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Fatal Box Alarm in Berwyn, 5-5-17 (part 2)

May 6

Posted by Admin in Fire Scene photos | 1 Comment

More photos from the Fatal Box Alarm in Berwyn, 5-5-17

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Tags: Berwyn Fire Department, fatal fire in Berwyn, fire scene photos, Tim Olk

2-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, 4-15-17 (more)

Apr 16

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

More photos from Tim Olk of the 2-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, 4-15-17

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Tags: 2-11 alarm fire in Chicago, Chicago FD Squad 5A, Chicago FD Tower Ladder 34, fire scene photos, Tim Olk

2-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, 4-15-17 (more)

Apr 15

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

Additional photos from Tim Olk of the 2-11 Alarm fire in Chicago at 9650 S Ewing, 4-15-17

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heavy smoke from roof of building on fire

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Tags: 2-11 alarm fire in Chicago, Chicago FD Engine 46, Chicago FD Squad 5A, chicagoareafire.com, fire scene photos, Tim Olk

As seen around … Chicago

Apr 10

Posted by Admin in Fire Truck photos | 9 Comments

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Tags: Chicago FD Engine 13, Chicago FD Squad 1, Chicago Fire Department, Rosenbauer America ACP-55 articulating aerial for O'Hare Airport, Tim Olk

Chicago MVA with Haz Mat Level 1, 3-26-17

Mar 27

Posted by Admin in Crash scene photos, Towing and Recovery, Towing and Recovery video | 7 Comments

This from Steve Redick:

Took in an unusual response yesterday on the outbound JFK Expressway at Kimball. A semi truck struck the retaining wall and went over the side on an elevated portion of the roadway. The cab detached from the frame (which remained dangling over the lower roadway) and fell to the street below. The driver was reported as being pinned with both portions of the wreckage on fire.

The driver had been removed and was enroute to the hospital when I arrived. Reportedly he was not pinned, but as you might imagine seriously injured. I observed some of the recovery operations utilizing the large IDOT wrecker as well as a bit of the Lin-Mar wrecker operations. A haz mat response was also utilized due to leaking fuel and fluids on both the upper and lower portions of the incident.

semi chassis dangling over a street where the cab separated

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semi tractor separated from chassis during crash

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semi tractor hanging over expressway wass

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firefighter applies foam after crash on highway

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Tags: cab from semi falls over bridge as truck dangles over the edge, Chicago FD Engine 106, Chicago FD special duty, Chicago Fire Department, IDOT Minuteman wreker, Lin Mar Towing, Steve Redick, Tim Olk, tractor-trailer crash with fire in Chicago

Funeral for West Burlington, IA firefighter

Mar 6

Posted by Admin in Fire Department Funeral, LODD | Comments off

This from Tim Olk:

West Burlington Iowa Fire Department Line Of Duty Death Firefighter Jim ” Franco ” Franciskovich

Excerpts from wqad.com:

West Burlington Fire Department Firefighter James Franciskovich, 52, and two others were headed to the State Fire School in Ames, Iowa on Friday evening, Feb. 24, when they were involved in a car crash near Pella.

Chief Ryan told authorities that the car they were in hit a patch of ice around 6:30 p.m. The Iowa State Patrol reported that the car rolled on its top. Franciskovich died of his injuries. The two others were treated at a hospital and then released.

Franciskovich was a member of the West Burlington Fire Department for more than 15 years. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, one stepdaughter and one stepson.