Excerpts from fox32chicago.com:
Two civilians and one firefighter were hospitalized following a fire at a senior living facility in West Rogers Park Wednesday morning.
Officials say the fire was in one unit on the sixth floor of Swartzberg House located at 3101 West Touhy Avenue.
An elderly woman was transported to Swedish Hospital in serious to critical condition.
Excerpts from cbsnews.com:
A fire broke out at a nursing home in West Rogers Park on Wednesday morning, sending two people to the hospital.
According to the Chicago Fire Department, firefighters responded to the fire at 3101 West Touhy Avenue. The fire was contained to a kitchen in a unit on the sixth floor.
One person is in good condition and an elderly woman was critically injured. A firefighter was also injured after a minor fall.
Residents sheltered in place.
Fire officials said working fire sprinkler system stopped the fire from spreading.
#1 by Bill Post on October 12, 2023 - 12:27 PM
There was some misreporting by CBS news on this fire, The building is Not a Nursing home , however it is Senior Citizen housing.
#2 by Bill Post on October 12, 2023 - 11:00 AM
It was a Still and Box and I really don’t think that they gave it a High Rise Response either. There were plenty of Chiefs on the scene. The CFD revised their High Rise Still several years ago and a High Rise Still now only gets 3 Engines and 2 Trucks plus a Squad and 3 Battalion Chiefs however if the have something going then they strike High Rise Box and that bring it the Heavy Response that used to go automatically on the High Rise stills. It was a Standard Still and Box plus plan 2. Truck 12 was busy on other runs but Truck 38 was special called for “Salvage Covers. They on took 3 people to the Hospital which included one fire fighter.
#3 by Chuck on October 12, 2023 - 9:46 AM
The bad part of that equation Bill, as well, is the fact that that was probably also a high rise response due to the height of the building which requires even more manpower. Was this a Still and Box and a Plan 2 or a 2-11 and a Plan 2?
#4 by Bill Post on October 11, 2023 - 8:12 PM
Chuck technically speaking Lincolnwood Station 15 , Evanston Station 24 and Skokie Station 17 were a little closer than the Box Alarm Engines were. Not by very much but they were a little closer. If Chicago and MABAS division 3 had an automatic Aid agreement than Lincolnwood Engine 15 and Evanston Engine 24 would have been the 3rd and 4th due Engines and Lincolnwood Tower Ladder 15 would have been the 2nd due Truck. All of those stations are not more than 2 miles away from 3101 W Touhy. The 3rd and 4th due Engines and the 2nd Truck from the Chicago Fire Department are between two and a half and 3 and half miles away.
Automatic aid really is a good idea and it would be great if all fire departments had such and agreement.
Phoenix Arizona which includes the Phoenix Metro Area does have Automatic aid with about 26 fire departments. The fire departments involved base their running district on the nearest Fire and Ems companies to the incident and are not based on the jurisdictional boundaries of the town or city that they are located in. While each fire department is technically speaking a seperate entity they all drill together and the follow the same SOPs (standard operation procedures) and they dispatched by the Phoenix fire department.
In Chicago there would be a problem because while all of Chicago’s Engines and Trucks normally run with 5 men, most of the suburban Engines and Trucks only run with 3 men. It is still a good idea however.
#5 by Chuck on October 11, 2023 - 1:33 PM
Talk about a long wait for more help. They could have gotten Evanston there almost faster than some of the box companies.