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Chicago Still & Box Alarm fire and Level I HAZ MAT, 5-5-18

May 6

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire Scene photos | 3 Comments

116th Street and Avenue O

Tim Olk photo

Tim Olk photo

Firefighter using Nomex hood to block smoke

Tim Olk photo

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Chicago 3-11 Alarm fire, August 27, 2014 (final)

Sep 14

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire Scene photos | 6 Comments

An overdue post of images from Gordon J. Nord, Jr. from the day after at the 3-11 Alarm fire on the corner of 63rd and Halsted a couple weeks back. The previous post is HERE which will link in reverse oder to all of the articles with photos and videos.

Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo

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Chicago 3-11 Alarm fire, August 27, 2014 (part 8)

Sep 4

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This from Steve Redick:

It took me 3 days to process all the images but it was well worth the effort. The first image is a nice aerial view of the fire building. Initial reports were of volume of fire in the basement. I believe an interior attack was attempted but conditions were such it was abandoned in short order. The fire had quickly spread throughout the entire building. Some significant exposure problems as well. They called for the hi ex foam rig but the fire was way to advanced by the time it arrived. Basically an outside attack with 2 TL, 2 Snorkels, deluge rig, hand lines, and the north side hose wagon 612 was utilized as well. Also got a shot of the new battery rig 6-3-9. Did some experimenting with some black and white images and was very pleased with the results. The photos are in chronological order and coupled with my video give a good idea of the progression of the fire.

Steve

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Chicago FD turret wagon at a night fire scene

Steve Redick photo

huge commercial fire in Chicago at night

Steve Redick photo

Steve Redick photo

More images can be viewed at www.ksc711.smugmug.com

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Chicago 3-11 Alarm fire, August 27, 2014 (part 6)

Aug 30

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire, Fire Scene photos | 3 Comments

Images from Larry Shapiro of the 3-11 Alarm fire in Chicago on Wednesday night.

Chicago FD Squad 5 Snorkel working at a fire scene

Larry Shapiro photo

huge fire at commercial building at night

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

fireman pulling hose at night fire scene with lights

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

fireman with multi-versal at night fire scene

Larry Shapiro photo

multiple hose streams at night fire scene

Larry Shapiro photo

Chicago firefighters man the turret wagon

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

Chicago FD Turret Wagon 676 at a night fire scene

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

heavy smoke from commercial building at night fire scene

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

A gallery with many more images is at shapirophotography.net

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Chicago 3-11 Alarm fire at 36th Street and Homan (more)

Apr 30

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This from Eric Haak:

The following is a synopsis of Chicago’s 3-11 at 36th and Homan on Monday, April 28th. The building was a Red-X which, for those who are not from Chicago, means that the building has been deemed structurally unsound and potentially too dangerous for interior operations. I live only 2 miles from this incident and left the moment it was dispatched. Traffic was almost at gridlock as people stopped in the middle of the Stevenson Expressway to gawk

The fire building ran adjacent to the expressway and was only about 100 yards off the roadway. This building appeared to be divided into three sections, each separated by a fire wall. The main body of fire was in the center section so even though the building was a good 200+ feet long, the section that was involved wasn’t that large. Some fire did appear to get into the front section but never advanced very far. When I passed on the Stevenson, there was heavy fire blowing out all of the second story windows in that middle section. By the time I parked and found my way back to the building, the truss roof had already burned through and most of the fire and smoke had diminished.

There were two access points to this incident. One was off of 36th and Kedzie and the image of Engine 23 heading back towards the fire building gives you an idea of the lead out here. It was about 450 yards from where Engine 99 hooked up to the hydrant at that corner. The other access point was at the dead end off Homan at 37th Place. Engine 34 had hose stretched across the railroad tracks and both Engines 38 and 39 were pumping from hydrants in the neighborhood south of the fire building.

I spent most of my time on the north side along the expressway where companies operated from an interior yard. Tower Ladder 54 had their aerial up fairly early as they were positioned in front of the building. Squad 1’s Snorkel was brought into the west part of the yard and had to wait for hose to be stretched before they could go to work. Eventually 6-7-6 was brought into the yard as well and after several lengths of hose were stretched, it went to work for the first time on a Chicago structure fire.

Companies went in-line to the east of the incident with Engines 88, 99, 107, 109, 23, 123, and 65 all pumping. There was also a Level I Hazmat with this incident. Many companies worked throughout the night and did not leave the scene until daylight broke on Tuesday.