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The ''Victor L. Schlaeger'' was a
The ''Victor L. Schlaeger'' was a fireboat
A fireboat or fire-float is a specialized watercraft with pumps and nozzles designed for fighting shoreline and shipboard fires. The first fireboats, dating to the late 18th century, were tugboats, retrofitted with firefighting equipmen ...
operated by the Chicago Fire Department
The Chicago Fire Department (CFD) provides fire suppression, rescue services, Hazardous Materials Response services and emergency medical response services to the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States, under the jurisdiction of the Mayor of Chi ...
from 1949 to 2010.
While the city of Chicago
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had once operated nine powered fireboats
A fireboat or fire-float is a specialized watercraft with pumps and nozzles designed for fighting shoreline and shipboard fires. The first fireboats, dating to the late 18th century, were tugboats, retrofitted with firefighting equipmen ...
, in the early 20th century, towards the end of her working life the ''Schlaeger'' was Chicago's sole large fireboat. She was supplemented by smaller, faster, but less capable boats.
In 1986 she was retired from active to standby status, at a considerable savings in personnel, as she had been staffed 24 hours per day by a crew of eight.
She was replaced by the ''Christopher Wheatley
The ''Christopher Wheatley'' is a fireboat delivered to the Chicago Fire Department in 2011.
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''.
The ...
'' in 2010.
See also
*Fireboats of Chicago
As an important port city, Chicago has operated dedicated fireboats since 1877.
In 1986, the ''Chicago Tribune'' offered a history of Chicago's larger fireboats, when the Chicago Fire Department moved the ''Victor L. Schlaeger'' from active to ...
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