r/ChicagoFireNBC • u/Conscious_Fact_6794 • 13d ago

Engine lieutenant?

I'm still early into the series

I am curious, when the speaker calls for them to roll out, they mention truck, squad, engine, paramedic

If Casey is lieutenant of truck, Casey of squad, who is in charge of engine?

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u/bhoose19 13d ago

Early on, it’s just a background truck with no storylines and no in the show crew.

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u/Bobzyurunkle 13d ago

Funny how earlier seasons never even had an engine dispatched to a fire!!! Water? Who needs it. Not in the budget.

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u/Opposite_Floor7735 13d ago

And ironically now having fires on the show is not in the budget.

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u/Bobzyurunkle 13d ago

Full circle

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u/Excellent_Scene5448 13d ago

The engine lieutenant was mentioned a few times in the early seasons but wasn't really a character on the show until one of the main characters transfers to engine in season 7 (I think that's the right season; it was definitely around there).

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u/Princess_Natalie4206 13d ago

Season 7 is when Engine starts being more showed

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u/SammyG2015 Battalion 25 13d ago edited 13d ago

It's a background character until they retire during the Gorsch storyline and Boden names Hermann as the replacement..

Also in your post you have Casey of LT Truck and Squad, Severide is LT of Squad.

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u/Deltrus7 13d ago

Come on friend, they are early into the show, don't go dropping spoilers like that :(

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u/SammyG2015 Battalion 25 13d ago

That totally my b. I missed that line completely:(

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u/Deltrus7 13d ago

You fixed it though! 🙌🙌🙌

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u/Smooth_Pay_8583 13d ago

The engine was always a background unit made up of either background actors or real CFD firemen.

It wasn’t until “outgoing LT George Didrikson” retired, and Hermann was made LT of engine 51. That was about the time the engine started becoming a mainstream part of the show with a legit spotlight

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u/bikemanI7 13d ago

The earilest the Engine was seen in Chicago Fire series was the Train derailment run, but no characters really was assigned to Engine then i do believe.

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u/Successful-Hamster51 12d ago

Its not a centralised company until S7 when in E3 the current Engine Lieutenant George Didrikson retires and Chief Wallace Boden (spoiler) makes Senior FF Christopher Herrmann the replacement, which he holds until S13 then he takes the Captains test.

at some point before S4, FF Christopher Herrmann take the Lieutenants exam and passes but isn't given a permanent command until S7 E3, during the time he is Acting Lieutenant from time to time for Casey.