Here’s a run-down of Saturday’s 4-11 Alarm fire at 2444 W. 21st Street compiled from several sources:

13:08 E23 looking for rubbish 2500 W. Cullerton St. / Full Still b/o Main FAO for 2444 W. 21st St.

  • Engine 23 Engine 109  Truck 32  Truck 7  Battalion 4  Tower Ladder 5  Squad 1  Command Van 2-7-1  Battalion 14  Ambulance 34 Paramedic Field Chief 4-5-7

13:13 Still & Box Alarm b/o Batt 4 for 3-story, 200×100 smoke on 2nd fl and heavy smoke from several 1st fl windows

  •  Engine 18  Engine 26  Truck 8  Ambulance 33 Deputy District 1  Battalion 15  Battalion 2  Paramedic Field Chief 4-5-1

13:20 2-11 Alarm b/o 2-2-1 reports heavy fire throughout 3-story warehouse 200×150 – Companies go defensive – Batt 2 requests CTA Pink Line be shut down 

  • Engine 28  Engine 38  Engine 39  Engine 103  Truck 48  Tower Ladder 54  Truck 52  Battalion 12  Battalion 3  Battalion 19 Air Mask 6-4-4  Light Wagon 9-1-5  EMS Assistant Deputy Chief 4-4-11  Special Operations Battalion 5-1-5 Deputy Fire Commissioner 2-1-28

13:31 2-2-1 requests reserve snorkel – Corrected size-up by 2-2-1 is at least 300×150  

  • Engine 107  Engine 35 with 6-6-1 (Reserve Snorkel)

13:38 3-11 Alarm b/o 2-1-28 plus 2 additional TLs 

  • Engine 8  Engine 65  Engine 99  Engine 44 Tower Ladder 10  Tower Ladder 39

13:45 4-11 Alarm / EMS Plan 1 / Level 1 HazMat b/o 2-1-28  

  •  Engine 5  Engine 57  Engine 14  Engine 113  Haz Mat 5-1-1  Ambulance 45  Ambulance 19  Ambulance 88  Ambulance 44  Ambulance 21  Ambulance 53  Paramedic Field Chief 4-5-4

13:58 2-7-1/Batt 4 4 master streams on West side of building making little progress  

14:00 EMS Plan 1 secured b/o 2-1-28

14:04 2-1-3 in command / All officers switch to Ch 5 Command

14:30 2-7-1/2-1-3 11 master streams working, gas company digging in Sector 1 to shut off main, 1 line to sprinkler system in Sector 4

15:46 4-11 Alarm struck out b/o 2-1-3

*apparatus that is underlined was put to work (engines pumping, trucks extended)

thanks Dave, Scott, and Bill

The previous post was HERE.