Archive for August 29th, 2021

New engine for Lockport Township FPD (more)

Aug 29

Posted by Admin in Fire Department News, Fire truck being built, New Delivery | 7 Comments

From SST Emergency Products LLC on Facebook:

78K95 was delivered today to the Lockport Township Fire District of Lockport Illinois. Some minor additions in the following weeks at our service center and she will be assigned to Engine Co #3. This is Lockport’s 2nd Seagrave and they currently have a Seagrave 105′ Apollo in production. Thank you Lockport for being loyal customers.

The factory delivery post from sst on 8/24/21

A huge thank you to the members of the Lockport Township Fire Protection District on the delivery of your second Seagrave Marauder pumper. To be assigned to Engine Co 3.

thanks Danny

Seagrave Marauder pumper 78K95 built for the Lockport Township FPD

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Chicago Fire Department history

Aug 29

Posted by Admin in Fire Department History | 3 Comments

From Steve Redick:

I came into something really special. These photos are dated April 19, 1961 near the old fire academy. They are testing the feasibility of putting a second turret on the Snorkel basket, and it’s my dad in the basket! (wearing glasses) He was assigned to Snorkel 2 at the time and I remember him talking about how the 2-gun Snorkel (snorkel 5) never really worked well as they could not properly supply both turrets. Dad was only 33 years old at the time of the photo. Many thanks to my friend who found these photos.