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2 unusual facts about Chicago Fire Department


Chicago Fire Department

The Chicago Fire Department cooperated with film director Ron Howard on making the 1991 film Backdraft, starring Kurt Russell, William Baldwin and Robert De Niro.

Chinatown, Chicago

Chicago Fire Department Engine 8 Company firehouse, firehouse used in the 1991 Ron Howard film Backdraft


Los Angeles City Fire Department

The Los Angeles Fire Department is currently one of the largest municipal fire departments in the United States, after the New York City Fire Department and the Chicago Fire Department.

This method of firefighting operation differs very much from that of other large U.S. city fire departments, such as the New York City Fire Department and the Chicago Fire Department.


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