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Box alarm fire in Long Grove, 3-1-18

Mar 1

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The Countryside FPD with neighboring departments was sent to 4867 Pond View Court in Long Grove this morning (3/1/18) for a basement fire. Upon arrival companies made an interior attack but had to back out shortly thereafter as areas of the first floor were compromised and then collapsed. Although there was a hydrant in the cul-de-sac, 400′ of LDH was stretched to the end of the street where two portable tanks were setup for tanker operations. Libertyville Engine 462 drafted from the portable tanks supplying Mundelein Engine 432 in front of the house. Both Countryside engines, their tanker, and tower ladder were also in front of the house. Fire traveled from the basement to the second floor but was contained quickly. One firefighter was taken to an area hospital with a shoulder injury.

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fire engine with lots of hose lines attached

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house fire with flames on the second floor

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Firefighters with hose apply water to fire

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fire engine drafting from portable tanks

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Firefighters use foam to fight basement fire

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Firefighters with hose line immersed in foam

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House fire in Long Grove, 7-10-17

Jul 10

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Long Grove firefighters were sent to 4745 Wellington Drive Monday morning before 5:30 for a reported house fire. Based on phone calls received, dispatchers at RED Center upgraded the Code 3 response to a Code 4 for the working fire while units were en route. Long Grove Squad 55 arrived and reported visible fire and initiation of a transitional attack. The fire at the roof’s peak above a two-story front foyer was knocked down quickly. Companies remained on the scene doing extensive overhaul and salvage work.

Water supply was secured through the use of tankers that were nursing Long Grove Squad 55. A partial list of units at the scene included Long Grove Squad, Tanker, and Ambulance 55, 5500, 5501, 5502; Buffalo Grove Quint 27 and Battalion 4; Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Truck and Battalion 51; Arlington Heights Engine and Ambulance 4; Wheeling Engine 23; Countryside Tanker 411; Prospect Heights Tanker and Ambulance 9; plus tankers from Palatine Rural, Barrington Countryside, and Wauconda; Lake Zurich Engine 4 and 3203; Libertyville Quint 462; Barrington Ambulance 361; Deerfield-Bannockburn Squad 19; and Palatine Engine 81.

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fire trucks at fire scene in driving rain

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aerial ladder reaches roof with set back

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Firefighters with hose line at fire scene

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fire department tanker nursing an engine

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Firefighters on ground ladder overhaul after house fire

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Long Grove FPD Squad 55 E-ONE Typhoon fire engine at fire scene

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2-Alarm house fire in Long Grove 9-16-16 (more)

Sep 17

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video from the 2-Alarm fire in Long Grove 9-16-16

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2-Alarm house fire in Long Grove 9-16-16

Sep 17

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This from Larry Shapiro:

The Long Grove FPD was dispatched with mutual aid companies to the area of Old McHenry Road and Cuba Road Friday night (9/16/16) just after 9:30PM for a reported house fire. The location is just blocks from the fire station and the Long Grove units were in the area within minutes of the call. They found a vacant house in disrepair off of Shagbark Lane with heavy fire.

The Code 3 dispatch was quickly upgraded to a Code 4 for the working fire. Nine units were due on the initial dispatch including three tankers and another 12 units with five tenders were due on the Code 4 along with several chief officers.

Long Grove Squad 55 and Tanker 55 used 4,000 gallons of water which was quickly supplemented by another 3,200 gallons from the Wauconda tanker and 1,000 gallons from Lake Zurich Engine 4 as a water supply operation was implemented with a tanker shuttle.

Eventually a Box Alarm and then a 2nd Alarm for tenders only brought multiple additional resources to the scene.

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firefighter with hose line at huge house fire

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firefighters climb engine at major fire scene

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Grayslake FD tender dumps water at fire scene

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Elk Grove Township FD tender dumps water at fire scene

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House fire in Long Grove, 3-31-16

Apr 4

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From a reader:

CODE 4: 3699 CUBA RD

Thu 03/31/2016 @ 21:46

Originally dispatched as a brush fire reported by police. Long Grove arrived, and upon driving down the long driveway discovered the fully-involved, vacant, one-story structure, and it was upgraded to a Code 4. They went defensive from the start and kept the fire from spreading to thick brush and trees nearby. The fire was later upgraded to a Box Alarm for tenders only.

Three lines were off: Two 2&1/2s and one 1&3/4. One 2&1/2 switched to a Blitzfire portable master stream later into fire.

