Tag result for article published on Sun March 04 2012 9:31 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Chicago, Chicago Fire, Chicago Fire Department, Chicago Fire Department response, Chicago Fire Department Squad 1, Chicago Fire Department Squad 5, Chicago Fire pilot, Chicago firehouse, Chicago pilot, Chicago television series, Dick Wolf, Dick Wolf Films, Engine 42, Illinois Street, Law and Order, Miami Vice, Squad 1, Wolf Films
Casting information is starting to take shape for the television pilot ‘Chicago Fire’ — an NBC pilot that focuses on the lives of the men and women working in the Chicago Fire Department. Eamonn Walker (of HBO’s Oz) was the first actor to be cast for Chicago Fire, will play Chief Walter Boden — a [...]
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Tag result for article published on Mon January 30 2012 9:28 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Chicago, Chicago Fire, Chicago Fire Department, Chicago Fire Department response, Chicago Fire Department Squad 1, Chicago Fire Department Squad 5, Chicago Fire pilot, Chicago firehouse, Chicago pilot, Chicago television series, Dick Wolf, Dick Wolf Films, Engine 42, Illinois Street, Law and Order, Miami Vice, Squad 1, Wolf Films
Reruns of Rescue Me and EMERGENCY! might be satisfactory for some firefighter fans, but what if a new series would air about the Chicago Fire Department with the quality of Law and Order? NBC has approved the attempt at such a pilot, Chicago Fire, produced by Dick Wolf and reported to be an action drama [...]
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Tag result for article published on Mon October 24 2011 5:09 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Arlington Heights, Battery Powered, Combi SC 350E, crash, EDraulic, extrication crash training, extrication training, firefighter/paramedics, firefighters, Hurst, Hurst extrication, Jaws of Life, Paratech, Paratech struts, ratchet, rescue equipment, rollover crash, SC 350E, Squad 1, struts, vehicle stabilization
VIDEO: Firefighters during vehicle extrication training with new cordless, battery-powered Hurst “Jaws of Life” tools at Hillside Towing on University Drive (18:08). The most dramatic and frequently occurring firefighter operation in Arlington Heights and many suburbs of Chicago is the vehicle extrication operation. Sure, firefighters train for trench rescues, high-angle altitude rescues, and dangerous fire [...]
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