From Phil Stenholm: Another installment in the History of the Evanston Fire Department. LOOKS LIKE A DUCK, SWIMS LIKE A DUCK, QUACKS LIKE A DUCK… A 27-year veteran of the Evanston Fire Department and one of only four firefighters hired during the Great Depression between 1932 and 1939, 49-year-old Assistant Chief Lester Breitzman was appointed Chief Fire Marshal on February 10, 1964, following the retirement of Chief James Geishecker. While Chief Henry Dorband focused on operations and modernization, and Chief James Geishecker was passionate about training, Breitzman's main priority was fire prevention. Captain Harry Schaeffer Jr. was promoted to assistant chief and took over as commander of the Fire Prevention Bureau, replacing Breitzman. Firefighters George Strom, Sanders “Sam†Hicks, Len Driskell, Joe Thill, and Len Conrad were also promoted to captain and became company officers, filling the roles left by five retired EFD officers after the American Hospital Supply Corporation fire. Among them, Capt. Hicks would later become a future chief of the EFD and was the department’s first African-American captain. In the aftermath of the AHSC fire, new firefighters were hired: Michael Lass, Robert Becker, John “Skip†Hrejsa, Roger Pettinger, Tom Fisherkeller, Tony Howson, John Kloiber, Jim Marti, and Jim McIntyre. Michael Lass eventually became president of IAFF Local 742 and led the union into a more militant phase in the early 1970s. He was promoted to captain in December 1970, but his true passion lay in union work. Lass resigned from the EFD in 1971 to take a full-time position as an IAFF field representative in Illinois. Squad 22, a 1924 Seagrave tractor high-pressure turret truck that had been converted from a 1917/1930 Seagrave Suburbanite pumper, was taken out of service after the AHSC fire and dismantled in 1964. The 1,750 feet of three-inch "fireboat hose" it carried was redistributed among the five front-line pumpers, with 500 feet going to Engine 21. Although Squad 21 had two portable turret monitors, the EFD no longer had a mounted high-pressure deluge nozzle after Squad 22 was removed from service. In 1964, the Evanston Fire Department acquired a U.S. government surplus WWII-era GMC 6x6 DUKW amphibious vehicle from the Office of Civil Defense. Painted yellow and designated “F-7,†the DUKW was stationed at Fire Station #1 and responded to emergencies on Lake Michigan during the boating season from 1964 to 1974. Equipped with a heavy-duty winch, life jackets, a stokes basket, rope, grappling hooks, body bags, fire extinguishers, and other rescue gear, it was manned by Squad 21 when needed. Two major fires occurred in April 1965. The first was an explosion and fire at the Kozlow Brothers Radiator Repair Service garage at 125 Chicago Avenue. A few days later, another fire broke out at the Dickson Weatherproof Nail Company plant at 1900 Greenwood Street. The two fires were unrelated. The Kozlow fire injured three workers, who were transported to St. Francis and Evanston Hospitals via police ambulances. Within minutes, Engine 22, Truck 22, Engine 24, Squad 21, and F-2 arrived on scene. The response was defensive from the start. Engine 22 took the hydrant across the street and deployed two 2.5-inch lines, while Engine 24 backed up from Howard Street and laid 2.5-inch and 3-inch lines before grabbing a hydrant at the northwest corner of Howard & Chicago to supply water for Truck 22’s master stream and another hand line. F-2 immediately ordered a second alarm, assigning Engine 21 to the west side of Chicago Avenue north of the gas station to supply water for Squad 21’s monitor. Engine 23 and Truck 21 covered exposures to the east, while Engine 25 changed stations to Station #1. An off-duty platoon was called in to man reserve engines and trucks. Companies from the Chicago Fire Department’s 27th Battalion responded to a still alarm and arrived at the same time as EFD units from Station #2. Though they didn’t go to work, a CFD chief, engine, and truck company monitored the eastern exposures, including the Howard Street CTA station, until Engine 23 and Truck 21 arrived. The EFD successfully contained the fire without any spread to nearby buildings. The loss was estimated at $93,000. The Dickson Weatherproof Nail Company was located at the southwest corner of Greenwood & Dodge, on the east side of the C&NW RR Mayfair Division freight tracks. Engine 24 was first on scene and reported smoke. Units from Station #1 arrived shortly after, with Engine 24 and 21 taking hydrants, while Truck 21 laddered the roof and Squad 21 began salvage work. With the AHSC fire still fresh in everyone’s mind, F-2 ordered a second alarm, bringing in Engine 22, Truck 22, and Engine 25. The two truck companies ventilated the roof and assisted with salvage, while the four engine companies attacked the fire. Engine 23 transferred to Station #1, and an off-duty platoon was called in to manage the reserve units. The loss from this fire was estimated at $100,000. Ethylaluminum Sesquichloride,Ethylaluminum Sesquichloride Solution,Ethyla Luminum Sesquichloride,Ethyla Luminum Sesqui Chloride Jiangsu MO opto-electronic material Co., Ltd. , https://www.jsmochem.com