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Vintage CFD Fire Photos
Jun 30
More images from the Fire Buffs of Illinois and 5-11 Club muster at the Quinn Fire Academy on June 16th.
![APPARATUS_LINEUP_AT_MUSTER__BF Fire muster in Chicago 2012](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/APPARATUS_LINEUP_AT_MUSTER__BF.jpg)
Apparatus lined up for display outside the Quinn Fire Academy. Bill Friedrich photo
![COMMAND_VAN_2-7-1__G-559__2007_FORD_F-650_-_ROAD_RESCUE__BF Fire muster in Chicago 2012 CFD Comm-Van 2-7-1](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/COMMAND_VAN_2-7-1__G-559__2007_FORD_F-650_-_ROAD_RESCUE__BF.jpg)
Command Van 2-7-1,a 2007 Ford F-650/Road Rescue (G-559) was on display at the muster. Bill Friedrich photo
![LOUDONVILLE_1977_ALFCO_CENTURY__1500_-_500__OWNED_BY_JOHN_CARTER__BF Fire muster in Chicago 2012 Loudonville Century Series American LaFrance](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/LOUDONVILLE_1977_ALFCO_CENTURY__1500_-_500__OWNED_BY_JOHN_CARTER__BF.jpg)
This 1977 Century Series American LaFrance engine (1,500/500) which is owned by John Carter is X-Loudonville. Bill Friedrich photo
![SAULK_FIRE_DISTRICT,WI__1961_FWD__750_-_750___OWNED_BY_GARY_JENSEN__BF Fire muster in Chicago 2012 Sauk Fire District FWD engine](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/SAULK_FIRE_DISTRICTWI__1961_FWD__750_-_750___OWNED_BY_GARY_JENSEN__BF.jpg)
Owned by Gary Jensen, this 1961 FWD (750/750) engine from the Sauk Fire District in Wisconsin was on display. Bill Friedrich photo
![HILLSIDE_FD__ENGINE_402_ALFCO_EAGLE_-_3D__1500-__750__BF Fire muster in Chicago 2012 Hillside Fire Department American LaFrance Eagle engine](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/HILLSIDE_FD__ENGINE_402_ALFCO_EAGLE_-_3D__1500-__750__BF.jpg)
Hillside brought Engine 402, a 2001 American LaFrance Eagle/3D (1,500/750). Bill Friedrich photo
![HILLSIDE_ENGINE_405__1975_ALFCO_CENTURY__1500-750__(NOW_PRIVATLY_OWNED)__BF Fire muster in Chicago 2012 Hillside Fire Department American LaFrance Century engine](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/HILLSIDE_ENGINE_405__1975_ALFCO_CENTURY__1500-750__NOW_PRIVATLY_OWNED__BF.jpg)
X-Hillside Engine 405, a 1975 American LaFrance Century Series (1,500/750) which is privately owned was also at the muster. Bill Friedrich photo
![HILLSIDE_FD___NEW_AND_OLD_AMERICAN_LA_FRANCE_PUMPERS__BF Fire muster in Chicago 2012 Hillside Fire Department American LaFrance](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/HILLSIDE_FD___NEW_AND_OLD_AMERICAN_LA_FRANCE_PUMPERS__BF.jpg)
Both Hillside engines sat side by side showing the different generations of American LaFrance engines. Bill Friedrich photo
![FIRE_MUSEUM_ENGINE_10__AHRENS_FOX__BF Fire muster in Chicago 2012 Fire Museum of Greater Chicago Ahrens Fox engine](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/FIRE_MUSEUM_ENGINE_10__AHRENS_FOX__BF.jpg)
This Ahrens Fox from the Fire Museum of Greater Chicago was center stage. Bill Friedrich photo
Not shown in photos but also on display were the replica of LA County Squad 51 and a Chicago Ridge engine.
This from D. Herndobler:
A couple weeks back, I paid a visit to West Chicago Station 8, and was able to get a couple photos of Squad 8.
- 2008, Rosenbauer, Panther 1500.
- 1,500-gallon water tank
- 200 gallons of foam
- 500 lbs of dry chem
- 1,850-GPM pump
- Rhino Low-Attack bumper turret
- FLIR
![SONY DSC West Chicago Fire Protection District ARFF Squad 8](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/WEGO_S8-4861-DH.jpg)
West Chicago Fire Protection District ARFF Squad 8, D. Herndobler photo
![SONY DSC West Chicago Fire Protection District ARFF Squad 8](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/WEGO_S8-4864-DH.jpg)
The West Chicago Fire Protection District ARFF is a 2008 Rosenbauer Panther 1500. D. Herndobler photo
This from Josh Boyajian:
Oak Park had a fire tonight in the rear of a 50×100 bow string truss building, they made a quick knock. Here are some pictures.
