im not sure how to do a link to you tube vids but discovered this recently ..." new york &chicago (1930s-1940s) " name on channel is Nass many old street driving movies colorized from all over the country. if anyone can do a link i think many would enjoy this.
The Chicago Fire Department, one of the first (or the very first) Fire Departments to use the Snorkel when fighting a fire in the exterior attack mode of fire fighting. Once the fire is coming out the roof, an interior attack is too risky for the firefighters, and at this point, little to be gained on overcoming what will most likely become a future parking lot...
Chicago’s Fire Commissioner Quinn saw a crew trimming trees using a “bucket truck” and he had the Fire Dept. garage modify one for fire fighting. Shortly after being put in service the boom was lettered “Quinn’s Snorkel”, so yes, Chicago had the first. Quinn served the FD for just under 50 years.
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