Posts Tagged fire engines at night fire scene

Detached garage fire in Prospect Heights, 5-3-15

May 4

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire, Fire Scene photos, Fire Scene video | 2 Comments

This from Larry Shapiro:

The Prospect Heights FD received multiple calls for a detached garage on fire at 240 E. Camp McDonald Road Sunday night (5/3/15). Flames could be seen from Station 9, less than a block away. The three-car, 1 1/2-story garage was fully-involved and was reported to have a 55-gallon drum of racing fuel and acetylene torches inside.

Engine 9 dropped two lines and Tanker 9 setup to nurse the engine. Engine 39 dropped a supply line to a hydrant approximately 1/3 of a mile away as Long Grove Tanker 55 arrived to continue nursing Engine 9. The bulk of the fire was knocked down quickly, and the other tankers were released from the staging area.

When I arrived the roof had collapsed and there was still some visible fire.

firemen pull hose from an engine at night

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

fire department tenders nursing an engine

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Larry Shapiro photo

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

Sep 4

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire Scene photos | 4 Comments

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

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huge commercial fire in Chicago at night

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Steve Redick photo

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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

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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

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multiple hose streams at night fire scene

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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

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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, 7-31-14

Aug 1

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire Scene photos, Fire Scene video | 11 Comments

A video from Larry Shapiro for the 3-11 Alarm fire at 2525 W. 25th Street in Chicago Thursday night.

This from Drew Gresik:

Here are some shots from the 3-11 Alarm fire at 2525 W 25th St overnight. Fire was in a 30×100 red-X commercial building, fully-involved, as well as the adjacent pallet yard including a couple of trucks.

Drew Gresik

Drew Gresik photo

Drew Gresik photo

fire truck silhouette with orange flames

Drew Gresik photo

Drew Gresik photo

Images from Dennis McGuire, Jr.

Chicago fire engines at night fire scene

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Chicago tower ladder at night fire scene

Dennis McGuire, Jr. photo

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House fire in Long Grove, 7-4-14

Jul 5

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This from Larry Shapiro:

Shortly after 9PM on July 4th, firefighters in Long Grove and neighboring departments responded to a call for fire on the roof of a large house at 5421 Tall Oaks Drive in an unincorporated portion of the district. First arriving units found heavy fire along the peak of a three-story house and made a quick external attack before taking lines inside. After knocking down the bulk of the fire, they chased spot fires inside and along the peak as they had trouble accessing the affected area from the inside. The area was without hydrants. Tanker 55, a 3,000-gallon tanker, nursed the attack engine and a supply line was dropped over a the distance of a long block to the main road where two portable tanks were setup initiating a tanker shuttle to supply additional water.

A ladder brought to the rear would assist firefighters in gaining access to the rear peak that was burning Larry Shapiro photo

A small flame at the roof peak is visible from the side of the house as firefighters deal with trying to access the area. Larry Shapiro photo

Small flames persisted at a hard to access roof peak. Larry Shapiro photo

fire department tanker nursing an engine

Long Grove Tanker 55 nursing Squad 55. Larry Shapiro photo

Long Grove Squad 55 gets water for the initial attack from Tanker 55. Larry Shapiro photo

Long Grove Tanker 56 working at it’s maiden fire. Larry Shapiro photo

rural water supply operation at fire scene

Prospect Heights Tanker 9 drafting from a portable tank on Route 22 at Tall Oaks Drive. Larry Shapiro photo

more images at shapirophotography.net

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Commercial fire in Harvey, 6-24-14

Jun 25

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

This from Dennis McGuire, Jr.:

Last night at approximately 22:00 hrs the Harvey Fire Department responded to 14829 S. Loomis for a reported fire in a building. Upon arrival of the 1st engine the one-story auto repair shop, 50×60, was fully involved and thru the roof. Three firefighters were transported to the hospital with minor injuries. Command did request a Full Still alarm response off of Box# 2 with an extra engine called.

Dennis McGuire, Jr. photo

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Fatal house fire in Tinley Park, 4-12-14

Apr 13

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This from Steve Redick:

We spent the day at Indy yesterday…and we were 90 minutes out of town when they had the big job so we missed it. We did catch this job in the far southern suburb of Tinley Park when we got back to town. It was just about done when we finally found it, and 1 victim was removed prior to our arrival and did not survive. Here are some rig shots and some overall scene shots. This is an area I never get to, so these are some new sights for me…

Steve

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Tags: fire engines at night fire scene, house fire in Tinley Park, night fire scene photos, Steve Redick, Tinley Park Fire Department

2-Alarm commercial fire in Evanston, 12-29-13 (final)

Jan 2

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire, Fire Truck photos | 18 Comments

One parting post on last weeks commercial fire in Evanston, some interesting apparatus shots from Steve Redick.

Perhaps someone can comment on this, but the webmaster can’t remember another time (certainly in recent years) that all five Evanston engines were pumping at the same fire
Steve has the first shot we’ve seen of the Glenview/Northfield Truck 14/29 in service and labeled as Truck 29
Wilmette and Winnetka engines were also pumping at the scene, though Steve tells us that they were each substituted for Evanston engines that required fuel
an interesting note, with the inclusion of the Wilmette and Winnetka engines, this fire utilized Engines 21, 22, 23, 24 25, 26, & 28 … almost a complete sequence of numerical units …