This from Eric Haak:
Still time was 1432 hrs followed by a still and box alarm at 1434 and a 2-11 at 1443. Companies had fully involved back porches of a 2.5 story frame that had communicated to exposures on both sides and the alley garage. Exposures were a 2.5 story ordinary on side D and a 1.5 story ordinary on side B. The side D exposure also had a frame back porch addition. A mayday was called when a company became trapped by rapidly advancing fire conditions which elevated the alarm to a 3-11. Eventually there would be a second mayday as well and two firefighters were transported from the scene in yellow condition. Engine 28 was pumping in sector A, Engine 39 at the entrance to the alley on Loomis Street, Engine 29 at the corner of Lyman and Ma Benton Lane and Engine 8 on Bonfield Street. Tower Ladder 5 was set up but I don’t believe it was ever used. Squad 1A was brought into sector A and did go to work on the attic.
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More images are at http://312firephotos.smugmug.com/Chicago-Fire-Department-Fires/2014/311-mayday2-2989-S-Lyman-10122
#1 by John on October 16, 2014 - 11:48 AM
Chaplin is assigned to all 2-11 alarms.
#2 by DMc77 on October 15, 2014 - 3:21 PM
And if you see Rabbi Moshe at a fire ask him for a lollipop!
#3 by Eric Haak on October 15, 2014 - 9:11 AM
Correct again Dennis. Father Mulcrone does not bring a dog to fires, only Father McNalis. Thank you for clearing that up.
#4 by Dennis on October 15, 2014 - 7:46 AM
Dan, the dog is fathers pet. The current administration doesn’t believe in morale hence why it’s the lowest it’s been in 20 years. As for Father Tom having a dog I have never seen him with a dog let alone at a fire scene with a dog. Because of the 2 mayday calls and with 2 members hurt a chaplain is usually assigned but in this case Father Tom was unable to come out so Father John came instead. Both members are fine and will make a return soon.
#5 by Eric Haak on October 15, 2014 - 6:55 AM
My Apologies Dan, Dennis is correct. It is Father McNalis in the photo. Father Mulcrone also brings a dog along with him to many fires as well and I thought I had seen him at the 3-11 but apparently I was wrong.
#6 by Dan on October 14, 2014 - 9:40 PM
Thanks for the response. I trust the dog is there for morale. He doesn’t serve an official function?
#7 by Dennis on October 14, 2014 - 9:33 PM
The officer with the dog is not Father Mulcrone its Father McNalis who is the Asst. Chaplain. Father John is also one of the co-authors of the ” History of Chicago Fire Houses ” series.
#8 by Bill Post on October 14, 2014 - 8:25 PM
Those were fantastic shots of the fire and the apparatus profiles were very good Eric and Dennis. An interesting note about the fire is that it was located in one of slowest (in terms of fires) still districts in the city, which is something considering that it’s part of the inner city. While I don’t have the most recent statistics, in 2010 Engine 28 ranked number 91 out of 94 land-based engine companies in terms of runs. Engine 28 has been a pretty slow company for quite a few years, but when they did get fires they would often be large extra alarm fires as Engine 28’s and neighboring still districts covered alot of heavy industrial hazards which were not only along the south branch of the Chicago river but included the Stockyards Meat Packing district and the Central Manufacturing district. In fact the 5-11 and 2 Special Alarm fire in January of 2013 was located in that general area (north west of the old Union Stockyards) which has had many large extra alarm fires over the years.
That in many ways explains why Engine 28’s house is one of the larger fire stations in the city. When the new station was opened in October of 1964 it was the headquarters of the old 21st Battalion and Truck 8 was using a 1954 FWD 85-foot wooden tillered aerial ladder, plus Fog Pressure 7 and Snorkel 2 were also put in service there when they opened the station, in addition to Engine 28 and Ambulance 19 which was a Cadillac. In those days all of the apparatus were manned. With the exception of the four 1959/1960 Mack Magirus rear mounted aerial ladder trucks, all of the rest of Chicago’s truck companies were tillered aerial ladder companies. Most of the aerial ladders were extendable wooden ladders while not more then 3 to 6 of them had metal ladders.
#9 by Eric Haak on October 14, 2014 - 7:01 PM
Father Tom Mulcrone. He is one of the CFDs Chaplains Dan.
#10 by Dan on October 14, 2014 - 6:29 PM
Who is the officer with the dog? Not the first time I’ve seen him in the photos.
#11 by CFD 1979 on October 13, 2014 - 9:43 PM
Rolling!