Photos from Steve Redick of the 5-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, 11-5-16
Saturday early am at 26th & Kostner. Large vacant industrial building well involved on arrival. Several collapses occurred early in the incident. Access was good with large vacant lots on 2 sides of the complex. Several tower ladders and master streams were used. Most of the building was down by the time I arrived, the uninvolved section later burned in spectacular fashion a few hours after I “picked up”. There was no indication at the time I left that the fire had invaded that area. All the images and video can be seen here
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![Chicago FD Snorkel Squad 1A](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/A34A3041-600x374.jpg)
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![Chicago FD Turret Wagon 6-7-3](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/A34A3186-600x400.jpg)
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![Chicago FD reserve Snorkel 6-6-1](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/A34A3199-559x600.jpg)
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#1 by Sebastian on November 8, 2016 - 4:46 PM
Thought cfd stopped using the water pipe on the ladders years ago??
#2 by Chris Peterson on November 8, 2016 - 1:43 PM
Thanks…
#3 by David on November 8, 2016 - 12:47 PM
Chris, this is a 1982 Seagrave, currently a reserve piece (for quite some time), but as you see on the photos, they still use it on most big fires. I guess some guys here can provide a few more details on it’s previous assignments in the CFD.
#4 by Rj on November 8, 2016 - 12:20 PM
It is a reserve, it has been for years, maybe decades. They have to special call it, it’s really only used at extra alarm fires to provide another elevated master stream
#5 by Chris Peterson on November 8, 2016 - 11:48 AM
Wow! Beautiful snorkel truck. Does anyone know if this is running reserve or frontline?