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Chicago ARFF 6-5-10. Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo

Chicago ARFF 6-5-5. Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo

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7 Comments

#1 by LFD 543 on October 30, 2015 - 8:17 PM

Thanks, Chris. That was also what I was thinking, but wasn’t sure.
#2 by chris on October 30, 2015 - 1:32 AM

6511,12,13,14 are spares and stored in the amc bldg with the rest of o’hare’s spare equipment when not being used
#3 by LFD 543 on October 30, 2015 - 12:40 AM

Where is 6-5-11 stationed at – Rescue 2?
#4 by chris on October 29, 2015 - 8:13 PM

656 is no longer a snozzle ,they now have the former 655 and the former 656 with the snozzle is a spare numbered 6511
#5 by Bill Post on October 29, 2015 - 7:04 PM

I have question.Do both 655 and 656 have “Snozzles” (booms) on them or did they exchange rigs? I had also seen a photo of 656 equipped with a Snozzle from the last few years.
If thats the case then there would be 3 Snozzle equpped ARFF rigs at O”Hare.
I was also wondering if this Station assignment list still accurate.
I have ARFF rigs 653,657,658 and 6510 at Station 1 which would give them 4 such rigs. 654,655 and 656 at Station 2 with 3 such rigs and 659 at Station 4.
So I have 8 active and in service ARFF rigs at O”Hare is that currently accurate or did are any of those rigs out of service? For a long time there were 3 Crash rigs assigned to both Stations 1 and 2 however if those numbers are correct that would now have 4 Arff rigs assigned to Station 1.
I’m not including any of the other rigs just the ARFF rigs at the moment.
Thanks
#6 by David on October 29, 2015 - 3:51 PM

Michael M: Just over a year, I think they were delivered last August or September. From what I remember there was some problem with 6-5-5, so 6-5-10 went in service a bit earlier.
#7 by Michael M on October 29, 2015 - 12:45 PM

How old are they?