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From Stephen Wilcox:

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Tags: Carol Stream FPD training academy, CFD class photo, Chicago Fire Department training Academy, Stephen Wilcox

This entry was posted on October 27, 2013, 1:59 PM and is filed under Fire Service Photos. You can follow any responses to this entry through RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

9 Comments

• #1 by Mike Mc on November 2, 2013 - 11:26 PM

  

  Sorry Andrew, but it is actually an old Skokie engine re-lettered as Engine 87.

• #2 by Andrew McCullough on November 2, 2013 - 8:23 PM

  

  It’s nice to see this old engine. My grandfather was engineer on E-87. I probably rode in this engine a long time ago.

• #3 by tom sullivan on November 1, 2013 - 9:20 AM

  

  congratulations to all those guys!
  great to know that the “e-87” rig has been preserved. a lot of work went into that by many people. the late ron heckla of the fao was the prime mover of that.

• #4 by Mike Mc on October 28, 2013 - 6:55 PM

  

  Thanks for the info Matt. I was going to say that the last time I saw the rig displayed was the funeral of retired Engineer Sully Kolomay, CFD, father of Chief Kolomay, about 15 months ago.

• #5 by Matt on October 28, 2013 - 5:51 PM

  

  The engine belongs to Chief Kolomay of Carol Stream

• #6 by Al Whitlock on October 28, 2013 - 4:56 PM

  

  Nice photo. Does anyone have any information on who owns the pumper? It hasn’t been to the Chicago Muster in quite a while.

• #7 by Brian Welcker on October 27, 2013 - 7:36 PM

  

  Wondering if the woman who fell through the expansion joint at North Michigan and East Wacker on 10/25 wound up being OK. Believe she was to be taken to Hospital for treatment and review.

  Just wondering as we were at the same SIOR convention – believe her husband was a member and she was an accompanying spouse.

• #8 by Dennis on October 27, 2013 - 4:31 PM

  

  This was one of the recently promoted class of Lt’s. Congrats guys.

• #9 by Bill Post on October 27, 2013 - 3:31 PM

  

  That must have been a reunion or some type of officers class.
  I like the Engine in the back ground which a former Skokie 1960Mack B model Engine that was repainted and modified to look like one of Chicago’s 10 1956 Mack B model Engines of which Engine 87 was one of them.
  The unique thing about Chicago’s B Model Mack Engines is that they were the last Engines that Chicago fire department were to purchase in 10 years. They were also the last Engine ahead of cab design that Chicago had puchased until we purchased the one of a kind Freightliner/ ALF Engine in 2000 and they were the only pre 1960’s Engines that were all equipped with 200 gallon booster tanks. With the exception of a couple of Engines that were modified by the shops all of the other pre 1960’s Engines didn’t come equipped with booster tanks.

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