1965 to present


usa Chicago Fire Department

State of Illinois

CFD







Chicago Fire Department State of Illinois

The Air Sea Rescue Unit was established in 1965, where they provide search and rescue services for 37 miles of lakefront, an extensive river system, numerous lakefront venues, and the largest harbor system in the U.S. Chicago’s busy lakefront offers the Air Sea Rescue Unit unique emergency challenges including, assistance to boats in distress, water rescues and air search missions. Divers assigned to the Air Sea Rescue Unit are trained under public safety rescue diver guidelines specific to Chicago’s needs and particular environment. Pilot are trained in helicopter search and rescue, and hoist rescue techniques patterned after nationally recognized standards.



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YearsLocationICAO/FAA
2002-    CFD HeliportLL35
1976/02Merrill C. MeigsKCGX



helicopter   Models


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Bell 412EP
Bell UH-1B Iroquois
Bell UH-1D Iroquois





Chicago Fire Department List of helicopters


C/N VersionBuiltIn this Org In other Org
321 UH-1B 1961 N441FD : CFD from 1976
: The Chicago Fire Department (CFD) Air/Sea Rescue used this helicopter date+
US Army Aviation 61-0741
36438 412ep 2007 N681FD : Chicago Fire Dept (CFD) at Chicago, IL from Mar08
State of Tennessee N684FD
5145 w/o 2006 uh-1d 1965 N681FD : Substantially damaged during a forced landing after experiencing a loss of+
US Army Aviation 65-10101
- N687FD
36279 412ep 2001 N682FD : City Of Chicago Fire Department (CFD) from Feb02







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