This from Steve Redick:
Civic Center Blaze 1965 – I think the date is 5/17/65. A serious hi-rise fire during the construction phase of the Daley Center
YEAR DATE MONTH TIME BOXNO STNUM STDIR STNAME ALARM SPECIAL EMSPLAN EMSPLANNO TYPEBLD TYPECONST HEIGHT OCCUPIED DIMENSION TRUSS NOBLDS PHOTO PHOTONO INJURYFF INJURYFFNO DEAD DEADNO DEADFF DEADFFNO DESCRIBE MONTHNO 1965 17 May 1036 26 150 N. Clark 3-11 0 Garag S-G 31 250 x 400 0 01 -1 4436 0 0 0 05
Civic Center Blaze 1965. Warren Redick collection
Civic Center Blaze 1965. Warren Redick collection
Civic Center Blaze 1965. Warren Redick collection
Civic Center Blaze 1965. Warren Redick collection
Civic Center Blaze 1965. Warren Redick collection
#1 by David on December 27, 2015 - 2:19 PM
Was there any special hi-rise company back then in the CFD?? Thanks for sharing this Steve!
#2 by Bill Post on December 27, 2015 - 11:04 AM
Thanks for submitting that article Steve. Do you recall your late father telling you details about the “Civic Center fire”. For example was he on duty during the fire.
An interesting detail that I had noticed is that the date of the fire is day after Snorkel Squad 3 was put in service. If the date of the fire is correct then that would have been one of the first if not the first extra alarm fire that SS 3 would have responded to. All 3 Snorkel Squads were due on all of the 2-11 s city wide. Yes all of the Snorkel Squads were due on the same extra alarms.