chicagoareafire.com

New engines for Chicago (more)

From Danny Nelms:

Engine 97’s new rig appears to be the first to arrive in the city. Interesting addition of a door for outside access to the cabinet inside the rear of the cab. 

FDD-681 Engine 97

Tags: Chicago FD Engine 97, Chicago Fire Department, chicagoareafire.com, Chicagoareafire.com/blog, new Chicago fire engine at factory, new E-ONE fire engine in Chicago, new engines for Chicago

This entry was posted on December 13, 2021, 7:00 AM and is filed under Fire Department News, Fire Truck photos, New Delivery. You can follow any responses to this entry through RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

14 Comments

• #1 by Mike G on January 27, 2022 - 1:35 PM

  

  trying to follow up on any other deliveries of the next pumps and is E97 in service yet

• #2 by Danny on December 30, 2021 - 3:23 PM

  

  Engine 97s rig is really a one off it was part of an order of 3 97 was just the only one with a flat roof….. D-574, D-575 and D-576 were put in service in late April and early May 2001 at engines 117 116 and 93. in-between April and June of 2004 they were reassigned to 127(117) 81(116) AND 97 (93).

  The noticeable differences would include unpainted roll up compartment doors, and the lack of a gold pinstripe between the black cab top and the red on the bottom. the next batch with painted roll up doors and flat roofs started to arrived in October of 2001 20 rigs in total all delivered by late January of 2002.

• #3 by Mike on December 30, 2021 - 7:55 AM

  

  What was so one off on engine 97? I know the rear doors didn’t have roll up windows. But what else?

• #4 by harry on December 30, 2021 - 2:02 AM

  

  e127 had one idenical to this this was part of a 3 or 4 engine order at the time in 2000-01

• #5 by Mike G on December 29, 2021 - 10:20 AM

  

  Anything further on deliveries other than this first pump for E97

• #6 by Chicagoland fire photos on December 13, 2021 - 11:03 PM

  

  This is going to be replacing a one of a kind engine a 2001 Spartan/Advantage i was wondering if anyone has been by or seen engine 97 and if they are in a spare or not. There engine is one i have not photographed yet
  Thanks,
  John

• #7 by Chuck on December 13, 2021 - 9:15 PM

  

  Like to see the betting pool on how long it takes that rig to get its first working fire.

• #8 by as11 on December 13, 2021 - 3:44 PM

  

  I know engine 55 is one of the 2001’s

• #9 by Michael m on December 13, 2021 - 3:40 PM

  

  Wasn’t the placard only for the trucks? I don’t think I have seen placards on any of the new engines or tower ladders.

• #10 by Michael m on December 13, 2021 - 3:38 PM

  

  This engine looks like it is replacing one of the 2001-2002 engines. How many more 2001-2002 engines are there? I know there are several 2003 and 2004 Crimsons that will most likely be on the list to be replaced next.

• #11 by Aidan Hughes on December 13, 2021 - 2:44 PM

  

  That’s a nice new engine! Do you have any idea where the other 8 engines will be assigned to along with the ladder trucks? I know for sure the tower ladder will be assigned to Tower 24. Have any of the other engines or ladder trucks been delivered yet?

• #12 by Michael m on December 13, 2021 - 12:55 PM

  

  Nice, glad to see the city is getting back on track with getting new engines and trucks.

• #13 by Chicagoland fire photos on December 13, 2021 - 10:43 AM

  

  Shit I need to get there to get the old rig does anyone know if they are in a spare?

• #14 by Chris S on December 13, 2021 - 10:03 AM

  

  Nice to see there’s no removable number placard, did that experiment fail?

Comments are closed.