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Archive for May, 2020
Area apparatus orders
May 12
This from Steve Redick:
A classic column by Paul Ditzel in the December 1968 issue of Fire Engineering Magazine
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Excerpts from fox32chicago.com:
Naperville firefighters were called at 1:25 a.m. for reports of a fire in a two-story home in the 1700 block of Baybrook Lane on Saturday. Crews found the fire in the walls of the attic with smoke coming from the chimney and roof line which they brought under control in about an hour. One firefighter suffered minor injuries at the scene.
Two adults and two children who were home at the time of the fire made it outside on their own. The home was rendered uninhabitable.
Chicago Fire Department news
May 11
Excerpts from abc7chicago.com:
The Chicago Fire Department received a call just after 9:20 a.m. of smoke coming from a building near 67th Street and Cregier Avenue. While crews were looking for the fire, they pulled down on the ceiling and it fell on top of them. Three firefighters were transported to University of Chicago Medical Center in serious condition.
At around 3:30 p.m., the department said that two of the firefighters were released back to active duty. The third firefighter was put on medical leave.
This from Steve Redick:
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This from Steve Redick
4-11 Alarm fire at 4720 N Marine Drive July 28, 1963
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From the Legacy Fire Apparatus Facebook page:
“Protecting World Class Science Since 1946”As the Argonne National Laboratory works to create a COVID-19 vaccine, we work to help protect their facilities.
Thank you, to the US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory for your trust in Sutphen and Legacy Fire Apparatus.
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Here is a link to the website of Old Custom Cruisers, a car club in Bristol, Tennessee which owns two Ahrens-Fox pumpers; one from Chicago and one from Maywood, Illinois.
This 750-GPM Ahrens Fox pumper (piston), Model: IM-2 was built for Chicago Fire Department 7 and was stationed in the Stockyard area of Chicago. It was manufactured in 1921 and delivered in 1922.
Hours on Pumper: 750 gal @ 120 lbs for 6 hrs, 375 gal @ 200 lbs for 4 hrs, 250 gal @ 250 lbs for 2 hrs
Engine Details: 6 cylinder engine, 2 plugs per cylinder, duel ignition system, magneto & distributor, 3 speed manual transmission, gas, up draft carburetor, mechanical brakes, spring suspension.
The “Ball”, or the pulsation chamber, reduces the throbbing of the stream as it ejects from the nozzle. The tall chamber on the front retained the vacuum on the intake side of the pump. With minor variation, the style of this pump did not change from 1915 to 1952.
Old Custom Cruisers photo
Old Custom Cruisers photo
Old Custom Cruisers photo
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Here is a link to the website of Old Custom Cruisers, a car club in Bristol, Tennessee which owns two Ahrens-Fox pumpers; 1 from Chicago and 1 from Maywood, Illinois.
1925 Ahrens Fox Model JS4 750-GPM pumper
Hours on Pumper: 750 gal @ 120 lbs for 6 hrs, 375 gal @ 200 lbs for 4 hrs, 250 gal @ 250 lbs for 2 hrs
Engine details: 6 cylinder, 2 plugs per cylinder, duel ignition system, magneto & distributor, mechanical brakes 3-speed manual spring suspension.
The “Ball”, or the pulsation chamber, reduces the throbbing of the stream as it ejects from the nozzle. The tall chamber on the front retained the vacuum on the intake side of the pump. With minor variation, the style of this pump did not change from 1915 to 1952.
Served in the Maywood, Illinois fire department. Manufactured by Ahrens Fox Cincinnati, Ohio
Old Custom Cruisers photo
Old Custom Cruisers photo
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Excerpts from the ChicagoSuntimes.com:
Artist Dwight White II has seen a nurse who lives in his apartment building coming and going at late hours. She has no idea she’s the inspiration for a mural he painted on the side of Lulu’s Hot Dogs, 1000 S. Leavitt St., in which she’s dressed like Captain America.
The artwork is part of Murals for Medical Relief, a campaign that’s tapping local artists to paint murals on buildings near the Illinois Medical District on the near west side honoring medical workers, police officers, and
first respondersfirefighters. The campaign’s website has a map showing where each mural is located. The artists are donating their time, and local businesses are donating the wall space.A GoFundMe campaign tied to the project is up and running with donations to be given to Cook County Health, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, and Rush University Medical Center. Prints of the artwork will also be sold online with half the proceeds going to the artists and half going toward the charity fundraising effort.
A second mural is being painted on the side of Chilango, a Mexican street food restaurant at 1437 W. Taylor St.