![OKPK_0243-JB Small fire at Oak Park Building 6-27-12](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/OKPK_0243-JB.jpg)
Josh Boyajian photo
![OKPK_0247-JB Small fire at Oak Park Building 6-27-12](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/OKPK_0247-JB.jpg)
Josh Boyajian photo
![OKPK_0248-JB Small fire at Oak Park Building 6-27-12](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/OKPK_0248-JB.jpg)
Josh Boyajian photo
![OKPK_0246-JB Small fire at Oak Park Building 6-27-12](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/OKPK_0246-JB.jpg)
Josh Boyajian photo
![OKPK_0249-JB Small fire at Oak Park Building 6-27-12](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/OKPK_0249-JB.jpg)
Josh Boyajian photo
This from reader Eric Haak:
Still & Box Alarm @ 47th and Knox on June 27th. Engine 34 pulled up just before 1:45 pm to the Right Away Pallet Company and within 2 minutes called for the box. The area involved was a 125 x 125 storage lot stacked tight with 10-foot tall columns of pallets. Engine 34 fed Tower Ladder 54 inside the company’s yard while Truck 52 pulled into a lot to the west of the involved area and was fed by Engine 123. Tower Ladder 39 set up in the empty parking lot to the south of the pallet yard and was fed by Engine 32. A total of 5 lines were used to bring the blaze under control and 2-2-5 struck out the box @ 2:38.
![CFD_Knox-EH Chicago Fire Department Still & Box Alarm 47th & Knox 6-27-12 pallet fire](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/CFD_Knox-EH.jpg)
Heavy fire from the Right Away Pallet Company at 47th & Knox. Eric Haak photo
![CFD_E34-001-Eric_Haak Chicago Fire Department Still & Box Alarm 47th & Knox 6-27-12 Engine 34](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/CFD_E34-001-Eric_Haak.jpg)
Engine 34 supplied Tower Ladder 54 at the Still & Box Alarm. Eric Haak photo
![CFD_TL39-Eric_Haak Chicago Fire Department Still & Box Alarm 47th & Knox 6-27-12 pallet fire Tower Ladder 39](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/CFD_TL39-Eric_Haak.jpg)
Tower Ladder 39 was deployed from an adjacent yard. Eric Haak photo
![CFD_T52-Eric Haak Chicago Fire Department Still & Box Alarm 47th & Knox 6-27-12 pallet fire](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/CFD_T52-Eric-Haak.jpg)
Firefighters change the tip on the waterway of Truck 52 prior to raising the main. Eric Haak photo
![CFD_E32-Eric Haak Chicago Fire Department Still & Box Alarm 47th & Knox 6-27-12 pallet fire](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/CFD_E32-Eric-Haak.jpg)
Engine 32 was supplying Tower Ladder 39. Eric Haak photo
![CFD_T52-Eric_Haak Chicago Fire Department Still & Box Alarm 47th & Knox 6-27-12 pallet fire](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/CFD_T52-Eric_Haak.jpg)
Truck 52 goes to work inside the pallet yard. Eric Haak photo
![CFD_Knox-0013-EH Chicago Fire Department Still & Box Alarm 47th & Knox 6-27-12 pallet fire](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/CFD_Knox-0013-EH.jpg)
A battalion chief climbs Tower Ladder 39 to observe the operations. Eric Haak photo
Hank Sajovic also went to the scene and submitted a few images.
![CFD_Knox-4-HS Chicago Fire Department Still & Box Alarm 47th & Knox 6-27-12 pallet fire](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/CFD_Knox-4-HS.jpg)
Tower Ladder 54 working the fire. Hank Sajovic photo
![CFD_Knox-3-HS Chicago Fire Department Command Van 2-7-3](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/CFD_Knox-3-HS.jpg)
Comm Van 2-7-3 was at the fire. Hank Sajovic photo
![CFD_Knox-1-HS Chicago Fire Department Still & Box Alarm 47th & Knox 6-27-12 pallet fire](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/CFD_Knox-1-HS.jpg)
Stacks of charred pallets. Hank Sajovic photo
![CFD_Knox-2-HS Chicago Fire Department Still & Box Alarm 47th & Knox 6-27-12 pallet fire](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/CFD_Knox-2-HS.jpg)
Companies staged on 47th Street. Hank Sajovic photo
Plainfield Box Alarm 6-27-12
Jun 28
This from Jim Skrabel:
Thought you may want a few photos of the fire in Plainfield on Rolf road. The address was 23648 Rolf Road. One house totally destroyed and there was heavy damage to another.
