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Well it will make a hell of a photo statement in an ad for them.

DDC, 2-2-5 has requested a 2-11 for manpower at a 2 story apartment building fire with an exposure at 7703 S Peoria. Main body of fire knocked down. Information from Chicagoland Fireground Scanner post.

Maybe it is just me but I am really confused. This was a manned, fully operation firehouse with 3-4 units in it and somehow it is a total loss due to fire. How could that possibly be?

Who operates the drone unit? Where is it quartered? Does it have a normal alarm response level as well as its being s/c to incidents. Thanx.

Dick Rutan, a test pilot who piloted the test aircraft Voyager with his co-pilot Jeana Yeager on a non-stop, non refueled flight around the world has passed away. He was also a USAF pilot who flew 325 combat missions in Vietnam as a "Misty" or Fast Fac in an F-100F and was shot down on August...

Can those citizens be shown the outstanding accomodations at Rikers, of course there are no tents but Bubba will make them feel welcomed!

I have a son who is a CPD on the West Side.

Chicago Police and members of the US Marshal's Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force have announced the arrest of Xavier Tate, 22 ,in the shooting death of Chicago Police Officer Luis Huesca. In a symbolic sign Officer's Huesca hand-cuffs were used to place Tate in custody.

Yes the fire at the maintenance garage it was almost 45 minutes, I think all they did was supply one or two units, if that.

According to the new issue of FAJ Rosenbauer has delivered one hose tender to San Francisco with a 5750 GPM pump as well as the submersible pump. It will be housed at Station 18 once training is completed. The article only mentions one of these units.

Just picked up my copy at the local post office. I just browsed through it and this book is outstanding. I predict in the future it will join the ranks of those other 2 books on FDNY that are extremely hard to find. Well done sir!

A Chicago police officer returning home after his shift was found shot on the city's South West side Gage Park. Officer Luis Huesca, a six year veteran was 2 days short of his 31st birthday. His vehicle was reported stolen but later recovered. Another senseless killing in a city with supposedly...

Happy Fiftieth Anniversary!

Orders of Battalion 7 a 2-11 alarm @ 2837 N, Christiana. 3 2.5 wood frames with fire in the rear. Staging area is Diversey @ Milwaukee.

Didn't the 2002 ALF assigned to Engine 34, AP02001, end up as that?

I live in a small bedroom community between Bloomington/Normal and Peoria Illinois with a population of 1400. This is a town where they know you at the bank, post office, gas station by your first name because there are not that many in town. There are no businesses here so you need to go...

Crews from the LaSalle Technical Rescue Unit, MABAS 25 and the Normal Technical Rescue Unit, MABAS 41 spent 8 hours Thursday rescuing a man from a grain bin in Gridley Illinois which is in Livingston County Illinois.