Helicopters

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.

Locations | |
Years | Location | ICAO/FAA |
2002/ | CFD Heliport | LL35 |
1976/02 | Merrill C. Meigs | KCGX |
Models | Login to Edit | |
Years | Models | |
Bell 412EP | ||
Bell UH-1B Iroquois | ||
Bell UH-1D Iroquois | ||
Chicago Fire Department List of helicopters | Help Us | |
C/N | Version | Built | In 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+ ![]() | ![]() | |||
36438 | 412ep | 2007 | N681FD : Chicago Fire Dept (CFD) at Chicago, IL from Mar08 | ![]() | |||
5145 ![]() | uh-1d | 1965 | N681FD : Substantially damaged during a forced landing after experiencing a loss of+ ![]() | ![]() - N687FD | |||
![]() | 36279 | 412ep | 2001 | N682FD : City Of Chicago Fire Department (CFD) from Feb02 |