Steve Redick submitted several historic images from fire scenes in Chicago representing a period from 1958 to the early 1980s. Images as noted were taken by Steve or his father Warren Redick, a retired who retired from the CFD as a battalion chief.
A silhouette of a CFD engine at a 5-11 Alarm fire in September of 1958. This was a vacant building in the stockyards near 42nd Street and marshfield. Warren Redick photo
A tractor-drawn aerial prepares to go to work at a 5-11 Alarm fire at the old International Harvester works at 26th and Rockwell in Chicago. Warren Redick photo
A 5-11 Alarm fire at Lawrence and Broadway on Chicago’s north side in July of 1958 with multiple Mack engines and a tractor-drawn aerial with a wooden ladder. Warren Redick photo
Chicago Engine 110 using an L-Model Mack fire engine is working at at 5-11 Alarm fire in July of 1958. Warren Redick photo
The old and new working side by side in this photo at a fire south of Chicago’s Loop in February of 1959 shows a water tower and the first Snorkel using elevated master streams. Warren Redick photo
Chicago Engine 103 at the 5-11 Alarm fire at the old International Harvester works at 26th and Rockwell in Chicago. Warren Redick photo
Chicago Tower Ladder 23 with an E-ONE Hurricane tower ladder setting up at harry’s Lumber, a 5-11 Alarm fire at Northwest highway and Harlem. Steve Redick photo
Chicago Engine 110 using an American LaFrance Century Series engine at a 5-11 Alarm fire at Harry’s Lumber Company on Chicago’s northwest side. Steve Redick photo
Love seeing the vintage photos from cities around the country. Makes me wish I lived in that era and photographing the work load fought by many brave men.
Neat to see the old picture of 110. My grandfather was engineer in that rig at the time of this fire. He retired from 110 in ’62 (?)