This from Eric Haak:
At approximately 8:15 Sunday morning, a fire broke out in this 25×50 1.5 story brick on the 900 block of north Harding in Chicago’s 13th Battalion. Engine 95 was first due and reported the home to be fully involved on arrival. There was a enclosed wood frame porch at the rear of the structure where it appeared the fire originated. The home had been vacant for a while and had several break-ins. The fire eventually communicated to the home to the north and caused damage to the frame dormer of a 1.5 story ordinary. Companies working on the scene were Engines 95 and 76, Trucks 35 and 26, Truck 36 was RIT with the 12th Battalion.
Eric Haak photo
Eric Haak photo
Eric Haak photo
Eric Haak photo
Eric Haak photo
#1 by NJ on August 5, 2013 - 2:54 PM
The trucks carry both.
#2 by mike on August 2, 2013 - 4:35 PM
unless this happened recently the trucks have not carried chain saws, just rotary saws.
#3 by NJ on August 2, 2013 - 8:30 AM
The trucks all carry the chainsaws and the cut-off rescue saws.
#4 by Jim on August 2, 2013 - 1:31 AM
Do all trucks have chainsaws or just the squads?
#5 by Eric Haak on August 1, 2013 - 6:49 PM
They used saws to vent the roof at this fire. You can’t see the saw in these particular pictures but you can in others that I took. They were using the axes to clear out debris from the holes that they had already cut.
#6 by NJ on August 1, 2013 - 12:12 PM
No, it doesn’t show that. Look at the vent holes. Do you think they can chop almost perfect rectangles with axes?? You’re looking at pictures AFTER the holes have been cut. Look at the smoke already venting.
#7 by Jim on August 1, 2013 - 11:29 AM
My comment was in no way against the firefighters. They do the best job they can with the tools they have. I just can’t believe in this day and age that they would not have chainsaws. It clearly shows in the picture that they are using axes to make the vent holes. Once again not their fault. They are using the tools they are given.
#8 by NJ on August 1, 2013 - 8:54 AM
BTW, nice to see 35 got their rig back. They were running a spare for months.
#9 by NJ on August 1, 2013 - 8:54 AM
You can see that from the rectangular vent holes. Axes don’t make such neat straight line holes.
#10 by CFD 1979 on July 31, 2013 - 7:04 PM
Hell yes. Great to see some good truckman skills
#11 by Eric Haak on July 31, 2013 - 6:40 PM
They were using a saw to vent. You just don’t see it in these pictures.
#12 by Henry Gruba on July 31, 2013 - 12:38 PM
The axe always starts!
#13 by Jim on July 31, 2013 - 12:09 PM
It’s amazing these guys are still cutting roofs with axes. I think every other major city uses some type of saw.