Archive for June 17th, 2018

Chicago Fire Department news (more)

Excerpts from the ChicagoSunTimes.com:

The president of the Chicago Firefighters Union is apologizing for a protest during the national anthem that marred a charity football game dedicated to the memory of two fallen Chicago heroes.

Local 2 President Jim Tracy said he was appalled and embarrassed about what he called the “classless behavior of one of our members” during the “First Responders Bowl” last weekend.

Tracy was referring to African-American Firefighter Camron McGarity, who kneeled while the Star Spangled Banner was played before the football game.

“This game was about honoring our Line of Duty Death brothers Paul Bauer, CPD and Juan Bucio, CFD and their families for their bravery and commitment to the City of Chicago,” Tracy wrote in an email to the rank-and-file.

“This was not the place to make a self-serving, attention-drawing, pot-stirring statement. This person has not made this statement at any other games this year. He chose this game for this classless act for his own personal gain.”

The annual game is a great fundraiser against rivals, which benefits the Gold Badge and Gold Star widows and orphans.

Sources said teammates found McGarity’s protest so disrespectful to the heroes for whom the charity game was dedicated, there’s been internal talk about kicking him off the team next season. But that’s apparently as far as the punishment will go.

Chicago Fire Commissioner Jose Santiago, a retired Marine, has no plan to discipline or even reprimand McGarity.

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Working fire in Chicago

From Tim Olk 317-321 West Evergreen in Chicago

smoke from apartment fire

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smoke from apartment fire

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smoke from apartment fire

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Chicago Firefighters at fire scene

Tim Olk photo

Firefighters administer oxygen to a dog

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Chicago FD Engine 22

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Chicago FD Squad 1

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cat rescued from apartment fire

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Annual Chicago Fire Engine Rally & Swap Meet (more)

more from Steve Redick of the Annual Chicago Fire Engine Rally & Swap Meet

2018 Annual Chicago Fire Engine Rally & Swap Meet

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2018 Annual Chicago Fire Engine Rally & Swap Meet

Steve Redick photo

2018 Annual Chicago Fire Engine Rally & Swap Meet

Steve Redick photo

2018 Annual Chicago Fire Engine Rally & Swap Meet

Steve Redick photo

2018 Annual Chicago Fire Engine Rally & Swap Meet

Steve Redick photo

2018 Annual Chicago Fire Engine Rally & Swap Meet

Steve Redick photo

2018 Annual Chicago Fire Engine Rally & Swap Meet

Steve Redick photo

2018 Annual Chicago Fire Engine Rally & Swap Meet

Steve Redick photo

a drone video of the muster

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Of interest … Backdraft II

Excerpts from moviehold.com:

“Backdraft 2” has been confirmed by Universal. Shooting is now underway in Romania on the film (which will also utilise locations in Toronto and Chicago).

Joe Anderson (Mason Verger on “Hannibal”) is playing Brian’s nephew Sean McCaffrey in the long-awaited follow-up. William Baldwin reprises his role from the original. 

Alisha Bailey, Ross O’Hennessy, Sal Longbardo and Sia Alipour also among cast. Aside from Baldwin, Donald Sutherland is making an appearance as Ronald, the unhinged arsonist from the 1991 original.

Spanish director Gonzalo López-Gallego, best known for 2011 sci-fi thriller “Apollo 18”, has been charged with the mission of reigniting one of the biggest titles in the Universal library. The studio has tapped the filmmaker for its “Backdraft” sequel, tentatively titled “Backdraft II”, with filming set to begin in Romania and Toronto next month. William Baldwin is expected to reprise his role from the original 1991 blockbuster.

Film’s central character will be Sean McCaffrey, the grown son of Kurt Russell’s character from the first film, an investigator with the Chicago F.D who still holds his uncle (Baldwin) responsible for the death of his pop.

The bad guys in this one are a group of agents sneaking a missile out of the country, using a series of deadly fires as a distraction.

 

“Backdraft”, directed by Ron Howard and penned by Gregory Widen, starred Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rebecca De Mornay, Donald Sutherland, Robert De Niro, Jason Gedrick and J. T. Walsh. The film, made for 75 mill, didn’t spark a light with most critics but most did applaud it’s blazingly brilliant special effects and very impressive action sequences. The film received three Academy Award nominations for Sound Effects Editing, Visual Effects and Best Sound.

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