New Chicago firehouse

Joined
Jun 27, 2007
Messages
3,335
As of Monday CFD has a new firehouse on the Far South Side @ 11900 S Morgan. It will house Engines 115 and 75, Tower Ladder 24, and ambulances 29, 5, and 76 as well as the Deputy Chief for District 5. With this CFD no longer has a single truck company house, T-24. I have two comments, you do not need a TL down there and you moved the chief 10 blocks from the city border. Gonna be some long runs for 2-2-5.
 
Joined
Jan 11, 2016
Messages
2,230
Any reasoning for them to put the companies together the 2 engines & truck from there original houses.?
 
Joined
Aug 25, 2009
Messages
28,195
As of Monday CFD has a new firehouse on the Far South Side @ 11900 S Morgan. It will house Engines 115 and 75, Tower Ladder 24, and ambulances 29, 5, and 76 as well as the Deputy Chief for District 5. With this CFD no longer has a single truck company house, T-24. I have two comments, you do not need a TL down there and you moved the chief 10 blocks from the city border. Gonna be some long runs for 2-2-5.


1024 W. 119th St.

https://pbcchicago.com/projects/engine-company-115/
 
Joined
Mar 29, 2012
Messages
229
Chicago has been doing that since the 70's. Build a new house to combine 2 engines and a truck, then later disband one of the engines. They are much better than NY building new firehouses. NY is much better than Chicago with replacing apparatus.
 
Joined
Jan 11, 2016
Messages
2,230
Chicago has been doing that since the 70's. Build a new house to combine 2 engines and a truck, then later disband one of the engines. They are much better than NY building new firehouses. NY is much better than Chicago with replacing apparatus.
Sucks that they disband a company
 
Joined
Jun 27, 2017
Messages
989
When "Downtown" Lee Brown (ex COD NYPD} became Mayor of Houston, he removed fire apparatus purchasing from the Fire Department and put it in the Mayor's Office. Sadly, only one of the mayor's aides did jail time for that corruption. Gosh, I wonder where he learned that?
 

mack

Administrator
Joined
Aug 8, 2009
Messages
13,431
Firehouse already seems to be called, named, lettered only for "Engine 115" - maybe a indication of a future cost-cutting move to eliminate an engine.
 
Joined
Jun 27, 2007
Messages
3,335
union contract with city stipulates the number of active fire suppression companies and their manning. Also even though there are 2 engines in the house it only gets one company designation, much like E-70, 59, and T-47 is known as E-70 on the N side. Don't know why they do that
 
Joined
Dec 6, 2007
Messages
1,497
The pattern of locating fire houses in most of our cities was laid out in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This pattern depended upon the range of the fire horses. A strong horse pulling a steamer or ladder truck could expect to gallop at most a half mile. Consequently, fire houses were located approximately 3/4 of a mile from each other, which provided overlap in the response area. The improved mobility and range of today’s fire apparatus has rendered that old pattern obsolete. In some cases one engine can effectively cover an area that used to require two.
Nobody wants to see fire companies close, but in some cases it makes sense to do so. As the former mayor of New York City used to say, everybody wants a firehouse on their block but nobody wants to pay for it.
 
Joined
Jan 11, 2016
Messages
2,230
The pattern of locating fire houses in most of our cities was laid out in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This pattern depended upon the range of the fire horses. A strong horse pulling a steamer or ladder truck could expect to gallop at most a half mile. Consequently, fire houses were located approximately 3/4 of a mile from each other, which provided overlap in the response area. The improved mobility and range of today’s fire apparatus has rendered that old pattern obsolete. In some cases one engine can effectively cover an area that used to require two.
Nobody wants to see fire companies close, but in some cases it makes sense to do so. As the former mayor of New York City used to say, everybody wants a firehouse on their block but nobody wants to pay for it.
So true!
 
Top