Archive for April 12th, 2015

2-11 Alarm fire and EMS Plan I, 4-12-15 (more)

Apr 12

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This from Eric Haak:

Fire early Sunday morning (4/12) in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood. At approximately 0143, a Still & Box Alarm was given by the Main Fire Alarm Office for the report of people trapped in a building on fire at 22nd and Wolcott Avenue. First due companies arrived within one minute of the fire being boxed and reported that they had fire through the roof. About 0145, the 4th battalion chief requested an EMS Plan I and reported he had fire on all three floors. 2-2-1 took control of the fire at 0151 and ordered a 2-11 Alarm about 3 minutes later.

Just before 0200, companies were ordered out of the building and a defensive attack was initiated. For most of the incident, there were three master streams working with several hand lines. Tower Ladder 5 and Engine 23’s deck gun were in sector A and Squad 1A was positioned on Wolcott in sector D.

At around 0300, fire had got into the B side exposure’s cockloft (image 5). Tower Ladder 39 was then brought in as a 4th master stream. Engines 23, 18, and 39 were all pumping at the scene. Thankfully, all 21 individuals who lived in the building escaped without injury. My apologies if any details of this report are inaccurate, but I believe this to be a fairly good account of what took place.

flames through roof of apartment building at night

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2-11 Alarm fire with EMS Plan I, 4-12-15

Apr 12

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Excerpts from the ChicagoTribune.com:

Quinn Ford, Chicago Tribune
Firefighters work at the scene of a fire in a three-story residential building on the corner of West 21st Street and South Wolcott Avenue in Pilsen on Sunday.

An extra-alarm fire that tore through two apartment buildings in Pilsen early Sunday morning forced 21 people from their homes, officials said.

Firefighters were called about 1:40 a.m. to a three-story residential building at 1900 W. 21st St., officials said. When crews arrived, they found fire on all three floors of a stairwell in the building, said Chicago Fire Department Assistant Deputy Commissioner Mark Nielsen.

Some residents had to be rescued from the building by firefighters, (plus) a worker from a factory located across Wolcott Street used a forklift to help a man jump from a second-floor window, according to fire officials and witnesses.

The bulk of the fire was isolated to the third floor of the building but did reach the cockloft allowing flames to spread to the adjoining apartment building.

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Working fire in Gary, IN 4/11/15

Apr 12

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This from Eric Haak:

Another busy weekend for the Gary Fire Department. This was at the corner of 43rd and Georgia Street and was a one-story grocery store. As you can see in the third image, water pressure became an issue at one point. Lake Ridge was brought in as an additional engine company so that other Gary resources could remain in place. While this was an active incident, Engine 8 had a brush fire on the opposite side of town. Gary companies working this incident were Engines 9 and 5, Truck 2 and Squad 2.