Update on the repairs and new paint for CFD Engine 2
thanks Danny
Jul 28
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Jul 28
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More on the new ambulance for Lincolnwood from the Fire Service, Inc. Facebook page:
Check out this Walk-Around of Lincolnwood Fire Department ‘s new Wheeled Coach Type 1 ambulance!
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Jul 27
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From Max Weingardt
Working Fire at 459 Good Ave
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Jul 27
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Updated production photos of the new engine for Prospect Heights
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Jul 27
Posted by Admin in Fire Department History | 6 Comments
More from Steve Redick on the Main Fire Alarm Office history:
This image shows the satellite amplifier panel. This was extra and not used much It operated the same way but had telephone style handsets rather than microphones. The yellow switches along the bottom were to allow us to use individual talker circuits. We would use this to send announcements to small groups for water shutdowns and the like. If you look closely you can see another master key to the right. The gray box above was a register to print out what was transmitted on the striking keys.
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Jul 26
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More from Steve Redick on the Main Fire Alarm Office history:
Continuing with the Don Neal Photos
These are the keys and sounders for the joker lines. Each represents a circuit containing several firehouses. We could communicate with each grouping individually by a numerical code, NOT Morse code.You can see the listings on the back wall of each circuit and the companies thereon. We had a master key that would transmit to all the joker circuits at once when we sent out the signals indicating groups of companies responding on alarms. When companies arrived in quarters they would send the return signal on the telegraph key on their joker stand and it would sound a click and flash a light on the appropriate sounder circuit. They all had slightly different sounds and you could generally tell the circuit being activated without having to look for the flashing light. We would use the individual circuits to send out water shutdowns and street closures as well as alert a company when their amplifier was unavailable. There were 20 such circuits at main and I don’t recall how many at Englewood but it was a lesser number.
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Jul 25
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From Facebook
thanks Danny
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This from Steve Redick:
These are Don Neal photos from June of 1979, exactly 1 year before I went into the fire alarm office. These are some great shots of the equipment I worked with in my early years.
Tags: Chicago FD Main Fire Alarm Office history, Chicago Fire Department history, Don Neal, early fire department dispatch center, Gamewell Striking Box, inside Chicago's Main Fire Alarm Office
Jul 25
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Jul 24
Posted by Admin in Collectors of fire memorabilia | 3 Comments
This from Fire Replicas:
The wait is over. Chicago Autocar Squads can now be ordered
Tags: Chicago FD 1952 Autocar Squad 7 replica model, Chicago FD 1996 Seagrave Ladder 7 replica model, Chicago FD replica models, chicagoareafire.com, Fire Replicas, New Chicago Fire Department replica models
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