I dug out a few pics that I thought you might want to see. Still have more to find but this is a start.

Shooting back then with a Canon TL (still have it) film camera AND working/schooling on firefighting was a bit of a trick.

Circa 1977-78 ….

undated images from a fire in a shoe store on State street … with SS1, Engine 42, and Truck 1, the 135′ Morita ladder

 Fred McCahey

This was the first time I ever was pulled into a fire by Lt R Sutherland, “to learn something” as he put it. The pictures were taken after working and coughing my lungs out.

 

Fred McCahey photo

SSI, Engine 42, and Truck 1. Fred McCahey photo

Image of Chicago FD units on State Street in the 1970s. Fred McCahey photo

Fred McCahey photo