The Chicago Fire Department has put the first of a reported three Oxygen Therapy Units into service. Quartered with Engine 44, the first unit 8-8-11 is a converted mass transit bus with on-board oxygen canisters which feed upwards of 24 O2 recepticles. The buses will be used to treat multple patients with smoke inhalation. Future units may be quartered with Engines 88 and 117.

Chicago Fire Department 8-8-11 Oxygen Therapy Unit

Photo by Hank Sajovic

Chicago Fire Department 8-8-11 Oxygen Therapy Unit

Photo by Hank Sajovic