A  HISTORIC WEBSITE FOR CURRENT EVENTS AND PAST
HISTORY OF THE CHICAGO CIVIL DEFENSE CORP. AND
  EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS  & DISASTER SERVICES
(E.P.D.S.)
ALONG WITH THE CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
AND THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

Featuring classic documents and memorabilia.  Classic C.F.D. fire & disaster
videos, classic C.F.D. fire & disaster audio files, along with classic & recent
fire, disaster & apparatus photo's.  Official Federal, State & Local Government
Agency links, for just about anything in the fire, disaster and emergency
preparedness field.  LIVE 24 / 7 streaming audio of the Chicago Fire
911 Center, (Main & Englewood Offices). Along with local news media
articles of recent fires & disasters and C.F.D. stories in the news.  Special
website links to well known major fires & disasters that occurred within
the city of Chicago. Links to other fire related and disaster service
originations and their websites. Also links to purchase your own
Chicago Fire Department memorabilia on EBay plus much more!

THIS WEBSITE IS UPDATED ON A DAILY BASIS!

Robert J. Quinn Fire Commissioner/Acting Director

PLEASE NOTE: The tiny URL for this website is,
www.ChicagoFD.org

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LIVE audio of CFD Fire 911 Center

LIVE CFD audio

LIVE C.F.D. 911 Center audio of both Main and Englewood Fire Alarm Offices. This live streaming audio provided through ScanIllinois.net

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The History of the Chicago Civil Defense & E.P.D.S. Unit

In 1957, Chicago Fire Commissioner Robert J. Quinn had an idea. He thought about the six heavy duty rescue trucks that the federal government had supplied the city, to use as they saw fit. The vehicles were all brand new, fully equipped but just sitting idle in city garages. After meeting with Charles (Jimmy) Johnson, a long time friend of Quinn�s and an avid fire fan, Quinn decided to approach Mayor Richard J. Daley with a plan for these Rescue Squads. It would involve an all-volunteer unit to facilitate and operate this equipment with proper training and personnel to provide ancillary support at fires and other disasters. Johnson would be the civilian chief of the unit. A handful of volunteers were gathered together between October of 1957 and January of 1958. The Chicago Civil Defense, Fire and Rescue Unit was born.

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The Fire Museum Of Greater Chicago

CLICK on image to link to Engine 87's story

Engine 87 Club of Chicago

SPARKY The Clown

CTA Redline Station Disaster on Friday April 25, 2008

911 Audio File Part # 1 _________________ 911 Audio File Part # 2

911 Audio File Part # 3_________________ 911 Audio File Part # 4

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Chicago Tribune Story - April 28, 2008
Trucker cited in fatal crash at "L" station
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-truck-cta-amatterapr28,1,6350443.story

Chicago SunTimes Story - April 26, 2008
2 killed, 21 hurt as truck slams into Red Line stop
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/917235,CST-NWS-crash26.article

NBC Channel 5 News Story - April 25, 2008
Truck Driver Questioned In Deadly CTA Station Crash
http://www.nbc5.com/news/15999363/detail.html

CBS Channel 2 Chicago Story - April 25, 2008
Truck Driver Held In Deadly Crash Into 'L' Stop
http://cbs2chicago.com/local/cta.stop.crash.2.709137.html

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Midwest Firehouse and Apparatus Photo's on SmugMug.com

KSC711SMUGMUG.com - Fire Department Photos

Video's provided thru

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For more action fire department
video's, go to,

YouTube.com/SRResquire

NEW

Still Alarm - Working Fire
5207 N. Liano Ave. on April 30, 2008

For more C.F.D.
classic video's
go to

YouTube.com/ChicagoFD1

This video was located
at 27th & Dearborn
in the 1980's.

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CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
"In The News"
( C.F.D. stories and video's in the news media)

Contains internet newspaper articles, of
late-breaking and current fires and disasters.
Included is video, photo's and detailed reports
involving the Chicago Fire Department
from the local Chicago media.