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Friday, Saturday, and Sunday – August 7-9, 2015
The 2015 Chicagoland Emergency Vehicle Show
The Chicagoland Emergency Vehicle Show is one of the Midwest’s largest public emergency vehicle show with over one hundred fire engines, police cars, ambulances, and emergency vehicles participating throughout the weekend. Generous participation is provided by over fifty local fire, police, and public safety agencies, allowing the public to safely witness amazing real-life situations. Demonstrations include vehicle crashes with hazardous materials needing heavy duty extrication and medevac helicopter responses, and S.W.A.T. team high-risk entry maneuvers. Children’s activities will include fire truck rides, water fights, and safety displays. In keeping with our public safety theme, vendors will offer related memorabilia and collectibles. A variety of food and beverages will available for purchase. This FREE family event, is open to the public and hosted by the Aurora Regional Fire Museum and the City of Aurora Fire and Police Departments.
Friday – August 7, 2015
Chicagoland Emergency Vehicle Show’s Lights and Siren Procession
Staging begins at 5:30pm at the North Aurora Police Station. The procession kicks off at 6:30pm, winding though the communities of North Aurora, Aurora, and Montgomery before ending up as a static display at the Aurora Regional Fire Museum for First Friday’s from 7:30 to 9pm.
Saturday – August 8, 2015
The 18th Annual Chicagoland Emergency Vehicle Show will be from 10am to 4pm on the grounds of Aurora Regional Fire Museum in downtown Aurora, Illinois. The day will feature static displays of new and vintage emergency vehicles, live demonstrations of police, firefighting, and rescue operations, safety displays, children’s activities, and more.
Sunday – August 9, 2015
A caravan of Emergency Vehicle departs Aurora at 9:30am and arrives at Naperville’s picturesque downtown Riverwalk in time to participate with the Naperville’s Emergency Vehicle Show 10am to 2pm. The City of Naperville and the Downtown Naperville Alliance are excited to bring part of the Midwest’s largest public emergency vehicle show to Jackson Ave (between Eagle and Main Streets) in Downtown Naperville. As part of the City’s 20th Annual National Night Out events, over fifty emergency vehicles, including vintage police cars and antique fire engines, will be on display alongside contemporary police S.W.A.T. tactical units, and modern emergency equipment. The event is free to attend.
The Chicagoland Emergency Vehicle Show is one of the Midwest’s largest public emergency vehicle shows with over one hundred fire engines, police cars, ambulances, and emergency vehicles participating throughout the weekend. Generous participation is provided by over fifty local fire, police, and public safety agencies, allowing the public to safely witness amazing real-life situations. Demonstrations include vehicle crashes with hazardous materials needing heavy duty extrication and medevac helicopter response, and S.W.A.T. team high-risk entry maneuvers. Children’s activities, fire truck rides, water fights, and safety displays. In keeping with our public safety theme, vendors will also offer police and firefighting related memorabilia and collectibles.
New Location in Downtown Aurora!
The 18th Annual Chicagoland Emergency Vehicle Show is pleased to be moving to a new location in downtown Aurora adjacent to the Aurora Regional Fire Museum. The show will be held on several streets and parking lots adjacent to the museum and Aurora’s central fire station.
The new location makes the show more visible to the public, will enable fire apparatus to draft out of the Fox River, and allows an expanded demonstration area and schedule. The day will feature static displays of new and vintage emergency vehicles, live demonstrations of rescue operations, safety displays, children’s activities, and more.
Emergency Vehicle Registration
Pre-registration is always encouraged for faster check-in and staging, but this year, there will be no fee for private collectors who wish to register on-site the day-of-show. Registration and vehicle staging begins at 8am. All vehicles are asked to arrive and be staged before the show opens to the public at 10am.
Flea Market Vendor Spaces
A large, level parking-lot behind the museum with access to electricity and water is designated for flea market and food venders. The Aurora Fire Department and Aurora Regional Fire Museum will be open for visitors.
- Vendor spaces are outdoors, on blacktop
- Vendors must provide their own tables
- Vehicles and tables must fit in the space(s) purchased
- Each “space” is the size of a single parking stall (approx. 9ft x 18ft)
- Spaces are $30each, electricity is avaliable for an additional fee.
