Chicago Fire Dept Engine 61, Still & Box Alarm Fire 8-24-95

[@kennethhibbard4884]

Great video! Fantastic seeing the old rigs. I grew up in the late 70s 80s

[@firevike2420]

Old school and the sound of diesel, THANKS!

[@calvinhelker7821]

I remember seeing those types of rigs in Chicago in 97. As an 8 year old I found all of those trucks very interesting. I remember Chicago was one of the fire departments where you could see several active apparatus still using the Mars lights. Which I wonder why did the Econoline 350 ambulances use the single Mars light above the cab? Was that outdated in the 90s? Perhaps even late 80s? I saw that type of ambulance in 97 and it looked strange to me also.

[@limitedbreezy7730]

Man 1995 station was open i live right by the station and it a Museum now

[@RRRRR7-c7r]

Still using bunker boots in 95 that's awesome.

[@alexandermakrianis]

I was in Navy boot camp at Great Lakes NTC north of Chicago when the incidents in this video took place

[@firechaser2010]

Engine 61 was still around o I saw a picture of engine 61 and it looked like one of today's fire engines

[@britishmodified]

Isn't 61 where squad 3 was stationed?

[@nzfirephotography]

Like the old rigs.

[@bufordhart730]

I was assigned to that Firehouse for 3 years

[@JLJ061]

I consider it "back then" since pretty much all the rigs in this video have since been retired. lol

[@firechaser2010]

No their old vehicles become their spares

[@MultiMonster69]

oh man was this when they still wore quarter boots haha

[@tigerkiller113]

They turned Engine 61 house into a medical field office now.

[@NguageTrains]

WEDIDNOTSUCK98 that’s sad...... too much medical stuff now. It’s getting ridiculous

[@brendan129]

59th & State is 61's still. 84 should have been put out of service.

[@johnwalsh4505]

It was politics that kept 84 and got rid of 61