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2-Alarm fire in Evanston junk yard, 8-31-14 (more)

Images from Josh Boyajian of Evanston’s 2nd Alarm fire in the junkyard on Sunday.

 

Josh Boyajian photo

Josh Boyajian photo

Josh Boyajian photo

Josh Boyajian photo

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• #1 by Tim Gobat on September 4, 2014 - 1:44 PM

  

  Engine 21 was next to Truck 22. I am the Engineer of Engine 24, we were first in and we were north of Engine 21 and Truck 22. Engine 24 approached from the North, hooked the hydrant in Sam’s Club lot and laid 600′ of 5″ supply down the service drive. Engine 24 used quick water with the deck gun and tank water which did nothing. There was a ton of fire and high heat conditions in the yard. Power lines above popped in the first 10 minutes we were on scene. Ambulance 22 charged the supply line to Engine 24 and we used two 2 1/2″ lines and our courtyard load (2 1/2″ wyed to 1 3/4″). Those 3 lines were in operation in less than 10 minutes after 24’s arrival. Ambulance 22 and Ambulance 21 crews assisted Engine 24 with the lines in the yard. The Brothers on those hose lines took a beating for 45 minutes to an hour but did a fantastic job! Those 3 lines were the only lines in the yard working. All other were master streams from both Trucks 22 and 23 and Skokie Tower 16. Engine 25 had their deck gun flowing and engine 21 had a monitor in the lot south of the yard working. All the hose from Engine 24, 650′ of 2 1/2″ and 250′ of 1 3/4″ were left there due to the contamination from all the fluids. Looks like we will need some new gear as well. It was a long day… I’ll take a building fire any day over this.

• #2 by Tom Foley on September 3, 2014 - 8:23 PM

  

  Are Evanston and Cicero the only depts. with Tillered ladders in the Chicago burbs?

• #3 by Brian on September 3, 2014 - 11:53 AM

  

  Looks like Engine 25 is Michael

• #4 by Michael M on September 3, 2014 - 9:47 AM

  

  which engine is in front of the aerial ladder?

• #5 by Bill Post on September 3, 2014 - 9:29 AM

  

  Those are great shots Josh. It isn’t very often that you see some one perched on a Tillered Aerial Ladder guiding a stream from a Ladder pipe (especially in the Chicago area).

  Shots like that are more common in the Los Angeles City and San Francisco fire departments where both fire departments run with Truck companies that are 100% Tillered fleets however none of their Aerial Ladders run with “prepiped waterways” the way that Evanston does. None of those fire departments run with Tower Ladders either.

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