Chicagoland Emergency Vehicle Show on August 2nd in North Aurora
Don’t forget the Lights and Sirens Parade and the Emergency Vehicle Cruise Night tonight which precedes the Chicagoland Emergency Vehicle Show tomorrow. Both take place in North Aurora.
This from Dave Weaver, organizer of the 16th Chicagoland Emergency Vehicle Show
All departments and private rig owners are welcome to participate in the 16th Annual Chicagoland Emergency Vehicle Show (CEVS) on Saturday, August 3rd from 10 AM to 4 PM at the Oberweis Dairy & Pentair Water property at 800 Airport Rd. in North Aurora. Registration is free both on-line on our website at www.EmergencyVehicleShow.com or on the day of the show. The CEVS is a free, family event with SWAT Team, FD and medevac demonstrations, antique and memorabilia vendors, and food. We also have a Lights & Sirens Parade and Emergency Vehicle Cruise Night Friday night and an Emergency Vehicle Caravan escorted by the Kane County Sheriff’s Office to the Union Railway Museum’s antique transportation show on Sunday. Join us with your emergency vehicle and please tell your friends and family!
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The following is the third of a 3-part series from Dave Weaver, organizer of the Chicagoland Emergency Vehicle Show www.EmergencyVehicleShow.com
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Details about the Engine 17 rig developments are being discussed on the Chicagoland Emergency Vehicle Show Facebook page. Interested potential buyers can send a private message to Facebook.com/ChicagolandEmergencyVehicleShow or to the comments section of this post.
CFD Engine 69 with numbering for both Backdraft Engines 17 and 51. Tom McCarthy photo
Where they went…
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80-287/D-372 E126 – rehabbed to E122 – Crushed in Blue Island in 1994
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80-288/D-373 E73 – to E103 4/2/81 – (not rehabbed) – Crushed at Cicero Iron in 1984
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80-289/D-374 E8 – rehabbed to E17/51/69 – Sold to Erickson Trucks-n-Parts 8/28/96
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80-290/D-375 E106 – rehabbed to E113 – Sold to Erickson Trucks-n-Parts 9/4/96
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80-291/D-376 E22 – rehabbed to E46 – Sold to Erickson Trucks-n-Parts 9/9/96 (crushed)
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80-292/D-377 E113 – this rig then saw a lot of action as a Shop’s spare at T61, O’Hare, E34, E19, E109, and E72 – rehabbed to E14 – Sold to Erickson Trucks-n-Parts 8/29/96
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80-293/D-378 E49 – rehabbed to E34 – Sold to a private party – Sold to PA FD
Engine 17 on 4-4-2004.
E17’s current condition…
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The owner estimates that 75% of the rig is there with 20% of the parts needing to be purchased and 5% of the parts needing fabrication.
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It has a complete Cummins NTF 365 Turbo-Diesel (365hp @ 2300 rpm).
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It is missing an Allison HT70 6-speed overdrive transmission.
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It is missing $1,100 worth of copper radiator cores – originally Mesabi radiator of MN
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It has a Hale Q-2 2,000-GPM pump that is non-functional, but comes with a replacement PTO gear box, some pump valves and pump gauges stripped from E14 that can be rebuilt by SPAN gauges in WI with period correct backings for $30/ea. and a new pump gasket set from Hale.
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It has a 500-gallon water tank and a 140-gallon foam tank that was added during the refurb.
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It has a 50-gallon diesel tank.
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It is 35′ long with a 178” wheelbase.
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The original grille was stripped from the rig but replaced by a top-notch reproduction.
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It has its’ original deck gun.
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It needs diamond plate and steel work but comes with the refurb blueprints from E-ONE.
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It has original Imron paint but could be repainted with a close matching 68-69 Dodge red.
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It includes 500 feet of 5-inch LDH.
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It includes functional lights, sirens, horns, and a period correct Motorola radio.
Engine 17 photographed 9-15-2012.
