This from a reader:
i was in a group for fire apparatus photos on facebook and i do not know who the photographer is on this one, but this is a photo of the photo hanging on the wall inside the firehouse on chicago fire. it’s truck 7’s rig photoshopped to portray truck 81. thought it was worth a submission
From the Chicago Fire tv show. photographer unknown
The show Chicago Fire premires tonight at nine pm on channel 5. We’d like to know what you think about it.
The Chicago Sun-Times has an article today about the upcoming TV show Chicago Fire.
As flames lap at a River North building, Mayor Rahm Emanuel emerges to survey the scene in the pilot for the new NBC drama “Chicago Fire.”
Executive producer Dick Wolf — the force behind the “Law & Order” franchise — personally asked Emanuel to make that cameo.
“I called him up and he said, ‘I don’t know, is that good for the city?’ ” Wolf recalled. “I said, ‘Well, every mayor since [New York’s David] Dinkins has been on the ‘Law & Orders’ and it sure hasn’t hurt New York.”
“Chicago Fire” follows the drama both inside and outside Chicago Firehouse 51, home to the sometimes clashing clans of firefighters, rescue squad members and paramedics.
While shooting the pilot earlier this year in Chicago, the actors spent time training and going on ride-alongs with bona fide first responders. One drill had them entering a sweltering, smoke-filled room wearing 50-some pounds of gear.
hat’s why Wolf and series’ creators Derek Haas and Michael Brandt, the writing team behind the film “3:10 to Yuma,” brought on Chicago Fire Department Deputy District Chief Steve Chikerotis as a consultant. A lot of the extras are off-duty firefighters, too.
“They’re the only ones who know how to wear the equipment, carry the stuff,” Wolf said. “Hopefully over the course of the show we’re going to give a lot of firefighters some overtime.”
The “Chicago Fire” cast didn’t stick around long after Tuesday’s meeting with TV critics; they had to fly back to Chicago to start filming episode two at 6 a.m. Wednesday. The show premieres Oct. 10.
With a title like “Chicago Fire,” it’s no surprise that battling flames will be an integral part of the show. … But Wolf made it clear this won’t be a fire-of-the-week procedural.
“It’s a character study,” he said. “What we’re trying to do here is a classic, adult, NBC platinum drama.”
What he’s not trying to do: Replicate “Rescue Me,” the critically acclaimed FX series that centered on a New York firefighter (Denis Leary) struggling to cope with the loss of his best friend who died in the 9/11 attacks. That series ended its seven-year run last fall.
“Chicago Fire” also features a death and the subsequent fallout, but Wolf insists that’s where the similarities end.
“Nobody is talking to ghosts” in “Chicago Fire,” he said. “ ‘Rescue Me’ was a brilliant show but it was completely an internal vision. This is really an internal and external vision. It’s a true ensemble as opposed to a single-lead show.”
The complete article can be found HERE.
thanks Chris
Bill Post found a preview trailer for the show Chicago Fire
It is about one fire station which they are calling Station 55 but in reality it is Engine 18’s new house. It also shows the traditional rivalry between the squad men and the men assigned to the other companies.
Previous posts about the show can be found HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE.
We mentioned HERE that the buggy being used as Battalion 25 for the show Chicago Fire was identified as formerly being assigned to the FACT Team. Bill Friedrich submitted an image of shop #B-490 as lettered for the FACT Team.
This unit that was assigned to the CFD FACT Team is being used as Battalion 25 in the new TV show Chicago Fire. Bill Friedrich photo
Dennis McGire, Jr. informs us that:
The Battalion 25 buggy being used in the show Chicago Fire is a 2003 Ford Explorer, shop #B-490. This was formerly assigned to the Fact Team, which was an EMS team that would go to special events.
One of our readers found a link to an NBC article on the filming of Chicago Fire that includes a gallery of images from the Columbus Avenue scene this week. Looking at the photos will answer several reader questions that have been posed about the apparatus being used as Squad 3 with an unconventional … unique color scheme. Also there is a large blue stripe that has been added to the ambulance.
Tim Olk submitted images of the three suppression rigs being used for the show. Squad 3 is obviously the spare haz mat (G-492, 1989 Spartan Gladiator/Saulsbury) but the shop numbers have been removed from the engine (1995 Spartan/Luverne) and the truck 1995 or 1996 Seagrave). The Ambulance carries shop #C055 which is a 200 Ford/MedicMaster (American LaFrance) that had been assigned to Ambulance 47.
The CFD spare haz mat unit has acquired a unique paint scheme for inclusion in the TV show Chicago Fire. Shop # G-492, a 1989 Spartan/Saulsbury. Tim Olk photo
When Chicago received the Haz Mat unit in 1989, this is what it looked like. Larry Shapiro photo
Engine 51 on the tv show is using this 1995 Spartan/Luverne. Tim Olk photo
Truck 81 for the tv show is using this 1995 or 1996 Seagrave aerial. Tim Olk photo
Check it out the NBC5 article HERE.
Thanks Danny
This image of the filming that happened on Wednesday shows that the ambulance being used is shop #C055. This is a 2004 Ford/MedicMaster that was previously assigned to Ambulance 47. Tim Olk photo
A view of the filming on Columbus Drive showing the very unique Chicago Squad 3. NBC5 photo
The magic of Hollywood continues around Chicago as the production company works to create footage for several episodes of the new show called Chicago Fire. Filming has been spotted at Engine 18’s house which provides a view out the rear of the apparatus bays that shows the Chicago skyline. Some information about the cast can be found HERE. A recent article HERE details some of the filing, and last week there was a nighttime fire scene that was created near the corners of Franklin Street and Institute Place.
Today they are reportedly shooting a scene with a large wreck and extrication on Lower Wacker Drive near Columbus Avenue.
Our past reports on the show are HERE, HERE, and HERE.
Here is a list of some of the apparatus being used.
Squad 3 is the old 5-1-1, the 1988 spartan/saulsburyTruck 81 is a 1996 Seagrave 100' RMEngine 51 is a Spartan/LuverneAmb. 61 is a Ford/Medic MasterBattalion 25 is a Ford Expedition
Work is progressing towards production of the new TV show based on Chicago firefighters. Reportedly they filmed a structure burn this week and several of the actors are riding with Southside companies to gain experience and see what happens in the real world … which of course may have nothing to do with the reel world.
For the finest department portraits and composites contact Tim Olk or Larry Shapiro.