Tender 56 was the attack pumper

Prospect Heights Tanker 9 was the first mutual aid company and fed Tender 56

Palatine Rural Tanker 36 was the 2^nd mutual aid tanker and also nursed

Palatine Engine 82 backed into driveway and pumped LDH from Cuba Rd. to Prospect Heights Tanker 9

Partial list of companies:

Long Grove: Battalion 55, Chief 5500, Ambulance 55, Tanker 56

Palatine Engine 82, Buffalo Grove Engine 26, Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Truck 51, Palatine Rural Tanker 36, Prospect Heights Tanker 9, Buffalo Grove Battalion 4, Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Battalion 51, Prospect Heights Deputy Chief 901, Deerfield Squad 19, Lake Zurich Engine 4, Highland Park Truck 33, Mundelein Quint 432, Arlington Heights Ambulance 4, and a Barrington ambulance

Box Alarm companies: Grayslake tanker, Fox Lake tanker, Wauconda tanker, Barrington Countryside tanker, Round Lake tanker, Fox River Grove tanker, Countryside hose tender

MESS canteen and Lake County CERT were also at the scene

Change of quarters companies were Highwood Ambulance 37 and Lake Forest Engine 422

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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

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

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Long Grove house fire 8-19-13 (more)

Aug 21

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The Buffalo Grove Countryside has an article about yesterday’s fire in Long Grove which includes several photos taken by one of the residents during the fire.

Also, a video by Larry Shapiro.

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Long Grove house fire 8-19-13

Aug 19

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This from Larry Shapiro:

Residents called the Long Grove FD around 6:30 this morning reporting some type of explosion and fire in the garage area of their home at 3238 Victorian Lane. The alarm was upgraded to a Code 4 prior to the first units arriving on scene. They found all residents out of the home and heavy fire throughout the attached three-car garage and the bedroom windows above. The cedar roof shingles along that side had the roof involved as well. A quick blitz attack was initiated which then allowed companies to make an interior attack. The fire was contained to the area that was involved on arrival with slight extension further into the house.

Companies at the scene included engines from Long Grove, Lincolnshire-Riverwoods, Palatine, Arlington Heights, and Wheeling. Tankers from Long Grove, Countryside, Fox Lake, Prospect Heights, Barrington, and Fox Lake responded along with a Deerfield squad and Libertyville, Long Grove, and Lincolnshire-Riverwoods ambulances.

Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Engine 51 was on a dry hydrant near Route 53. Larry Shapiro photo

LDH from Engine 55 to the Lioncolnshire-Riverwoods engine. Larry Shapiro photo

Long hose lay down the private lane. Larry Shapiro photo

Long Grove Engine 55 and Buffalo Grove Quint 27. Larry Shapiro photo

Sector A with multiple lines out and the quint to the roof. Larry Shapiro photo

Buffalo Grove Quint 27 . Larry Shapiro photo

Companies in front of the house after the fire had been knocked down. Larry Shapiro photo

Hitting hot spots on the rof. Larry Shapiro photo

A Buffalo Grove firefighter working on the roof. Larry Shapiro photo

One of three vehicles damaged or destroyed by the fire. Larry Shapiro photo

Mundelein firefighters mask up before entering the house for salvage work. Larry Shapiro photo

Small fire still on the ridge line over the garage. Larry Shapiro photo

Buffalo Grove firefighters exit the house. Larry Shapiro photo

A supply line was stretched from the Long Grove engine to the Countryside tanker. Larry Shapiro photo

Countryside tender prepared to supply water. Larry Shapiro photo

Long Grove Engine 55 pulled into the driveway followed by Tanker 55 to supply up to 3,000 additional gallons of water before a supplemental water supply was established. Then Palatine Engine 82, the next engine to arrive, dropped a supply line down the length of the private road from a dry hydrant near Route 53. Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Engine 51 arrived next and established the water supply drafting from the pond.

A gallery with more images can be found HERE.

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Long Grove house fire 4-5-13

Apr 6

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Long Grove FPD companies responded to a reported house fire just after 9PM at 4251 Route 83. Units arrived and reported a working fire. Mutual aid companies on the initial response included engines from Lincolnshire-Riverwoods, Palatine, Lake Zurich, and Arlington Heights. Buffalo Grove responded with a 75′ quint, Prospect Heights sent an ambulance and a tanker, and an additional tanker came from the Palatine Rural FPD since the area is without hydrants.

Conditions inside the house, one of the few houses on Route 83 between Aptakisic and Hill Top Roads, were that of hoarders, making interior navigation difficult. The fire was largely on the exterior of the building with extension on both floors. There were no injuries. Additional companies requested to the scene as the alarm was upgraded to a Code 4 (working fire) included an engine from Barrington and an Arlington Heights ambulance.