Chicago FD Steady Burn Green on Mirror

[VolEms]

 

[firefighter7017]

I like it, even more so than I like the flashing light. I think that a steady burn on the mirrors represents the origins of the green light tradition more so than a flashing green light.

 

[dmathieu]

Rather than a warning light, it looks like a green marker light.


Tight fit getting out of the station!

 

[Respondcode3]

Some fire companies have done that, replace the mirror markers with red and green lights. Its not a standard thing.

 

[carguy411]

its strange that there is only one bay door and 2 rigs have to get out never seen that before seem like it will be a pain in the a$$

 

[lafd55]

Yea, it looks like they just played around with the marker/clearance lights. Looks good though. On a second note, sucks seeing apparatus in quarters like that but I would never NEVER remodel or destroy old firehouses like that, if I were the driver/engineer I wouldn't complain. Oh, and that arrow stick pattern annoys the hell out of me.

 

[50theman]

Some fire companies have done that, replace the mirror markers with red and green lights. Its not a standard thing.

Actually my friend the new trucks are being delivered that way.

 

[Respondcode3]

Actually those are the first rigs that are.. Up til now the fire companies used to do it on their own. As far as the 2 rigs in a single station. The stations are pretty deep and can hold 2 rigs. It is a pain to have to get up and move the rig when the one in the back has a run.

 

[desert rent-a-cop]

I like the red and green marker lights. The arrowstick and ambulance lightbar patterns look bad IMHO.

 

[cook2890]

Completely off topic, but I have always loved the Chicago FD trucks! Pure sexyness!!!

 

[Doug]

Anyone else notice that both the engine and the ambo both didn't have all their lights on? The engine's rear rotators weren't on, nor was the ambo's rear amber module.

 

[firefighter7017]

Anyone else notice that both the engine and the ambo both didn't have all their lights on? The engine's rear rotators weren't on, nor was the ambo's rear amber module.

The engines rear rotators were on, but the right side rotator is burnt out. If you look closely, you can see the driver side amber rotator flashing right as they make the turn onto the street, and then a few more times behind the American flag. As for the ambulance, no I didn't notice that. Had to go back and watch it again.

 

[jph2]

It's like the navigation lights on a boat. Green on the right (starboard) and red on the left (port) sides. The firehouse bay door lights were the same way.


The station is a half block away from the Chicago Water Tower and was built in that style in 1902.

 

[Respondcode3]

The amber in the back and the white in the front are still Halogen everything else is LED. Why?? I dont know. That is common on CFD ambulances. The bulb burns out and isnt replaced until it goes to fleet. Here is a picture of the station.

 

[Station 3]

I would love to be a Firefighter in a big city like that looks like fun.

 

[Firefly Berlin]

I would love to be a Firefighter in a big city like that looks like fun.

Not really, at least not in Europe.

 

[foxtrot5]

I would love to be a Firefighter in a big city like that looks like fun.

After your first time humping a high-rise pack up 15+ stories you may change your tune... I know I would.

 

[BigWil]

I liked the video, but it drives me nuts that the TD came on when the truck started. I hate it when FDs leave their TDs on all the time. We can already see it's a firetruck...it's big and red and shiny...you don't need to put on warning lights when you aren't going to a call. It's not bigger than a tractor trailers, but they don't run amber to the rear all the time.

 

[WS224]

It's like the navigation lights on a boat. Green on the right (starboard) and red on the left (port) sides. The firehouse bay door lights were the same way.

uhhhhh yeah. That's why thy did it that way.

 

[Respondcode3]

I liked the video, but it drives me nuts that the TD came on when the truck started. I hate it when FDs leave their TDs on all the time. We can already see it's a firetruck...it's big and red and shiny...you don't need to put on warning lights when you aren't going to a call. It's not bigger than a tractor trailers, but they don't run amber to the rear all the time.

ENG 98 response district is the downtown Michigan ave/ highrise district. If you have any idea of what traffic is like and how people drive in Chicago. That is why.

 

[Wailer]

Here is a picture of the station.

I like that old fire hall. It looks like it was made for one truck, but it's got enough room for a fire engine and an ambo.


Both the engine and the ambo have eQ2bs. Interesting.

 

[Flashguy]

I stayed in Chicago in a hotel on the 19th floor. All I heard all night was that e-Q siren! Anyways, I love when a department can modernize while still keeping tradition.

 

[unityrv26]

Widen out that door and it would shave a minute off their response time!

 

[lafd55]

IMHO... I hate the sound of the eQ, it's just not the same, and when I hear Chicago it just makes me sick, lol.

 

[Wailer]

I stayed in Chicago in a hotel on the 19th floor. All I heard all night was that e-Q siren! Anyways, I love when a department can modernize while still keeping tradition.

Not me. Tradition is for museums and parades.

 

[OSP959(R)]

It's like the navigation lights on a boat. Green on the right (starboard) and red on the left (port) sides. The firehouse bay door lights were the same way.

But why? (I know, I sound like a pesty kid)


Seriously, did they just do it to do it, or is there an actual reason behind it?

 

[HILO]

It's a very old tradition started by a Chief who was a Navy guy.

 

[Respondcode3]

In the 1920's the Commisioner Corrigan who was a Navy man and his family owned a shipping line. He adapted it on the fire trucks and fire houses and the traditon continues. Many suburban departments have adapted this too.

 

[50theman]

But why? (I know, I sound like a pesty kid)

Seriously, did they just do it to do it, or is there an actual reason behind it?

Green Light:


"Fire Commissioner Goodrich's family also owned a steamship line. He was well aware of the required red and green lights on ships identifying their port & starboard sides, allowing for safe passing during inclement weather. The red and green lights were installed on fire apparatus and stations based upon this nautical theme."


Color of trucks:


"The City purchased 28 Model "A" Fords for their Battalion Chiefs. The roofs of the cars were a tar composition that could not be painted and were left black"


Source: Chicago Fire Department History Book http://www.cityofchicago.org/dam/city/depts/cfd/general/PDFs/HistoryOfTheChicagoFireDepartment_1.pdf

 

[slash9dotnet]

I'm so torn whether I hate the e-Q2B's or like them. When they start and whine down lower, they sound like cheap... When they're screaming, they're not quite as bad, I guess.

 

[50theman]

Engine 14 on a call, the EQ sounds better in this video.

 

[unityrv26]

Wow, they are blowing some of those red lights like they're nothing at all!

 

[slash9dotnet]

Wow, they are blowing some of those red lights like they're nothing at all!

Yeah, I thought that was pretty scary/unnecessary myself. I can't say that I stop for every red light, but I come close to it... And my city is a fraction of the size of Chicago. You just can't trust people to show respect for emergency vehicles with lights and sirens like that around here.

 

[Respondcode3]

At 3:30 you can see and hear another rig coming out of the same station as the first video.

 

[50theman]

Here is one more

 

[P1808]

Ok we all know what’s going on here they are preparing to make all there rigs amphibious and equipping them with marker lights and soon they will have anchor lights on the tops.


But in all realness i like the idea of the marker lights especially if they have to back into the stations like that.