Working fire in Chicago, 4-17-14

This from Steve Redick:

I was able to attend an unusual incident last night. There is a small area that belongs to Chicago, that lies along Foster ave west of River rd, adjacent to O’Hare Field. This is much closer to Rosemont and Schiller Park, yet it belongs to CFD. It isn’t really a good run for either the airport companies nor engine 11. Sort of a no-man’s land. Rosemont responded to smoke in the area, as well as Schiller Park , Desplaines, and Park Ridge. CFD was notified as well. Arriving units found a well-involved tour/party type bus inside an industrial building. Park Ridge, due on auto-aide, used a deck gun to hit the bulk of the fire. Chicago companies arrived and worked in concert with all the suburban units. Another interesting aspect to this was that MVU (924) was used. This rig lives at O’Hare Field and most of us fire fan types have never actually had a chance to see the unit in operation. I also took a photo or two of the various municipality street signs at each end of the block. They used suburban style hydrants, but I think I heard the sprinkler connections on the fire building were Chicago threads. All in all a “once in a billion years” kinda deal.

Steve

Steve Redick photo

Steve Redick photo

Steve Redick photo

Steve Redick photo

Steve Redick photo

Steve Redick photo

This entry was posted on April 18, 2014, 2:49 PM and is filed under Apparatus on-scene, Fire, Fire Scene photos, Fire Scene video. You can follow any responses to this entry through RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

#1 by The DH on April 25, 2014 - 10:53 PM

From what Steve said on another forum where he commonly posts his photos is that the CFD Still should have been Engines 11 and 86 with Trucks 9 and 57 and Squad 7. Engine 9 ended up there bringing the MVU. Engine 9 would have the easiest/quickest response there of any CFD company.

#2 by Mike Mc on April 25, 2014 - 9:16 PM

Thanks for the photos. Was this Battalion 12’s fire or did the chief stay at the airport? Thanks.

#3 by Matthew G on April 19, 2014 - 9:10 AM

Photos are fantastic. Out of curiosity, does CFD send a still assignment from the airport with something like this? Or is it just the engine and the squad?

#4 by Rich on April 18, 2014 - 7:24 PM