Truck Company 81 (commonly called Truck 81) is the secondary apparatus assigned to Firehouse 51. The original rig was a 1996 Seagrave Marauder equipped with a 100' rear-mount ladder, space for other equipment and seating for up to eight firefighters. The truck is staffed by 4-5 firefighters.
In the Season 3 episode "Just Drive the Truck", the truck is written off in a collision with Truck 66 and the firehouse is given a "new" rig as a replacement. (They actually receive an older version of the CFD's ladder truck.)
In S08E13, Truck 81 receives a "new" apparatus - a 1990 Spartan Gladiator (formerly of the La Grange Park Fire Department and repainted into the traditional CFD paint scheme for the show.) This "new" rig is configured as a 'quint' (pumper/aerial combination) and is equipped with a 1250 gallon-per-minute (GPM) pump, 200-gallon water tank and a 110' aerial ladder.
Known members[]
Current members[]
- Officer - Lieutenant Stella Kidd
- Engineer - Firefighter Randall McHolland
- Firefighter - Sam Carver
- Firefighter - Derrick Gibson
Former members[]
- Jose Vargas - Transferred to Rescue Squad 3; later placed on forced retirement after breathing in a dangerous toxin on the job
- Peter Mills - Transferred to Rescue Squad 3; later relocated to North Carolina
- Joe Cruz - Transferred to Rescue Squad 3
- Blake Gallo - Transferred to Detroit
- Darren Ritter - Temporarily assigned due to Mouch and Gallo's absence
- Jimmy Borrelli - Transferred to Ambulance 61; later returned and was severely injured on the job
- Gabriela Dawson - Transferred back to Ambulance 61; later relocated to Puerto Rico
- Jake Cordova - Floater; temporary replacement for Brian Zvonecek after he was shot
- Christopher Herrmann - Transferred to Engine 51 when promoted to Lieutenant.
- Darren Ritter - Temporary replacement after the death of Brian Zvonecek; returned back to Engine 51
- Matthew Casey - Former Lieutenant and later Captain before leaving Firehouse 51
- Danny Walback - Filled in for Matthew Casey during the departure to Oregon
- Lieutenant Jason Pelham - Transferred to Truck 72
- Milligan - Temporarily assigned by Jim Anderson
- Hundley - Temporarily assigned by Jim Anderson
- Manfredi - Replaced Stella Kidd after she transferred to OPR, only to be reassigned
- Mason Locke - Transferred to Minnesota
- Kim Rossi - Floater
- P.J. Sykes - Floater
- Paul Muncell - Temporarily Replaced Mason Locke, Transferred to O'Hare
The Fallen †[]
- Andrew Darden † - killed in the line of duty
- Rebecca Jones † - committed suicide
- Brian Zvonecek † - killed in the line of duty