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Part 3 of a commentary by Bill Post on the history of the Chicago Fire Department: Part 1 can be found HERE and Part 2 can be found HERE.
While Fire Commissioner Quinn did deploy the six Flying Manpower Squads, he (understandably) decided to keep Snorkel Squad 1 active. Instead, Snorkel 2 was taken out of service, and just under a year before the Maatman Report recommendations were fully implemented, five additional salvage squads were added. When the Flying Manpower Squads were introduced in 1969, Salvage Squad 1—what the consultant had recommended be kept—was retired on May 1, 1969, the same day that Flying Manpower Squad 4 went into service. In fact, they used the old 1954 AutoCar Squad that had previously belonged to Salvage Squad 1.
Rescue 3, which was the remnants of Snorkel Squad 3, also went out of service on that day. Although the 1968 Maatman Report was published in November 1968 and the six recommended Flying Manpower Squads were all operational by November 1969, Fire Commissioner Bob Quinn had not yet removed Snorkel 6 from service, nor had he moved Snorkel 4 from Engine 25 to Engine 67. The south side still had more than one Snorkel assigned, despite Snorkel 2 being retired in February 1969.
On March 9, 1970, Truck 31 was moved from Engine 104’s station on the south loop to a new location on the far southwest side. Snorkel 4 was relocated from Engine 25 to Engine 104 on the same day. Then, on July 7, 1970, a brick wall of a vacant multi-story factory collapsed onto Snorkel 7 as it was still pouring water on smoldering ruins from a 5-11 alarm fire the previous day. Snorkel 7 was completely destroyed, and firefighter Jack Walsh later died from injuries sustained in the collapse. Snorkel 7 was never replaced, leaving Snorkel 5 as the only Snorkel on the north side.
A few months later, in early 1971, the fire department’s consultant Gerald Maatman released a follow-up report reviewing the department’s compliance with the 1968 report. While many of the recommendations had been followed, some had not. Because Quinn had chosen to keep Snorkel Squad 1 active and had instead removed Snorkel 2 and Salvage Squad 1, the consultant suggested relocating Snorkel Squad 1 to Engine 5’s station. However, this recommendation was ignored, and Snorkel Squad 1 remained at 1044 N. Orleans for the duration of Quinn’s tenure.
The 1971 Maatman report also recommended establishing a seventh Flying Manpower Squad at Engine 108’s location on the far northwest side. This squad, known as Flying Manpower Squad 5, was meant to cover the area from Engine 7 and Truck 58. But instead of being stationed there, it was placed at Engine 114’s old station on Fullerton and Central Park, which was too far southeast to effectively serve the northwest side.
The Flying Manpower Squads were using outdated pumpers from the 1940s and 1950s and lacked the proper equipment as outlined in the 1968 report. Maatman had specified exact types and amounts of equipment each squad should carry, along with detailed apparatus specifications. Meanwhile, six salvage squads were still active, and the consultant had advised removing Salvage Squads 6 and 7, as their coverage overlapped with the Flying Squads, causing redundancy.
Additionally, two truck companies, 43 and 46, which had been recommended for removal in prior reports, were still active. Their space had been designated for Snorkel companies, but they remained in service. It was again recommended that these trucks be taken out of service.
Snorkel 4 was supposed to move to Engine 67 (Truck 46), and Snorkel 7 was to relocate to Engine 110 (Truck 43) alongside Flying Squad 6. However, because these trucks were still active, the relocation couldn’t happen. On November 16, 1971, both Trucks 43 and 46 were finally removed, and Snorkel 6 was moved from Engine 46 on the southeast side to Engine 110 on the north side. Snorkel 6 had originally been recommended for retirement, but due to the loss of Snorkel 7 in 1970, it was instead relocated.
Snorkel 4 wasn’t moved to Engine 67 until June 1972. After that, only Snorkel 3 remained on the south side, while Snorkel 4 was now stationed on the far west side. It became ironic that there were now two Snorkels on the north side, one on the west, and only one on the south. Downtown had only Snorkel Squad 1 with its 50-foot ladder on the near north side. Snorkel 5 was located in a high-fire area, and Snorkel 6 was just west of another high-risk zone.
Because the south side had no second Snorkel, Snorkel 5 would automatically be dispatched to assist Snorkel 3 on Still and Box alarms. Snorkel 5 wasn’t relocated to Engine 5 (from Engine 57) until January 1975, bringing it closer to the south side by placing it in the west loop. Two years later, in 1977, it was moved again to Engine 23 on the west side. It wasn’t until April 1981 that the south side regained a second Snorkel when Snorkel 4, using a 1975 Hendrickson Pierce 55-foot Snorkel, was deployed to Engine 123.
One month later, Snorkel 3 was renumbered as Snorkel 5 to match its new fire district and was relocated to Engine 72. In May 1981, all Snorkels were renumbered and relocated to align with the five new fire districts that replaced the seven old divisions on April 11, 1981. Snorkel 5 became Snorkel 1, Snorkel 4 became Snorkel 2, Snorkel 6 became Snorkel 3, and Snorkel 3 became Snorkel 5. Snorkel Squad 1 was taken out of service on October 3, 1980.
So, Mike, Commissioner Quinn had literally saved Snorkel Squad 1 from being retired in 1969 and delayed the relocation of other Snorkels. But after Snorkel 7 was destroyed, he had to move Snorkel 6 to the north side. Again, the city didn’t want to hire more firefighters after 1967, so Maatman was tasked with finding ways to operate the department on the same budget without hiring more personnel.
Some of his recommendations were beneficial, such as adding K-12 saws, ladder pipes, and multi-versals to trucks, as well as air masks on engines and trucks. However, the CFD was slow to implement these changes, and it wasn’t until the late 1970s and early 1980s that most of them were adopted. In some areas, the CFD lagged behind other departments.
Many of the new fire stations built in the 1970s were based on Maatman’s recommendations. For example, Engine 70 and Truck 47’s new station was suggested in 1968. If the city had been willing to hire more firefighters, the report wouldn’t have had to suggest reducing company sizes or cutting special units.
By the way, did you know that in 1968, the last full year that Snorkel Squad 3 and Snorkel Squad 2 were active, they were the busiest in Chicago? Snorkel Squad 3 responded to 5,952 incidents, and Snorkel Squad 2 had 5,117 calls.
This wasn’t bad considering that Snorkel Squad 3 hadn’t used a Snorkel since January 1967, and Snorkel Squad 2 had stopped using one by mid-1968. At that time, all types of squads were automatically dispatched to still alarms with engines and trucks, often resulting in “hold the squad†messages and turnbacks.
Since the Snorkel Squads were the only ones equipped with K-12 saws, multi-versals, and back-mounted air masks, they would respond to every 2-11 alarm citywide. In 1967 and 1968, power saws were first installed on truck companies, and multi-versals on engines, reducing the need for Snorkel Squads for basic tools. Air masks weren’t added to engines and trucks until the late 1970s.