Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
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2 planes from the private strip in So. DuPage, Brookeridge, have
wrecked in the 1990's on
takeoff, almost hitting traffic and the local fire district (Darien)
built a special station just
for them. Pay for your own toys, jet-setters


Is the fire station limited to serving only the airport? How many jets are
based at Brookeridge?

It's one of those subdivisions with the houses and hangars facing a
private
strip, props, no jets.




30-40 $80,000 salaried FF's are now deployed to serve ALL. Not just the
fly-boys.


Were they previously limited to serving only Meigs?

No need for foam trucks in downtown, maybe an engine would respond to a
museum
call, thats about it. Other stations serve the rest of downtown, and I
doubt
airport regulations permit the trucks to leave. And if there was a
wreck
and the trucks were away, many of YOU would complain.

Sight-seers can use Gary or Lansing.


Or a variety of other airports. But what if my destination is in downtown
Chicago?

Then join the common folk at MDW or ORD. Those SWA lineups aren't too
bad.

JG