CHICAGO CIVIL DEFENSE - CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT

Welcome to ChicagoCivilDefense.org - Fire & Rescue Unit / Chicago Fire Department - E.P.D.S. website. Dedicated to Robert J.Quinn, Fire Commissioner & Acting Director and ALL former members of the Chicago Civil Defense / Chicago Fire Dept. - E.P.D.S. Volunteer Unit (1958 - 1989)

1. HOMEPAGE

2. MEMBERS PAGE

3. REUNION PARTY PHOTO'S

4. CD/EPDS CO. QTRS. PICS

5. APPARATUS PHOTO'S CD

6. APPARATUS PICS E.P.D.S

7. FIRE & RESCUE PHOTO'S

8. MISC. PHOTO'S PAGE

9. ENGINE CO. 87 CLUB

10. CD/EPDS MEMORABILIA

11. Fire Museum Chicago

12. SPARKY THE CLOWN

12a. SPARKY'S PHOTO'S

13. NEWSPAPER STORIES

14. CFD NEWS MEDIA

15. WTTW Dig. Archive's

16. HISTORY OF CHICAGO CD

17. Quinns 1959 Report

18. Johnsons 1959 Report

19. CLASSIC DOCUMENT'S

20. CFD ORDER'S-ARCHIVE'S

21. LINKS & CONTACT'S

22. CHICAGO DISASTERS

22a. Bulk Term.Acid Leak

22b. Stockyard Fire 1910

22c. Iroquois Theater

22d. Eastland Ship

22e. Our Lady Of Angels

22f. 1992 Tunnel Flood

22g. Chicago EL Mishaps

23. S. Redick CFD PICS

23a. S. Redick CFD PICS

23b. S. Redick Misc Depts

23c. S.Redick Misc Depts

24. M.A.B.A.S. & Div. 3

25. C.F.D. VIDEO'S

25a. C.F.D. VIDEO'S

25b. C.F.D. VIDEO'S MEDIA

26. C.F.D. COMPANY QTRS.

27. C.F.D. AIR SEA RESCUE

28. HISTORY OF THE C.F.D.

29. C.F.D. PHOTO'S

29a. C.F.D. PHOTO'S

29b. C.F.D. PHOTO'S

29c. C.F.D. PHOTO'S

29d. C.F.D. PHOTO'S

30. C.F.D. FIRE COMM.

31. C.F.D. Radio Freq's.

32. O.E.M.C. PAGE

33. C.P.D. Zone 12 Radio

34. F.D.N.Y.
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A HISTORIC WEBSITE FOR CURRENT EVENTS
AND PAST HISTORY OF THE FORMER VOLUNTEER
CHICAGO CIVIL DEFENSE - FIRE & RESCUE AND
 CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT - E.P.D.S.
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & DISASTER SERVICES) UNIT,
ALONG WITH THE FIREFIGHTER'S OF THE CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT


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/ O.E.M.C. Center,
 (Main, Englewood Offices & Citywide Fire, w/ CTA Fire
and E.M.S. Services in Digital UHF & UHF).

Also with local news media 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.  Included are links to purchase
 your own Chicago Fire Department memorabilia on
  EBay plus much more!

This website is  NOT affiliated with the
City of Chicago nor the
Chicago Fire Department.


1905 - 1979
 
LIVE C.F.D. Audio in P25 Digital

Listen to both  LIVE  C.F.D.  feeds at the
same time by CLICKING on this link.
 
http://www.chicagofd.org/cfdfirecommunication.html
 
NOW WITH ALPHA TAGS
> Main, Englewood & Citywide Fire Digital <
Chicago Fire Dept.
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Main F.A.O./North, Englewood F.A.O./South,
& Citywide Fire in Digital P25 UHF
 
[ WPSG 985 ]
 
NOTE:  When Citywide Fire is used for an E.M.S. event, switch
to the  ChicagoFire and EMS feed   to monitor this feed!

This is done to keep the radio traffic on Main & Englewood, to fire
related services only and not to tie up air traffic with EMS calls!
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The History of the Chicago Civil Defense 
Chicago Fire Department - E.P.D.S. Unit 

 January 1, 1958 - July 23, 1989

In 1957, then Chicago Fire Commissioner Robert J. Quinn had an idea.  He knew of six heavy duty rescue trucks that the Federal Government had supplied the city, to use as they saw fit.  The rescue vehicles were all brand new, fully equipped but just sitting idle in City of Chicago garages, collecting dust and waiting for the big one.  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 then born.

The first day the unit was in service, members responded to a major extra-alarm fire at 54 E. Hubbard St.  It was immediately known from that point on, that the organization could play a vital role in the non-hazardous duties at fire scenes and other disasters within the city and the outlying suburbs.

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Document
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(9/28/2014)
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The Annual 5-11 Club Inc. Muster

will be on Saturday June 20, 2015

at the Robert J. Quinn Fire Academy
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go directly to the C.F.D. Media
page on Twitter, with all of the
 latest C.F.D. information with
 photos of fires, accidents, etc.
March 2015 Video's Of The Month - 2003 E2 Nightclub & Station Nightclub Disasters
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 Classic C.F.D. Images of
The 1950's and 1960's
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 Suburban  Chicago Fire  Rigs At Work
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Chicago  Fire  Rigs  At  Work
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(9/01/2014)
C.F.D. - 2015 Firefighter's Shift Calendar
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Document
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ALL Chicago Fire Department Classic Audio & Video's at YouTube.com
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ChicagoFD1 Channel
 
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