Because it wasn't built for an engine that size. I'm gonna guess and say that station went up in the '40s, maybe early '50s. We're finally getting rid of some of those sized stations here in Los Angeles.
This was engine 18 before filming, 17 in the film then after filming it went back into service but as engine 69. Engine 18 now is the home of Chicago fire engine 51 (which was also on backdraft)
These engines were refurbished by Ron Howard for the film Backdraft. They were original Chicago fire department engines and when the filming was over, he gave them back to the city.
this was in the 90's pre-1996 when the new 911 center opened up. this particular engine was used in the movie Backdraft (from what the guys working there told me back in 1994).
@@CharlesEzakichi pretty cool. It looks just like Engine 17 from Backdraft. Was it in the final scene when they had all those trucks outside the industrial fire?
@@STALKYNOTE we're still running a 1974 Bean cab over engine with 4 on the floor has a 532 CI V8 gas. Our tanker is a Ford 9000 with a 2 stroke Detroit diesel.
The technology and truck still made it out in great time. Very very tight fit!!!! Wonder how many Star Bars got replaced....... And wow snow and ice just woop her out on the boulevard!!!!!!!!!
That looks so old, the dispatchers used to just to wear their clothes and there was no uniform to wear except if you worked at a station and there was a microphone that ran to the specific firehouse
Wondering, & trying to find online how when the Master key was blown the second set of final box number transmissions went over the alarm line, figuring, as the Gamewell indicator, there was, at the split of circuits in the key line, a mechanism that would slowly switch over, magnetized, timed so that the two final sequences of a box number rang the house bells, as the total four blasted over the Joker line, if I read correctly, the operator able to switch off the Joker & alarm circuits of certain houses, and use the smaller set of sounders for a group of stations over the Joker line sounders.
That was Richard "Dick" Vernon from the Breakfast Club, moonlighting with Chicago FD. We know he wasn't driving because he would've stopped for the stop sign. WTF!
God damn I've seen a few old salts retire but he tops them. To think I was probably a small human when he retired (maybe even before, at 28). I'm lucky to have driven 70/80/90's era trucks. 2000 and newer are pretty common but those older ones are few and far between.
This is from 1990-1996. Engine 69 seen in the video was a Ward LaFrance P80 Ambassador rebuilt in 1990 with an enclosed Ranger crew cab and E-One body. There were six identical trucks with various Engine companies and the last was withdrawn from Chicago FD service in 1996. That engine was one of I believe two Ward/Ranger rigs to portray Engine 17 in the movie Backdraft
GoNuts4Donuts engine 69s truck was engine 17 in the movie, there was another one like this they used for engine 51 this likely had to be after backdraft was filmed
@@LancasterResponding No there is footage of them at the fire as mentioned above...It was taken down wish we still had it around...there were other companies at the fire as well
Don’t quote me, not a CFD historian, but if i recall correctly in the days pre1996 just the closest station was initially dispatched, and if the company arrived on scene to a working fire then they would upgrade it
Most likely they were marked as a first due engine company. When the engine arrives on scene, the Lieutenant on the engine establishes on scene command and gives a size up, analyzing the structural integrity of the building, how many floors, how many people are inside. Once the size up has been completed then the lieutenant calls for a truck company to assist the Engine company with ventilation and entry, once the Truck company arrives, the Ladder lieutenant instructs their crew to ventilate and make forced entry into the building with the Engine Company. Once entry has been established, their next job is to begin a search inside for any occupants that could be trapped inside. Once all residents are safely accounted for, the Engine lieutenant calls for an ambulance while the engine crew go interior with a 2" line and combat the fire from the inside. Once the fire has been extinguished, The Engine and Truck lieutenant instruct their crews to start overhaul procedures, such as gathering up lines, unhooking from the hydrant, using the pike pole to check for possible hotspots, etc. Once overhaul procedures have been completed, both the Engine and Ladder company lieutenants will terminate their command and return to quarters while the ambulance transports to the hospital.
@@brendanstovall9489 Don't watch the show anymore. I know in the earlier seasons they used the Motorola Spectra, and later switched to the Federal Signal Smart Siren.
I see either two backdraft Easter eggs or two backdraft Easter egg spoofs at 0:19 when they say 69 hello 69 it is similar to station 51 in backdraft when Brian is " showing Jennifer the fire truck" you have to listen very closely to the speaker and at 0:27 IS THAT ADCOX!!!
@@robertbrooks7001 - Yeah so, it still doesn't make him a better driver. What I saw was a very unsafe driver, driving a machine with probably 750 gallons of extra weight which makes it very hard to stop in time.
Engine 69
Nice.
I was looking for this comment specifically. Good job.
It’s got a “tight fit”
Holy shit, your comment has 69 likes right now. I won't ruin it.
@@Schorschi081bad news but somebody just had to have their finger on the button
112 what’s your emergency?
@0:41 someone's grandpa escaping the nursing home by driving an engine.
I’m sure there are still small rural areas that still use this type of equipment, and I love it!
Backdraft 1991 and The Fugitive 1993.!!!
No one gonna talk about how the engine barely squeezes out.
