3-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, 3-22-22 (more)

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8 Comments

#1 by John on March 24, 2022 - 8:07 PM

Big Moe, it was a bowstring truss roof, so it was a goner anyway……
#2 by Big Moe on March 24, 2022 - 12:11 AM

Has the city ever embraced the FDNY style tower attack with the buckets below the mostly intact roof? I seem to remember the squads doing it, but never a tower company. Seems early on the roof was whole and fire was blowing out at street level. Not a critique, just a historical inquiry.
#3 by John on March 23, 2022 - 8:07 PM

The old facade has “MOTORS” on it. Must have been a car dealer at one time. I wonder which one?
#4 by Mike L on March 23, 2022 - 2:00 PM

The red and green is from when the fire commissioner was a civilian appointed position. Albert Goodrich of the Goodrich Steamship family was appointed civilian fire commissioner of the CFD in the 1920s and insisted on the red and green for the newly motorized fleet.
#5 by John Antkowski on March 23, 2022 - 1:46 PM

First of all, the red/green lights are a nautical system of sailing thru waters and passing other vessels. What I had heard that it was a Chief or someone working in the shop. They were interested in sailing and added them to the rig’s. These lights also adorned the front of most firehouses past and present. Personally I think they add a touch of class to the department, both today and yesterday.
#6 by Jake on March 23, 2022 - 11:27 AM

How far back does the green light go? What is the history behind it?
#7 by Marty Coyne on March 23, 2022 - 10:12 AM

Chicago tradition is the one green light over the officer’s side. The rest are red.
#8 by Bob on March 23, 2022 - 8:24 AM

That front red/green light on tower 21. Make it all red or all green.