Chicago Fire Department Academy engine operating as Ilinois Engine 2 at a fire in the lower Ninth Ward, New Orleans, on 10/5/05. The Chicago Fire department sent an engine and ladder truck to New Orleans during the Hurricane Katrina response in 2005. Illinois Engine 2 has a line off being operated by MABAS/CFD members working under the auspices of a FDNY Battalion Chief who was operating under a NOFD District Chief. Not pictured are four members of the Oregon National Guard assigned to protect the apparatus and hydrant hookup.
Posted on: Sun, 05 Oct 2014 23:39:43 +0000