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It’s the season for controlled or prescribed burns, so I followed a huge header Tuesday afternoon (3/31/15) to the Busse Woods Forest Preserve where the Cook County FPD Resource Management firefighters were burning in a large field. I walked in and stayed for about 45 minutes as they moved through the area. Here are some images from the burn area of what’s called the Nature Preserve on the north side of the Salt Creek.

huge flames and heavy smoke from prescribed burn

Larry Shapiro photo

wildland firefighter uses drip torch in field

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

An extensive gallery is at shapirophotography.net

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Garage fire in Wheeling, 3-17-15

Mar 17

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

This from Larry Shapiro:

Wheeling firefighters were called to 697 S. Merle for a fully-involved, detached garage fire. A header was visible while companies were en route and multiple 9-1-1 calls were received. The alarm was upgraded to the Code 4 for the working fire bringing mutual and auto-aid from Buffalo Grove, Prospect heights, Long Grove, and Arlington Heights.

Here are several images from the scene plus a video.

Larry Shapiro photo

fireman gets ready to fight fully engulfed garage fire

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

fireman pulls large diameter (LDH) hoe off an engine

Larry Shapiro photo

fireman pulls large diameter (LDH) supply line to a hydrant

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

Wheeling FD Luverne fire engine with lines off

Larry Shapiro photo

More photos at shapirophotography.net

an image from a reader:

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Chicago working fire, 11-14-14 (more)

Nov 17

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire, Fire Scene photos | 17 Comments

This from Steve Redick of the Chicago Still Alarm at 5701 N Newcastle:

Arrived about 15 minutes into this job and was greeted with fire venting from the roof. Companies made the attic and hit the fire from below in pretty short order. Some items of interest … note the positioning of truck 55, some call this beaching … seemed to work very well here. Also note the ground ladder placement covering all sides of the structure. The images of squad 7 are of the same rig used in the show Chicago Fire. The 7 on the door looks like a good tape job to me and makes me think they’re gonna have this rig for a while. An interesting job in a normally very quiet area.

Steve

Steve Redick photo

firemen on ladder with flames through roof

Steve Redick photo

fire truck on scene with flames through roof of a house

Steve Redick photo

Chicago fire truck from the TV show Chicago Fire

Steve Redick photo

firemen place ladders to windows of house fire

Steve Redick photo

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Chicago working fire, 11-14-14 (more)

Nov 16

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This video from Steve Redick of the Chicago Still Alarm at 5701 N Newcastle

Tags: Chicago Fire Department, fire scene photos, fire scene video, fire venting through the roof, Steve Redick, video of firefighting operations, video of firemen working, working fire in Chicago

Chicago Working fire, 11-14-14

Nov 15

Posted by Admin in Fire Scene video | 6 Comments

Video from Dan Shevlin:

Chicago Fire Dept working fire at Hurlbut & Newcastle in Old Norwood Park

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Driver killed in head-on crash in Long Grove 10-22-14

Oct 22

Posted by Admin in car fire, crash scene video, MVA, Rescue scene photos, video of firefighters working | 4 Comments

This from Larry Shapiro:

Firefighters were called to the scene of a head-on crash this afternoon on Old McHenry Road north of Cuba Road in Long Grove. First arriving companies reported one car vs a semi with a fire and the car’s driver trapped. The driver was extricated in short order and transported to Condell Hospital … the fire, reported to have encroached into the passenger compartment was quickly contained.

The semi was parked on the shoulder (northbound on the southbound side of the road) as the driver was delivering building materials up a long driveway with a piggyback truck mounted forklift. He reported seeing smoke as he approached the street having never heard the impact of the crash. He attempted to fight the fire with an extinguisher as did a Lake County Sheriff’s deputy prior to the arrival of the fire department.

Here are some images from the scene.

Firefighters work to extinguish the fire and free the driver. Larry Shapiro photo

Two Long Grove firefighters work to free the driver from the car as another fights the fire. Larry Shapiro photo

The airbag did not deploy during the crash. Larry Shapiro photo

More images are at shapirophotography.net

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Chicago 2-11 Alarm fire, 9-20-14 (more)

Sep 21

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Steve Redick video

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Working fire in Buffalo Grove, 9-6-14

Sep 7

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This from Larry Shapiro:

Buffalo Grove firefighters were called to 1062 Harvard Lane in the early morning hours of September 6th for smoke in the house. The area had been hit hard earlier in the day by a fast moving storm that knocked out power to many homes including this one. Thick black smoke met the first arriving companies who quickly found a small fire in the basement, but not before the entire house was charged with smoke. Here are a few images and a short video from the scene.