Chicago Fire Incident Photo Site

[x635 4,066]

I found this site of Chicago FD incidents. The photos are great.

http://www.nordfirephotos.smugmug.com

[mfc2257 464]

I found this site of Chicago FD incidents. The photos are great.

http://www.nordfirephotos.smugmug.com

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I love the Snorkel-Squads.... The photo's prove that they are a great way to access Brownstone-Townhouse style buildings on tree lined streets.

I'm interested to know who owns the manufacturing rights to "Snorkel". I haven't seen a new one built outside of Chicago rigs for years. I know that there is one in the Bayonne or Elizibeth NJ area that is less than 10 years old, but that's just about all I know of out there.

They are great for working below grade on rescue calls as well.

[llm60 0]

NICE SHOTS!!

[Guest]

Did I see some of those guys wearing full bunkers? Are they moving away from the hip boots and long coats?

[xfirefighter484x 234]

Did I see some of those guys wearing full bunkers?  Are they moving away from the hip boots and long coats?

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I believe that they are offered a choice of one or the other.

[Future Fireman 4]

Did you guys see those hose wagons? I wouldn't want to pack that on a weekly or monthly basis. I'd switch to a Ladder before that happens!

Mike

[Ladder44 73]

why would they have you choose between 3/4 and full turnout and not just issue full turnout? isnt it more protective for full bunker??? i thought 3/4 werent NFPA aprroved anyway

Edited May 11, 2007 by Ladder44

[x635 4,066]

Did you guys see those hose wagons? I wouldn't want to pack that on a weekly or monthly basis. I'd switch to a Ladder before that happens!

Mike

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I noticed those too. There is an article about them in this month's Fire Apparatus Journal.

http://www.nordfirephotos.smugmug.com/gall...98323#149323928

Kind of daunting to pack like Pound Ridge Engine 112, or that Bedford Mack.

Although I'm sure it gets packed a lot faster in Chicago because neatness is not a factor.

It also looks like they have a device on the bottom that assists with packing the hose.

[Guest]

Some info about CFD gear:

"For the first time, turnout pants will be standard issue for this department that has a long-standing history of wearing long coats and three-quarter "day boots" for structural firefighting. "It's a huge step forward that is as important as the adoption of the self-contained breathing apparatus in the 1980s," 1st District Chief Jose Santiago said in an interview with the Chicago Tribune."

http://newsblaze.com/story/200608010701020...w/topstory.html