This from Josh Boyajian;
Here is a shot I took Saturday of Battalion 8. Its a 2014 Ford Explorer (Police Interceptor). Shop # FD-B571
New 2014 Ford Explorer for Chicago Battalion 8, Shop # FD-B57. Josh Boyajian photo
This from Eric Haak:
Just a very short clip so that people can see what these look like.
#1 by David on April 10, 2014 - 2:42 AM
156 years of tradition and now in 2014 somebody simply decides to follow some standards and it’s gone, I just don’t get it. What the heck’s wrong today??! The green lights has been on the rigs since late 1920s, more than 80 years, I hope this is just a nightmare, don’t wanna bvelieve it’s really happening.
#2 by Admin on April 9, 2014 - 10:57 PM
One answer that I recently heard regarding the removal of the green lights on the roof is due to a CFD shift towards conforming to NIMS which stipulates that green roof lights signify the command post … (hope I’m properly referring to NIMS) and that only the Comm Vans will retain green roof lights in the future.
#3 by David on April 7, 2014 - 8:44 PM
These are indeed the new LED versions from Federal Signal, the mirrors are are controlled so that the pods can be rotated to a specific side (to provide scene lighting), or fixed to the front or rear. Very nice light bar, but I do wish as well that the blue pods were green!
#4 by NJ on April 7, 2014 - 6:31 PM
They are Federal Signal LED’s with the spinners afaik.
#5 by Dave Bloom on April 7, 2014 - 5:27 PM
Otis, Those lights with the horizontal clear bands were called “Splitfire”, and I think they were made by Unity. Popular on a lot of police cars, including the red and blue on the ends of a bar. The pictures on this site show some different lights, but Lynwood had them on the rear of their 1978 Mack CF (144/1840).
#6 by Fartin' Fred on April 7, 2014 - 5:11 PM
Looks like LED + spinners. I dunno–why bother with spinners when you have LEDs? Just something more to malfunction.
#7 by Otis on April 7, 2014 - 12:25 PM
For tradition sake I too am a big fan of Red and Green. However, think back to CPD when they first transitioned to a Mars roof light bar. On each end were twin rotating 3 inch sealed beam lamps inside a clear dome with Blue vertical inserts. The brightness of the white light shinning through the clear of the dome was the best possible light in all weather conditions. The Blue vertical panels gave just enough color to be recognized as “police”. There was another company that produced a dome with two horizontal clear bands in a colored dome. Called “Spitfire? ). I seem to also recal that CFD went to a red version for a short time as well. Todays LEDs, especially Blue and White sure are brighter at a lot less electrical drain. Ah, progress : (
#8 by Evan Davis on April 7, 2014 - 12:06 PM
Are those LEDs or regular bulbs with rotators around them?
#9 by Bill Post on April 7, 2014 - 11:24 AM
I might have missed it but why the blue lights?
#10 by Nick on April 6, 2014 - 9:28 PM
I am not a big fan of the Blue lights. Will the CFD be adding Blue lights to all the lightbars to all new Engines, Trucks(Ladder Co.), Squads, and Ambulances?