This from Chi-Town Fire Photos:
Working Fire in Cicero on 11/25/24 @ 1620 s 58th Ct. Sounds like they chased fire in the walls of this 1.5-story brick bungalow. Engine 1 had a skid load lead out and Truck 2 had numerous holes in the roof.
Chi-Town Fire Photos
Chi-Town Fire Photos
Chi-Town Fire Photos
Chi-Town Fire Photos
Chi-Town Fire Photos
Chi-Town Fire Photos
Chi-Town Fire Photos
Chi-Town Fire Photos
This from Chi-Town Fire Photos:
At around 130am on December 11th, Cicero Fire companies were toned out for a structure fire @ 2704 S 60th Ct. Engine 2 arrived onscene with a fully involved, 2.5 sty wood frame, about 25×75′ and pulled a Box. Due to the amount of fire, exposure problems, and structural integrity, all companies went defensive. Truck Co. 2 put their aerial master stream to work on side A. Engine 1 & North Riverside Engine 807 lead out multiple big lines as well. I arrived about 10 minutes into the fire. The full gallery is HERE.
Chi-Town Fire Photos
Chi-Town Fire Photos
From Steve Redick:
Steve Redick photo
Excerpts from abc7chicago.com:
Firefighters in Cicero battled an extra-alarm fire in an apartment building Friday morning, that broke out in the three-story apartment building in the 5900-block of West 16th Street.
Inside the basement of the three-story apartment building, an inferno was so bad, firefighters couldn’t see. It was obvious to them it had been burning for a while.
After a mayday call and all fire personnel were pulled from inside and everyone was accounted for they began to tackle it from the outside and that quickly became challenging.
Inside, initial reports say all 25 people living here are accounted for as well, but authorities are waiting for a final number.
This from Chi-Town Fire Photos:
Cicero took delivery of two new Sutphen engines. Here are some pictures and the specs.
Engine Co. 1 (Northside Firehouse)2022 Sutphen Monarch2000/1000/30HS7506Engine Co. 2 (Morton Park Firehouse)2022 Sutphen Monarch1500/1000HS7293
Chi-Town Fire Photos
Chi-Town Fire Photos
Chi-Town Fire Photos
Mar 12
Can you identify this fire?
Larry Shapiro photo
Final delivery day! The Town of Cicero has received their first of two new Sutphen custom pumpers. Thank you for your trust.
legacy fire apparatus midwest photo
legacy fire apparatus midwest photo
Oct 26
From legacy fire apparatus Facebook:
Another Cicero pumper! Congratulations to the Town of Cicero Fire Department on the purchase of their 2nd Sutphen pumper. Thank you for your trust in Sutphen and in Legacy. Demo 531, initially.
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Excerpts from abc7chicago.com:
A fire broke out after midnight in the 3100-block of South 53rd Street in Cicero on Monday. An 82-year-old woman was rescued from the fire, but a 62-year-old man believed to be her son died in the fire.
The victim was watching TV in the front room and officials said it appears the fire started in the basement right under that room. The man has been identified to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office as Dale Forst.
The family has five cats, with three of them accounted for and two still missing. The cause of the fire is under investigation but is believed to be accidental, possibly involving a candle.
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