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


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 UPDATED REGULARLY!

1905 - 1979
 

The History of the Chicago Civil Defense and
the Chicago Fire Department's - E.P.D.S. Unit


October 1957  -  July 24, 1989 
 


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, 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 born.


(CLICK anywhere on the above paragraph to LINK to the complete story)

LIVE C.F.D. Streaming Audio (analog/vhf)
LIVE C.F.D. Streaming Audio (analog/vhf)

 ATTN.  DEPT.

 
Effective Sunday April 15, 2012 at 0800 hrs.
E.M.S. will switch over from analog UHF
to the new DIGITAL UHF system.

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CLICK on image to go to the Fire Museum of Greater Chicago webpage
The Fire Museum Of Greater Chicago
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CLICK on either icon to left and
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.


LIVE STREAMING AUDIO
OF  NORTHERN
COOK COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENTS,
 INCLUDING M.A.B.A.S. - DIVISION  3.


Frequency
STATE WIDE MUTUAL AID 154.265
Fire Ground Red 153.830
Fire Ground White 154.280
 
Departments Stations Frequency County
North Maine FPD 1 159.660 Cook
Niles Fire Dept. 2-3 159.660 Cook
Morton Grove 4-5 159.660 Cook
Glenview 6-7, 13-14 159.795 Cook
Prospect Heights 9 & 39 159.660 Cook
Northbrook 10-12 159.660 Cook
Lincolnwood 15 159.660 Cook
Skokie 16-18 159.195 Cook
Deerfield-Bannockburn 19-20 159.660 Lake
Evanston 21-25 155.6925 Cook
Wheeling 23-24 159.660 Cook
Wilmette 27-28 159.660 Cook
Winnetka 28 159.660 Cook
Northfield 29 151.010 Cook
Glencoe 30 151.010 Cook
Highland Park 32-34 154.160 Cook/Lake
Park Ridge 35-36 154.340 Cook
Highwood 37 159.660 Lake
Lincolnshire FPD 51-53 159.660 Lake
Long Grove FPD 55 159.660 Lake

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C.F.D.
 
Promotion Personnel
Order No. 2012-04

 

04/30/2012

(Posted 5/01/2012)
Document
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(Posted 4/11/2012)
Document
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Posted 01/04/2012
Document
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FF/PM Christopher D. Wheatley
Memorial Foundation

Document
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CLICK on above image to link with the Wheatley Foundation
CLICK on above image to link with Sparkys Page
CLICK on above image to link with the Official FDNY website
CLICK on above image to link with 9-11 Ground Zero photos from Google
CLICK on above image to link with the Unofficial Website of the FDNY
(Posted 5/06/2012)
  
American Airlines
Flight 191 Crash
May 25, 1979
Video from
Channel 7 Eyewitness News

(Posted 4/21/2012)
 
Made In America
From The Travel Channel
 
The Hurst  (The Jaws of Life)

NEW  NEW  NEW

NOW  AVAILABLE  FOR 
DOWNLOAD TO  YOUR 
I-PHONE,  I-PAD  OR   I-TOUCH


CLICK on the link below to go to the I-Tunes website to view

http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id483396144


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NEW   NEW   NEW

Classic C.F.D. Images of
The 1950's and 1960's
By Steve & Warren Redick







CLICK on any IMAGE
on LEFT to link with
BLURB.com bookstore to
view and purchase your copy

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MIDWEST FIREHOUSE'S & APPARATUS PHOTO's on MidwestFireDepts.SmugMug.com
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KSC711SMUGMUG.com - Fire Department Photos
ALL Chicago Fire Department Classic Audio & Video's at YouTube.com
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ChicagoFD 1 Video Channel
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Chicago Fire Department Channel
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ChicagoFD2 Audio Channel
Please help pay the monthly hosting cost for the CFD LIVE STREAMING AUDIO link, that ChicagoFD.org website pays each month.
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Chicago Fire Department items sold on EBAY
This website is NOT affiliated with the City of Chicago
nor the Chicago Fire Department.

This is the OFFICIAL website of the former Chicago Civil Defense
Fire & Rescue Division/Chicago Fire Dept. - E.P.D.S. Unit.


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Check daily for the newest updates.

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affiliated with the City of Chicago.
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This is the OFFICIAL website of the former Chicago Civil Defense
Fire & Rescue Division/Chicago Fire Dept. - E.P.D.S. Unit.


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or document's to this website, is encouraged to
contact this website at the SUBMIT link below, or 
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us at the CONTACT US link below.

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Last Updated  - Friday 05/18/2012
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