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3-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, 4-14-87

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3-11 Alarm fire 4/14/87 at 1406 S. Halsted

Steve Redick photo

Steve Redick photo

Steve Redick photo

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Tags: #TBT, 3-11 Alarm fire in Chicago 4-14-17, Chicago FD Engine 18, Chicago FD Tower Ladder 23, Chicago FD Truck 1, Chicago Fire Department history, historic fire scene photos, Morita ladder, Steve Redick, throw back thursday, throwbackthursday

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7 Comments

• #1 by Erik H on September 14, 2018 - 11:38 AM

  

  The 1974 Hendrickson/Pierce/Morita (E-197) went out of service in 1987 sometime. But the 1988 Federal/Eone 135’ ladder (E-257) wasn’t delivered until April 1988. So there were several months between the two trucks when Truck 1 was probably in a spare. The Eone didn’t receive the Aerial Tower designation until 1990.

• #2 by The DH on September 14, 2018 - 10:59 AM

  

  John – I believe the E-One that was AT 1 prior to the Pierce is an ’88

• #3 by John on September 13, 2018 - 8:26 PM

  

  I’m assuming the date was wrong. But still,I didn’t know the Morita Lift was still in service in 87.

• #4 by Mike L on September 13, 2018 - 6:55 PM

  

  Quite a ride for TL 23. Other than TL 27, they would have had the longest response of the Towers at that time. With no spares, the Towers used to go into conventional trucks when their rigs were OOS. So I guess it’s possible that a few TLs were OOS at the time of this fire.

• #5 by Rusty on September 13, 2018 - 11:50 AM

  

  No Danny but the E-One Tower Ladder that was set up saw fires in 2017!

• #6 by Danny on September 13, 2018 - 7:15 AM

  

  Damn the morita ladder was at a fire in 2017 and I missed it? Lol

  • #7 by Admin on September 13, 2018 - 7:18 AM

    

    ok cut me some slack … I was tired

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