Archive for July 16th, 2012

Apartments burn in Bridgeview 7-16-12

Jul 16

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This from Keith Grzadziel

Shortly after noon today, the Bridgeview Fire Department was dispatched to 7340 W. 86th St for the apartment fire. Upon arrival, Battalion 40 was greeted with heavy fire on all three floors of the Division A side and requested a Full Still on Box #42.

Bridgeview Engine 416 made a quick hit with their deck gun which knocked down the majority of the fire. Crews advanced a skid line to the 3rd floor to attack fire that communicated into the east unit via the eaves. Companies had extensive overhaul to perform due to the fire travel in the mansard and roof.

Companies assisting Bridgeview were Bedford Park, Evergreen Park, North Palos and Roberts Park all with trucks and Oak Lawn with an ambulance.

Apartment building fire in Bridgeview 7-16-12 on 86th street

Keith Grzadziel photo

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Skokie Fire Department update

Jul 16

Posted by bgshap in Fire Department News | 14 Comments

The following comes to us from Bill Post:

Here is something new about Skokie Engine 18.

Skokie Fire Department Engine Company 18 has been a part-time engine company for the last few weeks. It is on-duty from 8am to 8pm and is deactivated from 8pm to 8am the next morning.

The Skokie Fire Department does run a Squad/Pumper out of Station 18, as well as straight aerial ladder truck and an ambulance, so they still have a company with engine capabilities running out of Station 18 at night. Normally when Engine 18 is on-duty, the engine is the first-due company along with the ambulance on EMS runs. When the engine is unavailable or off-duty, the truck is sent on the EMS runs with Ambulance 18. Squad 18 runs village-wide on still alarms and special duties such as pin-in accidents. As such, Skokie normally doesn’t send the squad as the first-due company on EMS runs. The squad does normally run first-due on stuck elevators however.

The Skokie Fire Department is one of three ISO (Insurance Service Organization) rated Class One fire departments in the Chicago area and runs out of three multi-company stations. Skokie in reality is a four engine department as Station 17 (the east side fire station) has Rescue 17 which runs as a second engine to Engine 17. Tower Ladder 16 out of Station 16 (headquarters) also has pumping capabilities in addition to Squad 18.

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Box Alarm House fire in Cary

Jul 16

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This from Tyler Tobolt:

Cary FD arrived at a 2-story home with smoke and fire showing from 2nd floor. Truck 281 had a ladder to the roof, and the first-in engine pulled a line. Algonquin-Lake in the Hills T181 & chief, Fox River Grove engine & chief, Wauconda truck, Crystal Lake engine & chief, Nunda Rural engine, McHenry squad, and Lakewood ems all were due to the scene.