That moment when you back in the wrong way and clip the mirror,
Trash trucks DOT and more, And some roblox CHIEF I SWEAR THE GARAGE GOT SMALLER
OwO it barely fits
Because it wasn't built for an engine that size. I'm gonna guess and say that station went up in the '40s, maybe early '50s. We're finally getting rid of some of those sized stations here in Los Angeles.
@@randymcnary308 Not even close. That station was probably built in the late 1800’s.
Damn those engines were the same model used in Back Draft...lol
@salopio salo great info, thanks!
they used the out or service engines i’m pretty sure which would be these engines lol
That IS the EXACT engine from Backdraft!
Nooooooooo??????? I woulda never noticed if you hadn't said that. What's lol worthy anyway? Backdraft sucked!
This was engine 18 before filming, 17 in the film then after filming it went back into service but as engine 69.
Engine 18 now is the home of Chicago fire engine 51 (which was also on backdraft)
These engines were refurbished by Ron Howard for the film Backdraft. They were original Chicago fire department engines and when the filming was over, he gave them back to the city.
That was so nice of him. Love that movie since I was a kid! CFD
Wow some old school electro mechanical stuff there. 80's?
this was in the 90's pre-1996 when the new 911 center opened up. this particular engine was used in the movie Backdraft (from what the guys working there told me back in 1994).
The way they answer 911 back then
@@CharlesEzakichi pretty cool. It looks just like Engine 17 from Backdraft. Was it in the final scene when they had all those trucks outside the industrial fire?
@@bryce6744 it could have been, they had tow of these that they used for engine 17 in the movie.
February 7, 1994
Love that sound of the Detroit Diesel.
Love old school CFD
also me
The double battery switches and push button start for the engine.
That's what we had at my old fire department in 2012 lol. I think the engine was like a 96. Cant remember the make.
@@STALKYNOTE we're still running a 1974 Bean cab over engine with 4 on the floor has a 532 CI V8 gas. Our tanker is a Ford 9000 with a 2 stroke Detroit diesel.
The phone I am watching this on is has more memory and computing speed than everything in this video...
Yet everything in this video is better than your phone.
@@lt.mike22 uh......ok.
They didn't need to call a box, engine 17 is on the job !
Drop two and hold da Squad!
Damn that engineer looks to be pushing 70 lol
The technology and truck still made it out in great time. Very very tight fit!!!! Wonder how many Star Bars got replaced....... And wow snow and ice just woop her out on the boulevard!!!!!!!!!
Gotta love the old school Ward
Awesome video
WoW very cool, blast from the past
Great video
That looks so old, the dispatchers used to just to wear their clothes and there was no uniform to wear except if you worked at a station and there was a microphone that ran to the specific firehouse
Ledgend has it that engineer is still sendin it with the CFD!
Legend *
Wondering, & trying to find online how when the Master key was blown the second set of final box number transmissions went over the alarm line, figuring, as the Gamewell indicator, there was, at the split of circuits in the key line, a mechanism that would slowly switch over, magnetized, timed so that the two final sequences of a box number rang the house bells, as the total four blasted over the Joker line, if I read correctly, the operator able to switch off the Joker & alarm circuits of certain houses, and use the smaller set of sounders for a group of stations over the Joker line sounders.
I miss the old school stuff...
That was Richard "Dick" Vernon from the Breakfast Club, moonlighting with Chicago FD. We know he wasn't driving because he would've stopped for the stop sign. WTF!
Wow! A UA-cam video shot about 15 years before UA-cam!
Awesome!!!
Jack Lee, one of my mentors on the job.
Which one is Jack?
@@robertbrooks7001 He's the guy answering on the "one-arm".
As soon as he said "Fire" one of my apps told me there was a vehicle fire right after. Spooked.
Same engine from Backdraft as Engine 17.
I still like the old school dispatching fire departments now these days your phone is a radio scanner for fire calls and there going off at anytime
OG driving like a boss!!
Yeah! He didn't even stop for the stop sign and drove into oncoming traffic. Omg
@@mr.joseph7806 Like Kentland Fire Department in Maryland.
@@enriquerobinson9286 is that where the fire truck was broad sided by the other fire truck?
@@mr.joseph7806 I will have to look it up, don't know for sure.
@@mr.joseph7806 but they do wrecked a lot of apparatus
I dare you to turn on English captions at the very beginning 😂😂😂😂
Haha nice catch.
Funny!!
What the....???
God damn I've seen a few old salts retire but he tops them. To think I was probably a small human when he retired (maybe even before, at 28). I'm lucky to have driven 70/80/90's era trucks. 2000 and newer are pretty common but those older ones are few and far between.
What?so you have driven 70s, 80s , 90s and 2000s era trucks?
@@bradleydunn3640 yes
One engine for a basement fire.
Nice
engine 69
nice
Wicked accent love it
What accent? I ain't got no accent! YOUUU got da fuqqin accent! 😂😂
what a tight fit in the garage
Anybody know the Alarm Operators?
Firetruck number nice
nice
Does anyone have the full video of this which goes on to show the actual incident? Seen it online once but now I can’t seem to find it again. Thanks
It's on daily motion. Google Chicago E 69, or the address they give out.
