This from Dan Shevlin:
851 N. Springfield, still time 1309 hrs. 2-story ordinary 25 x 75, rubbish on the 2nd floor.Companies : 76 117 95 336 345 242
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Posts Tagged Chicago Engine 117
This from Drew Gresik:
Hey guys,I took in the 2-11 this morning at 1433 S Kenneth. I arrived roughly 50 minutes into the incident, and at the time, the incident was a Still and Box. After being on scene for about 10 minutes, 2-2-1 requested a 2-11 Alarm for the heavy fire pushing throughout. A lot of commissioners took this one in too, including 2-1-3, Commissioner Jose Santiago. This fire also occurred during shift change so there were a lot of firefighters switching into gear and moving rigs around. Another interesting note is that there was a LOT of spare rigs at this incident, companies with spares include: Towers 5 and 14, Trucks 26 and 36, and another Truck and Engine (I think Engine 109 and Truck 29). Thanks, enjoy the pics!Drew GresikmPS Tower 5 was using E252 and Tower 14 was using E248. (Tower 5 backed into the vacant lot in Sector 4 and took over master stream ops for Tower 14…Squad 2’s Snorkel was also used as a master stream). E279 was being used by Truck 26 and was also in the lot next to the towers.
Engine 38 with lines off. Drew Gresik photo
Engine 95 on a hydrant. Drew Gresik photo
Engine 113 on a hydrant. Drew Gresik photo
Engine 117 on a hydrant. Drew Gresik photo
Truck 26 was using this spare Seagrave ladder truck. Drew Gresik photo
Two spare E-ONE tower ladders were working the fire. Drew Gresik photo
A hand line is deployed to the 3rd floor. Drew Gresik photo
Tower Ladder 54. Drew Gresik photo
One of the spare E-ONE tower ladders working. Drew Gresik photo
This from Josh Boyajian:
Chicago companies had a Still and Box alarm @ 4258 w Iowa this afternoon. Fire looked like it started on the first floor and then extended into the 2nd floor and attic. Still companies were 117 and Tower 14. Wind was blowing really strong, which made it a little difficult for the companies. Here are some of my photos.
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This from Martin Nowak:
More on the CFD engine companies over the years. Thanks to Squad546 for allowing me to show these images.
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- Former Engine 10 (O’Hare) 1973 FWD/Seagrave 1250/500
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- Former Engine 11 – 1973 Seagrave
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- Former Engine 34 – “One of the 1970 Ward LaFrances refurbed in 1988 by E-ONE for the movie ‘Backdraft’. This was origianlly Eng-49 & I don’t think it was actually used in the movie. Most were removed from service shortly after their refurb. Photo taken at Engine 127’s house (Midway Airport).”
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- Former Engine 50 – 1998 HME/Luverne 1500/500
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- Former Engine 50 – 1985 E-ONE/Federal
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- Former Engine 107-1988 Federal/E-ONE
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- Former Engine 108’s 1985 E-ONE
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- Former Engine 109-1974 Mack MB/Howe (1988 E-ONE rehab)
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- Former Engine 117-1992 Spartan/Luverne
This from Josh Boyajian:
CFD companies had a working fire this morning at 5511 w Congress. Multiple ambulances were called for smoke victims. Engine 113 had a line lead out, Tower 14 made the roof, and Engine 117 also had a line lead out. Here are some of my pictures
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Chicago 2-11 Alarm 9-11-11
Sep 12
Chicago had a commercial fire Sunday morning at 5614 W. Grand Avenue.
Steve Redick and Dan McInerney both took in the fire and submitted images.
Heavy fire burns through the auto body shop on Grand Avenue. Steve Redick photo
Firefighters use street level deluge guns in a defensive mode to fight the fire Sunday morning. Steve Redick photo
Steve provided the following information:
This morning about 0600 a 2-11 alarm at 5614 Grand ave. A 1 sty commercial attached to a truss roof auto repair garage. I arrived a few minutes after the 2-11 was pulled…and some of the box alarm companies were still going to work. Squad 2 had no snorkel and both tower ladders (14 and 23) were in spares too. The fire was through the roof just before the first images and 2 separate collapses occurred while I was there…I didn’t get them on video or stills but notice just the roof came in..no other outward collapses of the parapets or bearing walls seem to have occurred. I wonder if there were fire cuts on the truss ends. Also got some shots of 43 stretching up a ground ladder to the roof of exposure 2 for a point of vantage operation. All in all an interesting fire…shift change was taking place at the same time so that’s why you see members in various states of dress. I am enclosing a link to a short video with radio traffic I shot as well…
Two tower ladders worked in addition to multiple hand lines and multi-versals. Steve Redick photo
Engine 68 was the first due engine and had a deck gun and several hand lines flowing. Steve Redick photo
This image from later in the incident shows the tremendous amount of water that was used to hit the fire. Dan McInerney photo
Dan had the following comments:
This was a one story truss roof auto body shop. It looked 75×100, fire throughout. Exposure in sector 2 was a one story 25×100 with fire throughout as well.These are of E117 and T35. E117 had 2 lines off I believe to the roof of the building driectly to the west of the exposure building operating from a point of vantage. T35 had their main to that roof as well.
Shot from the rear shows heavy fire burning through the roof. Steve Redick photo
Firefighters from Engine 117 hoist a hose up a ground ladder to use the roof of a building in Sector 2 to hit the fire. Steve Redick photo
The 2-story house to the west had two 2-1/2s operating on the roof plus a 2-1/2 and a 1-3/4 out the second floor windows. Dan McInerney photo
Video links, photo galleries and more images will be posted in a follow-up article.
