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Chicago fire boat Victor L. Schlaeger. The Victor L. Schlaeger was a fireboat operated by the Chicago Fire Department from 1949 to 2010. [1] While the city of Chicago had once operated nine powered fireboats, in the early 20th century, towards the end of her working life the Schlaeger was Chicago's sole large fireboat.
Chicago Fire Department fireboat Christopher Wheatley (2015) The Christopher Wheatley is a fireboat delivered to the Chicago Fire Department in 2011. [1] [2] [3] When she was delivered in April 2011, she was the first new fireboat to serve the city in sixty years. She replaced the Victor L. Schlaeger.
According to Fire Strikes the Chicago Stock Yards the Joseph Medill and Graeme Stewart were built in the same yard in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, at the same time, and were "twins". [5] Fred A. Busse: 1937: 1981: Converted to an excursion boat. [2] Joseph Medill: 1948: The 1948 Joseph Medill was a sister ship to the Victor L. Schlaeger. [6] Now wreck ...
The James J. Versluis is a tugboat operated by the Chicago Water Department. [1] She is 90 feet (27 m) long, and built in 1957. [2] James J. Versluis with the Chicago Skyline on the horizon. She was named after a former director of the Water Department. [3]
The Chicago Fire Department created an annual award in Blackmon's name, given to firefighter candidates who were perceived to have shown leadership. [2] On July 31, 2017, Blackmon's family participated in the christening of new fireboat, named after Blackmon. [5] [6]
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According to Fire Strikes the Chicago Stock Yards the Joseph Medill and Graeme Stewart were built in the same yard in Manitowoc, at the same time, and were "twins". [2] In 1963 crewmember Thomas McKnight was knocked overboard during a celebratory display of her water cannons. [5] [6] Other crew members didn't notice, and McKnight drowned.
The Illinois was a fireboat operated by the Chicago Fire Department. [1] She was commissioned in 1888, and she was then described as the most powerful fireboat afloat. [2] She was one of the first fireboats to have a steel hull at a time when other fireboats were built of wood.