Delivered: 10/10/2008
Status: In service
| Fast Boat “FF Eugene Blackmon” (6-8-8) (4/10/2009 - 2016) |
| Fast Boat "FF Michael Drobitsch" (6-8-5) (2017 - present) |
Additional spare assignments for this apparatus may appear on the Company History page
First seen as 6-8-5 in August 2017, this boat is now listed as at O'Hare(?) and likely renumbered as 6-8-5 became a marine chief's signature in 2019; in storage during winter 2019 at a boat yard near Cermak, off the South Branch of the Chicago River; dediction changed to FF Michael Drobitsch after 6-8-8 received a new boat; spotted at the Marine Safety Station near Navy Pier in October 2021, still numbered 6-8-5