Archive for August 11th, 2013

Chicago Still & Box Alarm fire 8-11-13

Aug 11

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire, Fire Service Photos | 3 Comments

This from Steve Redick:

Today, 2386 Blue island Ave.; Roof fire on a commercial building. It appears roofers were working with torches, I assume on some kinda multi-ply roofing. Some moderate smoke for a bit, lots of roof work. TL 5 reported making something like 7 or 8 vent holes in the roof. The building was sprinklered and as you can see in the photos the siamese was charged, early in the incident. Several handlines were used interior from what I could tell. An interesting job, and pretty tough on the members doing the work.

The video will be on youtube here: http://youtu.be/NAWhWfwTVyg

Steve

Steve Redick photo

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Down memory lane … CFD

Aug 11

Posted by Admin in Fire Department History, Fire Truck photos | 19 Comments

This from Martin Nowak:

More CFD apparatus photos from Squad546 –

Former Engine 42 – 1982 Ford/E-One

Former Engine 82 – 1995 Spartan/Luverne

Former Engine 82 – 2004 Spartan/Crimson

Former Flying Squad 2 – 1971 Mack MB

Former Truck 24 – 1969 Seagrave

Tower Ladder 34 – 1988 Federal/E-One 95′

CFD Engine 42 – 1982 Ford/E-One. Squad546 photo

CFD Engine 82 with a 1995 Spartan/Luverne. Squad546 photo

Chicago Engine 82 with a 2004 Spartan/Crimson. Squad546 photo

CFD Flying Squad 2 with a 1971 Mack MB. Squad546 photo

Chicago Truck 24 with a 1969 Seagrave 100′ rear-mount. Squad546 photo

CFD Tower Ladder 34 with a 1988 Federal/E-One 95′. Squad546 photo

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Fire in Chicago 2-flat 8-10-13

Aug 11

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire, Firefighters working | 2 Comments

This from Eric Haak:

I took in this fire about 1330 hrs Saturday afternoon in Chicago’s 23rd Battalion. Fire was on the second floor of a vacant 25×40 2-flat in the 7200 block of South Constance. Companies working were Engine 126 & Truck 49, Engine 72 & Tower Ladder 34, with Truck 16 and Battalion 17 being RIT. It was hard to get any quality rig shots at this one due to the narrow streets and heavy tree cover. The fire was knocked fairly quick but companies had quite a bit of overhaul on this one and were on scene for a little over an hour. Engine 126 was using old Engine 56 as a spare rig.