Chicago Fire Apparatus Parade 8/17/97

[MrMegaFredzeppelin]

This is AWESOME!!!!!!!! ROCK ON!!!!!

[xELmOEliTEx]

Were they responding to the Dollar Menu at McDonalds?

[MrKabDrivr]

Nice vid!

Dang! Someone not knowing about the parade must've been thinking 'twas the end of the world, or something!

[dumbcup]

FIRST TIME I HAVE SEEN THIS IN CHICAGO AND I GREW UP HERE IM 43 AND A RETIRED AUX POLICE ...LOVE THE TRUCKS, THE CLOSEST THING I HAVE SEEN TO THIS WAS 4TH OF JULY IN NORTHERN SUBURBS AND CHI , EMERGENCY VEHICLE SHOW. CHICAGO NEEDS MORE ACTIVITY LIKE THIS ITS GOOD FOR THE ECONOMY AND US TRUCK NERDS...

[karteknishun]

If anyone is interested in seeing antique fire apparatus, the Fire Buffs of Illinois & the 5-11 Club are having their annual muster @ the Chicago Fire Academy, June 18, 2011 starting about 8 am til about 3 pm. Thanks for posting this video. It is great to see old friends & beautiful apparatus. We are trying to have a parade again this year. It's always a lot of fun for everyone.

[LaconeJo1]

imagine sitting in top pf one of those rigs the entire parade. I would go deaf. WHAT?????

[Capt803]

Beautiful trucks!

[joemac356]

Does anyone know who made the wig-wag light on the nose of the red/white ALF 700 that begins @ 3:30? I've only seen a few of those lights and I've never been able to find out what they were called.

[RickySouthwell]

why was there a tow truck with a siren on it?

[tdvandy2]

Great video! I just moved to Chicago. Do they still do this? Absolutely love the windy city!

[NCFPcommand]

man, i have only been through Chicago, but i have always admired them for the best lookin' fire apparatus anywhere , i think a runner up would be DC.

[pitbullbitedog]

i love the old ambulance behind the black fire truck ....i live in TN. do u know if theres anything like this out here the prade's i mean

[bpdexplorer129nc]

Now thats alot of fire trucks.. I bet the fire will go out byself if it saw this many trucks

[MightyJKnutsen]

The sirens at 1:30 whats that called?

[GabriellaMontezSucks]

This was a really cool video. Hard to believe this was almost exactly thirteen years ago! Thanks for posting it.

[zaffdoc]

@GabriellaMontezSucks YEAH, It is hard for me to believe also. LOL

[GabriellaMontezSucks]

@zaffdoc I was only ten and just a few weeks from starting fifth grade. I originally thought that all fire trucks and engines had what we all love: Mechanical sirens, jake brakes, airhorns, and everything that it fit to serve a firefighter's task. I do like how CFD stands out with everything they have. I love originality and it is always best to be a leader, not a follower.

[rrobertsnot5150]

I love that squirt!

[hollywoodridgerunner]

where were all the good fire trucks

[mxmbronco]

some arent even chicago fd

[zaffdoc]

@mxmbronco But it was in Chicago.

[RailsandRoads]

bless you doc for posting this

[sundevilfan301]

thts mine and my dads 700 series at 1:56

[casperstega]

Very nice video.

I uploaded a video I shot of a parade in honour of the voluntary fire brigade of Dieren that celebrated there 100 anniversary (small town in the Netherlands)

[lordvader665]

was this filmed in 1997 and at 2:06 that did not seem like an accurate siren for that truck

[zaffdoc]

I generally put the date of the videos I take in the description which is in the upper right hand corner of the channel under my picture.

[GabriellaMontezSucks]

@lordvader665 I know. According to some reading from web sites, CFD used EMS/police type sirens from about 1985 to 2001/2002. One of those is the Federal Signal PA 300. I like the loudness and sound of it, but CFD should have used its variety of mechanical sirens to this day. At least the EQ2B is an improvement (although strange in some ways). This is still a cool video though. I really liked it.

[TheUban123]

@lordvader665 the siren you heard was at 2:12 not at 2:06.

[lordvader665]

was this Filmed in 1997?

[WillyDBD]

There wouldn't need to a fire that day all the firetrucks are in the city:L

[GSGTBaker]

We have one here in Town just like the one a 2:59

[301whitehall]

2:30 I fell in love!

[djensze]

nice video

[oskar09pickle]

yea that is a nice rig at 2:20:)

[bigbadredsox]

Love the black rig that comes through at 2:20. Don't see many like it.

[wannabenj]

Hey Doc you rock.You have the best videos on You Tube.

[SeagraveRules]

Hearing all those old-time sirens brought chills to my back. AWESOME!!

[pipinirish88]

at 1:57 is that a la France

[zaffdoc]

Yes

[schemer1991]

yes it is a american lafrance it was from sturgis michigan

[sundevilfan301]

no its from altoona pennsylvania

[sundevilfan301]

thts mine and my dads la france i was 4 when this was taken :)

[amtrakboy37]

One month later on Sept 5, I was born!

[stadium79]

love the old lafrance at 3:10.  Firefighter from NW Indiana here.

[ms4893]

OMFG!!!!! you have a video of the old HME tower ladder 10!!!!! Only TL21 and TL39 have those if I'm not mistaken which I don't think I am.

[ms4893]

And oh yeah while other engine company's have moved on to the newer Spartan Luvernes if you go to Chicago/Milwaukee engine 14 has the same engine they had 14 years ago.

[twinboysfire52]

awesome video

[ff0021]

Those are amazing rigs. My favorate has to be the restored Truck.

[thepack103]

Great Video, These apparatus show the history of fire service. 5/5

Awesome Video!!!

[TomM73]

Very nice video. At 5:57 theres a truck that has "City of Altoona". I'm curious if that truck is from Altoona Pennsylvania.

[sundevilfan301]

yes it is its mine and my dads :)

[schemer1991]

that 1941 american lafrance from sturgis fire dept 1:56 2:00

[schemer1991]

i like that 1941 american lafrance from sturgis mi

[awolfpack343]

at 1:16 nice mack

[CSILCPD]

nice vid =)

great job 5/5 stars

[psych0hcysp]

propaganda of power, like the soviet union

[bigdon2k5]

Awesome trucks! By the way: the old Chicago police sirens sound really funny in my opinion (but not bad at all).

[rykember11]

I absolutly LOVE going to these every year. Never get to see the parade, but afterwards with the Water Tower is absolutly Great! Awesome Video as always!

[Firevideoliker01]

Beautiful equipment that Chicago Fire Department had. Nice video Doc!!!! Keep them coming.

[kirky316]

Great collection of rigs in that parade, very nice...