth listening too. Readers should go to Youtube.com and enter Meet the Chicago Historians. They will find a nine-part series, the first of which is from October 10th of this year.Enjoy and Merry Christmas to all
Bill Friedrich
For the finest department portraits and composites contact Tim Olk or Larry Shapiro.
