Chicago Fire Department Truck 3

[FFTeagan]

this is station 1,it only has 1 engine and a truck company and a medic.The rest are just civil service units.nice vid

[MrJakemoffitt]

hey is that the same siren as FDNY trucks

[fireutility21]

man i would really love to get on chicago fire someday, espically in the downtown area......chicago is a good looking city

[TzimasJ]

Yes! It's beautiful. :D

[firemonkey1097]

can anyone tell me...whats up with the green lights on chicago fire trucks?

[GRIMREAPER76IA]

All engine and truck companies in the department have at least one green warning light mounted on the front right of the vehicle, directly opposite a corresponding red light. Modeled off of the marker lights used on ships (where a red light is used to mark the port, of left side of the vessel, while a green light is used to mark the starboard, or right side), the system was thought up by Albert Goodrich, who became fire commissioner in 1927.

[GRIMREAPER76IA]

His family owned a steamship line, and he took the lighting idea from his experience there. Though not especially useful in firefighting (the marker lights' purpose in the nautical world is to help ships pass each other at night or in foggy weather) it has nonetheless stuck, and is a distinctive feature of the city's engines and trucks.

[GRIMREAPER76IA]

The tradition has since been expanded to cover the lights on the front of firehouses (again with a red light on the station's left and a green one on the right), just as red and green lights are used to mark slips and passages through breakwaters for boats.

[firemonkey1097]

hmmm, wow, thats interesting, i never would've had a clue, thanks GRIMREAPER

[knightbball2011]

red and green are chicago fire dept colors

[civicEJ11]

CFD colors

[garf1eld029]

Love the paint scheme.

I can deal with the green/red/white lights (mainly the green, eh)

As far as the cat being strangled siren, yeah .. no that EBQ2 needs to go.

[NTFD1995]

agreed, if u want a q get a real Q, the EQ sounds gay

[Fireman6489]

the real one is to loud major citys dont use them to much noise already

[joelwhitaker]

A million miles from hundrum!

[northlanderdude]

about the movie Backdraft, I read somewhere that Engine 17 and 51 are the same truck, NOT TRUE !

[firefighter1229]

i was just down there a few days ago. i took a video of engine 42 and truck 3 responding, but i havent uploaded it yet.

[Siren1000T1]

I love that Air Horn sound very classic!

[ashleyster13]

nothin beats the thrill of a full response...

[dodgetruckn15]

i seen truck 3 yesterday

[shick1331]

thats a nice ass truck

[chicago4996]

anyone know why Chicago doesn't use tillers anymore?

[E68E71]

because they crash too much and the corners are too tight for tillers

[erictheblacksoldier]

o ok kool

[erictheblacksoldier]

why doesnt chicago have a rescue 1?

[cfd11236]

we do, but we call is squad 1

[upsguy03]

Great video!! I hang out in Chicago during the summer weekends and always walk by this station on the way downtown. I am normally only lucky enough to see the ambulance go out.

Great video!!

[BenHur76008]

I've visited this station before, there's some really great equipment there.

[LADDERTRUCK53]

i s like these station at 55 west illinios st

[E68E71]

yep

[ThePack104]

classic paint job, with a classic q. how can no one like eletronic q.

[LADDERTRUCK53]

at these station is a 2 ambulances 24 93,engine 42,truck 3,cv1,squad 1 2a

[JKSK8ERLIVE]

-also DDC 2-2-1 Dist. 1 and EMS 4-5-1

[joey121269]

they have the tallest aerial ladder in chicago

[IrishFF97]

i think Aerial Tower 1 is the tallest ladder at 135ft main. and Truck 3 has 100ft main.

[chicago4996]

actually AT 1 is only 105 ft but its pre-piped. and yes T 3 is 100 ft.

[drumminkid67]

yea the reason they have electrical Q's is because their in the city and the Q2b for instance is too loud and with the close proximity buildings it creates an echo and at full blast could break windows FDNY has banned the Federal Q's because of that some trucks in FDNY have normal Q's but most use electrical sirens but Chicago wants to at least have something close to a real Q so it sounds like a good old fashion fire truck so thats why its electrical

[mlps93]

Most Toronto trucks have that siren

[LADDERTRUCK53]

what was the call for?

[gpghosts]

And Dont Forget Squad 1 and 1a That run with them

[LUISR555]

un saludo fraternal desde cuerpo de bomberos de santiago. CHILE 8 cia

[firepower782]

What engine is housed with Truck 3?

[GRIMREAPER76IA]

Engine 42.

[firemike550]

i dont like the sound of that q siren

[rykember11]

It is an electronic Q siren, Some of the older Chicago vehicles have The real Q siren, I personally don't like the sound of it also.

[Heyde1979]

I dont either

[Mel422Issa]

Best Fire Department in Chicago.. :)

[Mel422Issa]

Best Fire Department in Chicago!!!!

[CDPDPatrolUnit]

I think the CFD should put a bell on their trucks if they are using an out-dated Q siren.

[deathtofire]

Thats not an out of date Q. Its an electronic Q. Almost all new trucks in big cities have them.

[CDPDPatrolUnit]

And they use the wail no more? I love wail! And yelp!

[HotGirlDater475]

Nice Rig!

[CFDFighter]

Hey man nice video them those coming. Well are you a firefighter there?

[justin1790]

are they the busiest fire hall in chicago?

[GRIMREAPER76IA]

Yes, they sure are. The new white command van 2-7-1 sitting next to Truck 3 was purchased for a little under $1 million. The department purchased 2 of those command rigs.

[justin1790]

nice!!

[GRIMREAPER76IA]

Thanks!! When I arrived at Engine Co. 42's house that morning I was very surprised to find the house full. That lasted about 5 minutes and Truck 3 went out.