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The following is the second of a 3-part series from Dave Weaver, organizer of the Chicagoland Emergency Vehicle Show www.EmergencyVehicleShow.com
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In 1990, X-Engine 8 (D-374) along with its sister rig X-Engine 106 (D-375), were part of the 2nd set of rigs sent to be rehabbed. They were the last two rigs to come back in June of 1990. D-374 and D-375 were both leased to the production company that created the movie Backdraft. D-374 was marked as Engine 17 from 7/90-2/91 and as Engine 51 from 10/90-2/91 (the rig whose hose bed saw “action” inside Engine 8’s house). During filming, the Engine 17 interior shots and the majority of the exterior shots were done using X-Engine 8. X-Engine 106 was also marked as Engine 17 during certain scenes. A way to tell the difference is that Engine 8’s interior had diamond plate and was painted gloss black, while Engine 106 had a flat black interior with no diamond plate. Another difference is that X-Engine 106’s siren speaker was mounted higher up in front of the windshield glass.
The cab interior.
When filming was completed, D-374 was assigned to Engine 69 at 4017 N. Tripp Ave. Engine 69 was responsible for pumping out the basement of City Hall during the Great Flood of 1992. It was part of Chicago’s short-lived super-pumper program, which carried four hard suction lines and 1000′ of 5″ LDH. Its’ 140-gallon foam tank was installed with expressway responses in mind. Engine 69 was taken out of service on 6/13/95. Engine 69’s transmission/PTO box was removed in order to keep Engine 34 in service after they blew out their gears while driving. On 8/28/96, Engine 69 was sold at auction and purchased by Erickson Trucks-n-Parts. It was first shipped to their yard in Sturtevant, WI and it eventually arrived in their Jackson, MN bone yard in 1997. It was discovered there by its current owner in 1999. He eventually purchased it in 2003 and began its restoration.
Backdraft Engine 17 on the day it was purchased.
After filming, X-Engine 106 (D-375) was assigned to Engine 113. It also eventually was sold at auction to Erickson Trucks-n-Parts and made its way to the Jackson, MN bone yard to sit alongside Engine 69. Engine 113 is currently in the hands of a friend of Engine 69’s current owner, but it is in very rough shape and might possibly end up as a parts rig for the Engine 17 project. Engine 14 (X-E113) also ended up in Jackson, MN. It was completely stripped of salvageable parts, had its cab chopped off, and then shredded.
December 20, 2003.
Engine 34 (X-Engine 49), which never saw time in Backdraft, was made into an Engine 17 clone before being sold in 1999 or 2000 to the East Norwegian Twp. PA FD where, until recently, it had been incorrectly touted as authentic. That rig was spotted for sale online stripped of it markings a couple of years ago and its current whereabouts are unknown.
Rear jump seat behind the officer.
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The following is the first of a 3-part series from Dave Weaver, organizer of the Chicagoland Emergency Vehicle Show www.EmergencyVehicleShow.com
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Chicago Fire Department Engine 17 on the set of the movie Backdraft. (X-Engine 69).
Engine 17 from the movie ‘Backdraft’ is for sale. A private collector in Minnesota has decided to let his project go for $6,000 with the condition that it receives a Chicago homecoming in the hands of the individual or group that is most capable of completing the restoration, and willing to make the rig available for parades and shows such as the Chicago Fire Academy Muster and the Chicagoland Emergency Vehicle Show. As of 9/19, there are several potential buyers who have offered to take on the project, but nothing is finalized yet.
During the course of researching the history of this rig I have put together some notes…
Chicago purchased seven, 1970 Ward LaFrance engines on the P80 Ambassador chassis. These carried WLF VIN#s 80-287 to 80-293. They were shipped from Elmira Heights, NY on 6/30/70, and arrived at the CFD shops on 7/2/70 to begin prepping for assignment.
Steve Redick photo
The engine with VIN# 80-289 was given CFD shop #D-374. It was originally marked as Engine 103 and delivered for service on 12/8/70, but the doorway was too narrow for the massive engine to pass through it without folding back the mirrors. It was reassigned to Engine 8 the next day at 212 W. Cermak Rd. in Chinatown, where it served until 1982. It went to the CFD Shops for rehabbing from 9/2/80 until Feb 1981. In 1982, D-374 became a Shop’s spare.
In 1989, the CFD sent the first set of 1970 WLFs to be rehabbed. They were sent to Able Fire Equipment Co., an Emergency-One dealer, in Frankfort. (Able later became Mid-America Truck in Elmhurst) The front of the engines received a Ranger cab manufactured in Rhode Island (now out of business). The back half was a classic E-ONE job.
CFD Engine 69 after the rehab in 1995.