![PNFD_1270-JS Plainfield Fire Department house fire on Rolf Road 6-27-12](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/PNFD_1270-JS.jpg)
Jim Skrabel photo
![PNFD_1272-JS Plainfield Fire Department house fire on Rolf Road 6-27-12](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/PNFD_1272-JS.jpg)
Jim Skrabel photo
![PNFD_1273-JS Plainfield Fire Department house fire on Rolf Road 6-27-12](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/PNFD_1273-JS.jpg)
Jim Skrabel photo
![PNFD_1281-JS Plainfield Fire Department house fire on Rolf Road 6-27-12](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/PNFD_1281-JS.jpg)
Tanker operations. Jim Skrabel photo
![PNFD_1286-JS Plainfield Fire Department house fire on Rolf Road 6-27-12](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/PNFD_1286-JS.jpg)
Tanker operations. Jim Skrabel photo
The Herald News Sun has an article that states:
Fire destroyed one house and damaged another Wednesday night in the 23600 block of Rolf Road.
No one was injured in the fire, which Deputy Fire Chief Jon Stratton said was reported at 5:41 p.m.
“Crews arrived to find the front of the two-story house on fire, the car on the driveway had started on fire and there were flames on the wall of the house next door from the heavy winds,” Stratton said.
The entire article can be found HERE.
Firegeezer.com has an article about the Gardner Fire Protection District in Grundy County being shutdown by a judge.
THE GARDNER VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT in Gardner, Illinois, is no more after a Grundy County judge ordered them to cease operations. The Gardner Fire Protection District is responsible for providing fire and ems services to a large area and had been contracting fire and ambulance service to the GVFD to cover the town and immediate area.
Last week the judge ordered the sheriff to seize all the property of the VFD and return it to the FPD. On Monday a moving crew showed up at the firehouse and removed all the property including the emergency vehicles, furnishings, fire equipment, running gear, etc. Everything except the real estate was transferred over to the FPD.
Despite the volunteer’s claim that it will now take ten minutes for a fire engine to arrive, the fire protection district had already prepared to maintain coverage in the town by transferring fire apparatus and an ambulance from other areas into a temporary facility set up at the town hall. Many of the Gardner volunteers have been accepted onto the rolls of the district.
Read the entire article HERE which includes a video from WBBM-TV Ch. 2 Chicago.
Dave Statter from Statter911.com posted this video clip of a rescue being made at the 3-11 Alarm fire yesterday at 714 E. 82nd Street.
RAW VIDEO: RESCUE FROM CHICAGO’S ‘HOLY SHIT’ FIRE.
CFD Swap Meet and Muster
Jun 27
The swap meet and fire muster was co-sponsored by the 5-11 Club and Fire Buffs of Illinois on Saturday, June 16th at the Quinn Fire Academy. Here are a few images from the event.
![CFD_511-5084 Chicago Fire Department Haz Mat Unit Hazardous Incident Team](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/CFD_511-5084.jpg)
Several CFD companies came by including 5-1-1. Larry Shapiro photo
![CFD_antique-5054 antique Chicago Fire Department Battalion Chief Dodge Monaco](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/CFD_antique-5054.jpg)
Radioman’s Dave Weaver brought his CFD Dodge Monaco for Division 7. Larry Shapiro photo
![CFD_MAB_8-8-12_FDS-114-BF Chicago Fire Department MAB 8-8-12 Medical Ambulance Bus](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/CFD_MAB_8-8-12_FDS-114-BF.jpg)
The new CFD (8-8-12) was open and on display in the yard. Bill Friedrich photo
![Carl Misek Ahrens Fox engine pumping water at a muster](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Carl-Misek.jpg)
An Ahrens Fox was pumping in the street. Carl Misek photo
![Buffs-5032 Chicago Fire Department muster](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Buffs-5032.jpg)
Where there are fire trucks posed, there will be photographers snapping photos. Larry Shapiro photo
![CFD_Academy_Engine-5066 Chicago Fire Department Training Academy Crimson engine](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/CFD_Academy_Engine-5066.jpg)
The new engine for the training academy was positioned for photos. Larry Shapiro photo
![CFD_Academy_Engine-5071A Chicago Fire Department Training Academy Crimson engine](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/CFD_Academy_Engine-5071A.jpg)
A view showing the rear of the new training academy engine. Larry Shapiro photo
![Wadsworth_Eng-5002 Wadsworth Ohio Ward LaFrance Ambassador P80 engine belonging to Doug Reno](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Wadworth_Eng-5002.jpg)
The Wadsworth Ohio Ward LaFrance Ambassador P80 engine belonging to Doug Reno (of Wadsworth, IL) was one of several on display. Larry Shapiro photo
The Chicago City Council is proposing an ordinance to identify and brand dangerous buildings with a scarlet ‘X’. The Chicago Tribune reports that:
Firefighters, cops and paramedics arriving at dangerous, vacant buildings would be warned by emergency dispatchers and bright reflective signs under new city efforts to avoid another disaster like the December 2010 roof collapse that claimed the lives of two firefighters.
Earlier this year, the city began compiling a list of dangerous buildings for 911 dispatchers, who will warn first responders en route to those sites. And the City Council Zoning Committee on Monday endorsed a measure to put 2-foot by 2-foot reflective signs, each with a large red “X,” on those buildings.
The entire article can be found HERE.
thanks Chris