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Mike, you hit the nail right on the head. Financial constraints were a significant challenge for the Chicago Fire Department during the 1960s. During this period, especially in the early 1960s until late 1966 or early 1967, the department focused primarily on purchasing specialized equipment. This meant acquiring things like the Magirus 144-foot and 100-foot aerial ladders, Snorkels, Snorkel Squads, Fog Pressure Wagons, the original helicopter (441), jet boats, ambulances, and chief buggies.
The city was in dire need of financial support to upgrade its aging fleet. In response, the City of Chicago launched a campaign to convince voters to approve a bond issue in 1966/67 to secure the necessary funds for much-needed infrastructure improvements, including new fire trucks. I remember watching a special half-hour TV program on Channel 9 that highlighted the urgent need for these upgrades. On the show, Commissioner Robert J. Quinn remarked, "I don't see how the voters can deny us the resources we need to buy new fire apparatus." Our equipment was outdated—some of our tractor-trailer hook and ladders dated back to the 1920s.
Thankfully, the bond issue passed. Regarding Snorkel Company 1, Commissioner Quinn saw a need for a new Snorkel Squad on the bustling West Side. He transformed Snorkel 1 into Snorkel Squad 3 and bought three Fog Pressure Wagons on longer chassis to serve as backup units for the newly formed Snorkel Squads. Snorkel Squad 3 officially began operations on May 16th, 1965, at the firehouse on 2858 W. Fillmore. This location had previously housed Engine 66 and Squad 7. Engine 66 was relocated to Engine Company 44, while Squad 7 was decommissioned. Another reason Quinn didn't purchase a replacement for Snorkel 1 was the lack of available space on the West Side. For instance, to make room for Snorkel Squad 3, Engine 66 had to move out, and Squad 7—a top-tier squad company—was shut down. Quinn believed replacing it with a Snorkel Squad made more sense. Squad 3, which was originally stationed with Engine 61, was located just a mile and a half away from Engine 60, Truck 37, and Snorkel Squad 2. However, Squad 3 remained operational because Snorkel Squad 2 had ample space in its new station. The same couldn't be said for the West Side.
Snorkel Company 1, the smallest of the bunch at 50 feet, was transferred from Engine 50 on the South Side to Engine 109 on the West Side. Engine 109’s station was the only one in the 2nd Division with enough room for a Snorkel, albeit barely. Given that Engine 109 was a two-bay station housing Truck 32, which had a 1954 FWD tillered aerial ladder with an 85-foot wooden ladder, there simply wasn’t much extra space. Snorkel 1’s shorter length and lack of a long front overhang allowed it to squeeze into Engine 109’s limited quarters.
The South Side wasn’t much better off in terms of accommodating larger vehicles during the early 1960s. Divisions 4, 5, and 7 covered the area. Division 5, located on the far Southeast Side, had enough room for Snorkel 6 at Engine 46’s station thanks to its spacious apparatus bays. Division 7, covering the Southwest Side, had Engine 84’s station as the sole option, located near Halsted south of 57th Street. After Snorkel 3 was moved from Engine 50’s station to Engine 84’s house in 1962, there was no Snorkel assigned to Division 4 until October 28, 1964, when Snorkel 2 was finally relocated to the newly opened Engine 28 station. Prior to that, Snorkels 2 and 4 were stationed less than a mile apart for over three years due to insufficient space in numerous firehouses across the city.
This is part one of a three-part article.
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