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Down memory lane … suburban departments

Dec 8

Posted by Admin in Fire Department History, Fire Truck photos, Historic fire apparatus | 10 Comments

This from Martin Nowak:

Thanks to Squad546 for allowing me to use his photos. Thought it was time to go back in time,

Matteson, former Snorkel 5-1967 Pierce/FWD 75′. Squad546 phot

Elk Grove Village Fire Department history

Former Elk Grove Engine 117-1971 Mack. Squad 546 photo

Former Forest Park Engine 2-1968 FWD. Squad546 photo

Former Dolton Truck 1442-1981 Pierce/Oshkosh 75′ TeleSqurt. Squad546 photo

Former Elwood Fire Protection District Truck 619-1980 Pemfab Wedge/E-ONE/75′ Tele Squrt quint. Squad546 photo

York Center Fire Protection District history

Former York Center Fire Protection District, Engine 76-1982 Spartan/1992 E-One 1500/3000. (Lombard). Squad546 photo

Tags: 75' Snorkel, Dolton Fire Department, Elk Grove Village Fire Department, Elwood Fire Protection District, fire engine pictures, Forest Park Fire Department, Martin Nowak, Matteson Fire Department, photos by Squad546, photos of fire trucks, Snorkel fire apparatus, yellow fire trucks, York Center Fire Protection District

Chicago FD special operations apparatus (part 4 of 4)

Nov 28

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Final installment of our four part series on the apparatus and equipment at the CFD Special Operations warehouse.

Chicago Fire Department Special Operations Battalion Chief 5-1-5. It is a 2009 Ford Expedition #B-545 and is quartered with Engine 5. Larry Shapiro photo

One of four Chicago Fire Department Special Operations POD storage units. Larry Shapiro photo

Special Operations Komatsu fork lift with shop ID #S-053. Larry Shapiro photo

Special Operations maintains this 2008 Bobcat unit with Shop ID# S-119. Larry Shapiro photo

Special Operations maintains these two 2004 Cub Cadet units. One is a mini pumper (S-097), and the other is a utility unit (S-087). Larry Shapiro photo

Special Operations also maintains these two 2004 Cub Cadet units. Both are utility units. (S-100 and S-096). Larry Shapiro photo

Items that were not photographed include 2 wave Runner jet skis, a John Boat, and a large portable pump unit.

View Part 1 of CFD Special Operations

View Part 2 of CFD Special Operations

View Part 3 of CFD Special Operations

Tags: CFD Special Ops, Chicago Fire Department, Cub Cadet units for fire department, fire department ATV vehicles, fire truck pictures, fork lift photo, Larry Shapiro, photos of fire trucks, POD units for fire department use, Special Operations Division

Chicago FD special operations apparatus (part 3 of 4)

Nov 25

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Karl Klotz submitted images from the CFD Special Operations warehouse which also houses vehicles assigned to the Equipment and Supply division.

Chicago FD Special Operations compressor unit 5-2-3. Karl Klotz photo

Chicago FD Equipment and Supply unit 6-4-14. Karl Klotz photo

Chicago FD Equipment and Supply unit 6-4-13. Karl Klotz photo

More images from the Special Operations warehouse are HERE and HERE.

Tags: CFD Special Ops, Chicago Fire Department, fire truck pictures, Karl Klotz, photos of fire trucks, Special Operations Division

Fire apparatus photos

Sep 27

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Josh Boyajian submitted several images of apparatus that he recently photographed.

Oak Lawn Battalion 1. Josh Boyajian photo

River Forest Engine 222. Josh Boyajian photo

Riverside Engine 1611. Josh Boyajian photo

Riverside Engine 1621. Josh Boyajian photo

Tags: fire engine pictures, fire engine with enclosed operator's panel, Josh Boyajian, Oak Lawn FIre Department, photo of E-ONE fire engine, photos of fire trucks, River Forest Fire Department, Riverside Fire Department, Spartan Gladiator fire engine

Maywood 3rd Alarm Fire 9-7-13

Sep 7

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire | 7 Comments

This from Josh Boyajian:

Here are some of the photos I took at Maywood’s 3-11 this afternoon.

Attached is a shot of River Grove’s New/Used Engine.

Maywood truck to the roof. Josh Boyajian photo

Josh Boyajian photo

Forest park tower ladder. Josh Boyajian photo

Josh Boyajian photo

Maywood engine on a hydrant. Josh Boyajian photo

This River Grove engine is X-Schaumburg. Josh Boyajian photo

Tags: 3rd alarm fire in Maywood, Forest Park tower ladder, Maywood Fire Department, Maywood fire engine at hydrant, new fire engine for River Grove, photos of fire trucks, pictures of fire trucks, River Grove Fire Department, River Grove has old Schaumburg fire engine, Spartan fire engine at hydrant

Down memory lane … CFD

Jul 26

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This from Martin Nowak:

Thanks to Squad546 for allowing me to post these pictures, so that we can see the units that served the Chicago Fire Department/or still serving.

Chicago FIre Department apparatus history

Deluge Wagon 676 – 1975 Chevrolet/Eastman. (Rechassis 2013) Squad 546 photo

Former 911 – Old light wagon that was formerly housed at Engine 13’s quarters & is now long gone. Squad 546 photo

Former 916 – Another old light wagon that is no longer in-service. Squad 546 photo

Former 637 – 1980 GMC/E-One. Squad 546 photo

X-Squad 1 – 1996 HME/Saulsbury. Being used in Chicago Fire TV Show. Squad 546 photo

Former Squad 5A spare rig-1979 Ford/Seagrave/Pierce. Squad 546 photo

Former Snorkel Squad 1-1971 Mack MB, Cabrini in the background. Squad 546 photo

Also the City of Chicago has some fire hoses on auction http://www.publicsurplus.com/sms/chicago,il/list/current?orgid=20549

Tags: Chicago FD 6--3-7, Chicago FD 9-1-1, Chicago FD 9-1-6, Chicago FD light wagon, Chicago FD squad, Chicago FD SS1, Chicago Fire Department history, Chicago Snorkel Squad, fire truck pictures, HME squad in Chicago, Martin Nowak, old Chicago fire truck photos, photos of fire engines, photos of fire trucks, Saulsbury squad in Chicago, Squad 546 photos

Down memory lane …

Jun 28

Posted by Admin in Fire Truck photos, Historic fire apparatus | 3 Comments

From Steve Redick:

Since it seems I’ll never see a fire again as they have been virtually eliminated here in Chicago I got sentimental and wanted to share some classic old images I came across….

The first is a rare shot of a smoke ejector working .. this is way before the recent rebuilds … you can see the smoke issuing from the top of the unit where the fan discharge is …

Next one is squad 2 … (not FMS 2) but they were reusing the old squad rigs when we had a squad in each district and they only had a few of the Ford Welch units

A shot of truck 25 setting up a ladder pipe … can’t recall the location but I seem to remember it being a Chinese restaurant of some kind

Niles Truck 440 … this was in the 6300 block of Touhy, and ironically enough I took this photo standing on the front lawn of the house I would eventually buy …

Elk Grove Village, classic tiller .. gotta love a Mack Pirsch anything!!

Niles, IL buggy … I always liked the two Borealis lights, but these were the newer model, not the old classics we are all thinking of … cool none the less

Not sure if I took this last one .. (might be Gordon Nord’s photo) … old Brookfield Seagrave engine