It's different not seeing ladder 46 and that same engine with the number 17 on it.
Back in the time when they really made a hurry
What year was this filmed.
Fuck , that truck coming outta that building reminds me of the day after burrito night !
Tight squeeeeeeze
Seems to work faster than cad does today
No shit...
What for a car is this
Ward LaFrance. To bad they went out of business
American Lafrance as well. Although 21st Century ALF was crap compared to the likes of the American LaFrance 700 and Century series rigs.
@@gonuts4donuts Agree
@@gonuts4donuts yes, the original ALFs were great trucks. The newer ones not so much.
@@brianverbanickjr.5551 yes, for sure!
Great video. What year is it from?
Early/mid 80s im guessing
@@turtledude553 Cool, thanks!
This is from 1990-1996. Engine 69 seen in the video was a Ward LaFrance P80 Ambassador rebuilt in 1990 with an enclosed Ranger crew cab and E-One body. There were six identical trucks with various Engine companies and the last was withdrawn from Chicago FD service in 1996. That engine was one of I believe two Ward/Ranger rigs to portray Engine 17 in the movie Backdraft
GoNuts4Donuts engine 69s truck was engine 17 in the movie, there was another one like this they used for engine 51 this likely had to be after backdraft was filmed
February 7, 1994
good video, too short
I would do everything to ride on engine 6-9
69 nice
One engine for a basement fire? I thought that would get a CFD still alarm at a minimum.
Because of the way the dispatcher was talking to the caller and stuff I assume that this was staged. It
@@LancasterResponding No there is footage of them at the fire as mentioned above...It was taken down wish we still had it around...there were other companies at the fire as well
Don’t quote me, not a CFD historian, but if i recall correctly in the days pre1996 just the closest station was initially dispatched, and if the company arrived on scene to a working fire then they would upgrade it
@@RbD169Productions You may be right, got my thinking now.
Yes, even in the early 90's a still alarm would have been 2 engines 2 trucks and a chief.
What is year?
We gonna talk ab how they only sent one engine to a structure fire
Most likely they were marked as a first due engine company.
When the engine arrives on scene, the Lieutenant on the engine establishes on scene command and gives a size up, analyzing the structural integrity of the building, how many floors, how many people are inside. Once the size up has been completed then the lieutenant calls for a truck company to assist the Engine company with ventilation and entry, once the Truck company arrives, the Ladder lieutenant instructs their crew to ventilate and make forced entry into the building with the Engine Company.
Once entry has been established, their next job is to begin a search inside for any occupants that could be trapped inside. Once all residents are safely accounted for, the Engine lieutenant calls for an ambulance while the engine crew go interior with a 2" line and combat the fire from the inside.
Once the fire has been extinguished, The Engine and Truck lieutenant instruct their crews to start overhaul procedures, such as gathering up lines, unhooking from the hydrant, using the pike pole to check for possible hotspots, etc. Once overhaul procedures have been completed, both the Engine and Ladder company lieutenants will terminate their command and return to quarters while the ambulance transports to the hospital.
No one gonna talk about 69..?
Barely anyone noticed that it was engine 69💀🤣
Lookit all the young faces! And heads full of hair! 😉👍
This Was from 1970-1996
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Was this 1968?
0:08 "You ____ for the fire dept." what does he say?
You watch for the fire department
@@donovan9356 that makes more sense XD
“Watch for the fire department, get out of the building”?
Watch
Anyone know that siren, it's not a normal federal q?
It's a federal signal pa300
@@pafireenthusiast8486 thanks
@@pafireenthusiast8486 I'm also trying to figure out what siren they use in the Chicago Fire TV series
@@brendanstovall9489 Don't watch the show anymore. I know in the earlier seasons they used the Motorola Spectra, and later switched to the Federal Signal Smart Siren.
@@pafireenthusiast8486 ah ok
911 fire fireman😁😁😁👍👍🚒🚒🚒🚒🚒🚒🚒🚑🚑🚒🚔
69 comments engine 69
What are you in the 1400's? Quality is kinda bad
I see either two backdraft Easter eggs or two backdraft Easter egg spoofs at 0:19 when they say 69 hello 69 it is similar to station 51 in backdraft when Brian is " showing Jennifer the fire truck" you have to listen very closely to the speaker and at 0:27 IS THAT ADCOX!!!
That’s crazy! Imagine that, things in the movie about the Chicago FD look like things in the Chicago FD, wild!
Moron.
One engine for a basement fire??????
I bet all those guys are dead by now
Hehe.. 69
Wonder how many accidents that driver has had in his career not clearing intersections especially on wet surfaces like this one was?
He was whipping it...
That dude is old enough to have driven a horse drawn wagon so i doubt he cares, lol.
@@TR-Mead - he's actually 29 years old, he just looks older from driving that way. LOL
He was driving before you so...
@@robertbrooks7001 - Yeah so, it still doesn't make him a better driver. What I saw was a very unsafe driver, driving a machine with probably 750 gallons of extra weight which makes it very hard to stop in time.
69 nice