Home Fire - EMS Jobs Scanner Frequencies Live Dispatch 5-11 Club MABAS CFD History Buyers Guide Chicago Fire Department Cook County DuPage County Kane County Kendall County Lake County McHenry County Will County Fire EMS Death Benefits Cold Weather Pumps IAFF Locals Tips For Purchasing Apparatus Pet Safety Cancer Prevention Old School Chicago 911 Scene Photos Radio Lingo Links Advertise Site Sponsors photo by Elmer C Johnson photo by Eugene Flash Koepke photo by Eugene Flash Koepke photo by Eugene Flash Koepke photo by Eugene Flash Koepke photo by Steve Hagy photo by Eugene Flash Koepke photo by James Voves photo by Elmer C Johnson photo by Eugene Flash Koepke "Old School Firefighting" The purpose of this section is to promote insight to the tools and equipment that area firefighters had to work with in years past. If you have any photos to add to this section, please email us at submit@metrochicagofire.com       photo by Eugene Flash Koepke photo by James Voves Old School Firefighting  in the Chicago Metro Click the Photo Description to see photo Description Approx Year Photo By Multiple People Trapped on 3rd & 4th Floors CFD 1962 Gene Flash Koepke 4-11 Building Fire CFD 1984 Gene Flash Koepke Tower 5 Operates at Large Building Fire CFD 1984 Gene Flash Koepke Haz-Mat Incident at Factory CFD 1991 Gene Flash Koepke Child is Rescued CFD 1960's Gene Flash Koepke Factory Mill Fire at 26th & California CFD 1960's Gene Flash Koepke Flames Showing at House Fire CFD 1969 Gene Flash Koepke Multiple People Trapped on 3rd & 4th Floors CFD 1962 Gene Flash Koepke 4th Floor Flames Showing CFD 1975 Gene Flash Koepke Opening the Roof CFD 1984 Gene Flash Koepke Pulling Line CFD 1993 Gene Flash Koepke Bowling Alley Fire CFD 1974 Gene Flash Koepke Fire Showing Between Exposures CFD 1978 Gene Flash Koepke 2-11 Building Fire on Division Street CFD 1968 Gene Flash Koepke Downtown Office Fire CFD 1981 Gene Flash Koepke Tower 5 Prepares to Flow at Large Building Fire CFD 1984 Gene Flash Koepke 3-Flat Building Rescue on Wooden Ladder CFD 1960's Gene Flash Koepke 3-11 Factory near Western & Milwaukee Ave CFD 1984 Gene Flash Koepke 5-11 Plus Alarm in the Stockyards CFD 1970 Gene Flash Koepke Below Zero Temperature Fire Scene CFD 1965 Gene Flash Koepke On Scene at Explosion CFD 1983 Gene Flash Koepke House Fire in Park Ridge 1994 Gene Flash Koepke Girl Rescued from 3rd Floor Apartment CFD 1977 Gene Flash Koepke Commercial Jet Airplane on Fire at O'Hare Airport CFD 1981 Gene Flash Koepke "Big John" Working at Factory Mill Fire CFD 1960's Gene Flash Koepke 4-11 Factory Fire CFD 1984 Gene Flash Koepke Fireman Operate Deluge Gun at Large Building Fire CFD 1984 Gene Flash Koepke Firefighters Work to Extricate Accident Victim CFD 1989 Gene Flash Koepke CFD Helicopter 19?? Ted Koston Truck Hauling Cans Accident CFD 1950's James Voves Southport Lumber Fire on North Side CFD 1990 James Voves Cold Night Fireground CFD 1985 James Voves Aerial In The Night CFD 19?? James Voves North Halsted Fire CFD 1988 James Voves Basement Fire in a Bar CFD 1970 James Voves Old Engine 60 CFD 19?? Steve Hagy Cold Aerial Ops CFD 19?? James Voves Old Fire Barn CFD 19?? James Voves Large Building Fire with Collapse CFD 19?? James Voves Fire at 67th & Western CFD 1986 James Voves Engine 13 and Squad 1 CFD 1957 Tribune Archives Sleep quarters, Company 53 CFD 1905 Tribune Archives Fire Boats at Grain Elevator Fire CFD 1939 Unknown Engine 98 CFD 1925 Tribune Archives Engine 97 CFD 1929 Tribune Archives Calument River, Grain Elevator Fire CFD 1939 Tribune Archives Engine 31 CFD ???? Tribune Archives Brookfield House Fire 1950's Elmer C. Johnson Rare Photo of the Deadly Oak Lawn Tornado 1967 Elmer C. Johnson Brookfield Building Fire 1950's Elmer C. Johnson Summit Restaurant Fire 1960's Elmer C. Johnson Summit Building Fire 1960's Elmer C. Johnson Icy Building After Fire 1934 Elmer C. Johnson Court Yard Fire CFD 1979 Gene Flash Koepke Tight Space Fire CFD 1988 Gene Flash Koepke CFD Engine 57 at Large Inferno 1988 Gene Flash Koepke Tower 5 Operating at Building Fire 1982 Gene Flash Koepke Large Building Fire 1982 Gene Flash Koepke IC Train Wreck Rescue 1 1972 Gene Flash Koepke IC Train Wreck Rescue 2 1972 Gene Flash Koepke CTA Train Crash Rescue 1974 Gene Flash Koepke Train Vs Car 1976 Gene Flash Koepke Court Yard Fire 2 CFD 1974 Gene Flash Koepke CFD Apartment Building Fire 1973 Gene Flash Koepke CFD Apartment Building Fire 2 1973 Gene Flash Koepke Office Building Fire 1980 Gene Flash Koepke CFD Factory Inferno 1981 Gene Flash Koepke CFD Engine 14 at Factory Inferno 1981 Gene Flash Koepke Store Explosion 1982 Gene Flash Koepke Factory Fire 1983 Gene Flash Koepke Building Fire 1984 Gene Flash Koepke Click HERE to return to top

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