Chicago FD @ O'Hare

[grumpy grizzly]

CFD is doing some re orgaization @ O'Hare, E-12 and AFRR 6-5-10 are being placed in service, more info to follow. This question is for the pups, who is this airport named after. For the old geezers, what does ORD mean on your baggage check! Just wanna have some fun with a great bunch of guys!

 

[CVILLE7111]

LCDR Butch O'Hare. Naval aviator during the Second World War. 1st Naval ace and 1st Naval recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor in WWII.

 

[fdny1075k]

http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/2014/01/chicago-fd-reorganizes-engine-co-12-at-ohare/

http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/2014/01/chicago-fd-organizes-new-arff-company-at-ohare/

 

[manhattan]

If memory serves, the airport was built in what had been a fruit orchard just before or during World War II and was originally named Orchard Field, hence ORD.

 

[grumpy grizzly]

you and C,ville are right, just wanna have some fun.

 

[manhattan]

Good trivia questions, gg.

 

[fdhistorian]

Chicago Engine 12 and CFR 10

Engine 012 Organized 80 (558 W) Lake St 2/19/1866
Engine 012 New Station 611 (1641 W) Lake St 2/16/1870
Engine 012 Relocated 2258 W 13th St 1/16/1964
Engine 012 Relocated 4000 W Wilcox St 8/13/1965
Engine 012 Disbanded 12/14/1965
Engine 012 Reorganized O'Hare Field - Station 2 11/1/1981
Engine 012 Disbanded 2/16/1982
Engine 012 Reorganized 6169 N Patton 7/1/1997
Engine 012 Disbanded 11/20/1997
Engine 012 Reorganized O'Hare Field - Station 1 2/1/2014

6 5 10 Organized O'Hare Field (Sta 2) 7/25/1974
6 5 10 Relocated O'Hare Field (Sta 1) 2/?/1980
6 5 10 Disbanded 5/3/1982
6 5 10 Reorganized O'Hare Field (Sta 1) 2/1/2014

 

[Bulldog]

Does anybody have the specifications for the trucks these 2 units will be responding with?

 

[fdny1075k]

Engine 12 looks like it might be a new Spartan/ERV Engine, similar to the other new CFD Engines.