This from Eric Haak:
Chicago had a still & box alarm fire in the 18th Battalion Sunday morning (12/15). The fire was at 4441 W Monroe and was in a vacant 2-story ordinary. The fire made it into the cockloft and a line was eventually stretched to the roof in order to finish the job.
Eric Haak photo
Eric Haak photo
Eric Haak photo
Eric Haak photo
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#1 by Chuck on December 17, 2019 - 11:10 PM
The 10 ambulances were extra for the day – every company ran with a variance and the extra ambulances were coverage for a great many ALS companies not having available FF/ PM’s.
#2 by Cmk420 on December 16, 2019 - 1:24 PM
I saw an “Ambulance 157” (CFD) at Little Company of Mary Hospital yesterday morning around 10:30, so it was probably a part of that too.
#3 by Eric Haak on December 16, 2019 - 6:53 AM
The truck was 36 and they were in a spare. I heard a few ambulance companies being dispatched as 100’s so those must have been the extras.
#4 by Chuck on December 16, 2019 - 2:07 AM
The top picture with the visible fire in the rear cockloft is great.
#5 by Bill Post on December 15, 2019 - 11:16 PM
Thanks Mike. Where those 10 extra ALS ambulances using any numbering series to identify them as temporary or did they just number them as 81 through 91? Were they on duty just for the daytime hours? Were they each assigned to a fire station or were they just floating around the city?
You wouldn’t know where they were stationed would you?
I wonder if they had to disable their computer notification system so that ALS companies wouldn’t be notified on emergencies since they were running without paramedics today?
#6 by Mike on December 15, 2019 - 8:28 PM
Bill they had lieutenants and chief written tests today. All companies were on variances, they had officers acting down and added 10 ALS ambulances for the time due to not having enough medics for ALS fire companies.
#7 by Bill Post on December 15, 2019 - 6:30 PM
Mike what kind of test did the CFD have today? It could have been Truck 36 as they are in the general area and they often cover for Truck 26.
#8 by Mike on December 15, 2019 - 5:57 PM
I saw some more photos and a lot of shields were truck 36. I know because of the test today they had a lot of people in different spots.
#9 by Bill Post on December 15, 2019 - 5:47 PM
Harry the truck company should be Truck 26 assuming they were available. I can tell that the rig is as 2000 E-One which was probably a spare. The nearest truck to that fire running a 2000 E-One would be Truck 8. For them to respond to 4441 W Monroe it would have had to have been on a change of quarters. It couldn’t have been Truck 11. The truck with the main up was a spare.
#10 by Mike on December 15, 2019 - 4:18 PM
Shouldn’t be truck 11. Engines there were 95 and 113. Trucks are tower 14 and probably truck 26
#11 by fred M on December 15, 2019 - 3:33 PM
Thanks for the pic’s Eric.
#12 by harry on December 15, 2019 - 3:07 PM
is that truck 11