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Chicago Fire Department history

Oct 25

Posted by Admin in Fire Department History, Fire Scene photos, Historic fire apparatus, Historic Fire Photo | 7 Comments

This fro Dan McInerney:

Chicago Fire Department
1554hrs: Special duty, : E50, 1559hrs: T18, E16, Bn18
Approx 51st Street
Norfolk Railroad Operations complex 3/2/97

This was a fire in a crane unit that moved intermodal containers around. E50 eventually needed to be supplied, so they used T18 (notice the outriggers 🙂 ) to run a line.

I can’t for the life of me remember how we drove into the yard, but we beat E50 in. We had full access to the incident, and several NS yard employees watched. Now days if you tried this, they’d send a SWAT team after you.

Dan McInerney photo

Dan McInerney photo

Dan McInerney photo

Tags: Chicago FD Engine 16, Chicago FD Engine 50, Chicago FD Truck 18, Chicago Fire Department history, Dan McInerney, intermodal yard crane fire

Chicago working fire 1-21-14

Jan 30

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire Scene photos | Comments off

This from Josh Boyajian:

1-21-14 – Companies were dispatched to a working fire in the 6500 blk of south Green. I was sitting at 47th and Halsted when this came in. As soon as they dispatched the companies, you could see the header. Engine 47 arrived and lead out a line to the second floor. Truck Co. 18 had the main to the roof and cut a few holes. Fire was knocked pretty quick. Here are my pictures.

Josh Boyajian photo

Josh Boyajian photo

firemen enter building with fire at upper window

Josh Boyajian photo

Josh Boyajian photo

battalion chief in command of fire scene

Josh Boyajian photo

Tags: apartment fire in Chicago, Chicago FD battalion chief, Chicago FD Truck 18, Chicago Fire Department, chief fire officer at fire scene, fire truck going to work at fire scene, firefighters working at fire scene, Josh Boyajian, Pierce aerial ladder at fire scene

Chicago Fire Department: Truck Companies over the years. Part 3

Mar 14

Posted by Admin in Fire Department History, Fire Truck photos, Historic fire apparatus | 5 Comments

Another set of Squad546 images from Martin Nowak:

More on the Truck companies over the years at CFD. Thanks to Squad546 for allowing me to post these.

Former Tower Ladder 10 -1985 Federal-E-One 95′

Former Truck 4, 1970 Seagrave (refurbished in 1991) headed out on a still alarm.

Truck 18 – 1995 Seagrave 100′

Former Truck 20 – 1969 Seagrave before removal of the booster pump & line.

Former Truck 35 – 1967 FWD/Seagrave, formerly Truck 9.

Former Truck 52’s 1975 Seagrave 100′ in the early 1980s