Archive for February 21st, 2017

House fire in Buffalo Grove, 2-21-17

Feb 21

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire Scene photos, Fire Scene video | Comments off

This from Larry Shapiro:

Buffalo Grove firefighters were dispatched after 2PM Tuesday afternoon (2/21/17) for smoke coming from the house at 504 Crown Point Drive. Police officers arrived first and reported smoke from the eaves and the alarm was upgraded to a Code 4 for the working fire.

The house was thought to have no occupants and companies made entry and encountered heavy smoke conditions. The fire was contained to the kitchen though firefighters recovered a dog that perished.

Mutual aid companies included Long Grove, Arlington Heights, Palatine, Lincolnshire-Riverwoods, and Mundelein. Other units were assigned to cover the Buffalo Grove stations.

Larry Shapiro photo

Firefighters make entry into house on fire

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

FD lieutenant and battalion chief confer at fire scene

Larry Shapiro photo

More photos are at Shapirophotography.net

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Chicago FD Squad 7

Feb 21

Posted by Admin in Fire Department News, Fire Truck photos, New Delivery | 8 Comments

This from Josh Boyajian:

I had a great opportunity recently and was able to shoot the new Squad 7 @ O’Hare …

Squad 7 is a 2016 Rosenbauer Commander 4000, 18′ walk-in rescue squad company
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Squad 7A is a 2016 Rosenbauer Commander 4000, ACP-55 Articulating Cobra Platform
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They are very nice! They seem like they are heavy duty and built well. Hopefully the fella’s have good luck with them.

Josh Boyajian photo

Josh Boyajian photo

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3-Alarm brush fire in Pembroke Township, 2-20-17

Feb 21

Posted by Admin in Brush Fire, Fire Department News, Fire Scene photos | 1 Comment

This from Eric Haak:

The Pembroke Fire Protection District had a 3rd Alarm Interdivisional Brush Box on Monday (2/20). This came in just around 1030 hrs and lasted well into the afternoon. The area effected was about 1 square mile of overgrowth and woodlands between 5000 and 6000 south roads east of Illinois 56. There were several structures that were in jeopardy. The 3rd image shows the arrival of the Interdivisional convoy. The 4th image shows the MABAS 19 drone being used to assess the progress from the air. This is just an example of how this new technology can be used and it was highly effective at this incident due to the hilly nature of the terrain. For those who are not from the area, Pembroke is a township southeast of Kankakee, Illinois. It is a rural area where many of the residents live in dilapidated structures and mobile homes. These brush fires are common in this area because there is no garbage pick-up and residents routinely burn their trash. The images with fire showing are of the back-burning that was done along the South side of East 5000 Road.