Archive for category Apparatus on-scene

3-Alarm house fire in Prairie Grove, 2-2-23 (more)

Feb 3

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire Scene photos | 1 Comment

From Tyler Tobolt:

Nunda Rural FPD requested MABAS Box 5-1371 to the 3rd level for a fully-involved two-story residential home in Prairie Grove around 10pm on 2/2/23. Tender operations were used since there were no hydrants in the area.

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Tyler Tobolt photo

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Tyler Tobolt photo

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Central Stickney FPD history

Feb 2

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire Department History, Fire Truck photos, Historic fire apparatus, throwbackthursday | 1 Comment

This from Mike Summa for #TBT:

For TBT-This was the Central Stickney FPD’s Truck 906, a 1995 Simon Duplex/LTI 1500/250/75′ tower ladder.

Enjoy and comment.

Mike Summa

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Mike Summa photo

And from our files:

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Larry Shapiro photo

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Bill Friedrich photo

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Tim Olk photo

And from Larry Shapiro:

An LTI family photo after FDIC outside the RCA Dome in Indianapolis featuring a 102′ rear-mount platform for Cleveland, OH; an 85′ rear-mount platform for Indianapolis, IN; and the one and only 75′ rear-mount platform for the Central Stickney FPD. All three were built on Simon-Duplex chassis with completely different cab configurations.

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Larry Shapiro photo

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New engine for Wheeling (more)

Feb 1

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire Department News, Fire Truck photos, New Delivery | 1 Comment

This from Larry Shapiro:

Wheeling’s new Engine 23 on scene a few nights ago

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Larry Shapiro photo

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Fatal MVA involving Chicago FD Truck 52, 1-22-23

Jan 23

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Excerpts from abc7chicago.com:

CFD Media photo

A driver was killed and three more people were seriously hurt after an SUV crashed into a Chicago fire truck on the Southwest Side early Sunday morning at about 2:38 a.m. on the outbound Stevenson Expressway at Pulaski Road near Archer Heights.

Chicago Truck 52 was stopped at another accident scene when it was hit. Four people, the SUV’s driver and passengers, were transported to a local hospital, where the driver was pronounced dead.

No firefighters were hurt in the crash.

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House fire in Huntley, 1-19-23

Jan 22

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This from Tyler Tobolt:

Huntley FPD responded to (2) working fires in under 24 hours in Station 2’s still district. This fire was yesterday (1/19/23) around 7pm. Companies arrived with heavy smoke inside with a working fire on the 1st floor, quickly knocked down.

Few more photos can be seen HERE

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Tyler Tobolt photo

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Tags: Algonquin-Lake in the Hills FD Engine 142, chicagoareafire.com, fire scene photos, Huntley Fire Protection District, Huntley FPD Tower 981, Northern Midwest Fire Photos, Tyler Tobolt

Working fire in Schaumburg, 1-12-23 (more)

Jan 14

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More of the Working fire in Schaumburg, 1-12-23 from Larry Shapiro:

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Firefighters battle a commercial building fire. Larry Shapiro photo

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Firefighters battle a commercial building fire. Larry Shapiro photo

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Firefighters battle a commercial building fire. Larry Shapiro photo

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Working fire in Schaumburg, 1-12-23 (more)

Jan 13

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From Tyler Tobolt at the Working fire in Schaumburg, 1-12-23

Here are a couple photos from Schaumburg’s code 4 from last night.

More photos can be found here

Northern Midwest Fire Photos

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Working fire in Schaumburg, 1-12-23 (more)

Jan 13

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More from Larry Shapiro at the Working fire in Schaumburg, 1-12-23

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Working fire in Schaumburg, 1-12-23

Jan 13

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This from Larry Shapiro:

Schaumburg firefighters were sent to an unknown address on Lunt Avenue, just blocks from Station 53, early Friday evening for a building fire. They reported a header almost immediately and the Code 3 was upgraded to a Code 4. They went defensive within minutes as there was a partial wall collapse on the east side of the building at 1037 Lune Avenue that had been divided into storage lockers. Both Schaumburg aerials deployed master streams in addition to several hand lines and ground monitors that were in use.

Excerpts from abc7chicago.com:

It took about two-and-a-half hours to get the fire under control Thursday after it broke out at around 6:30 p.m. in a building in an industrial area on Lunt Avenue.

Part of the problem for firefighters was the walls in the structure collapsed, very quickly limiting their abilities. Another issue was the building layout. It was divided into storage units with no word on what was inside that could have started this fire.

No one was injured. The person inside that called 911 managed to get out safely.

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2-Alarm fire in Des Plaines, 1-5-23

Jan 5

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This from Larry Shapiro:

After being dispatched to a working fire at an unknown address because of the volume of 911 calls into RED Center, firefighters from the North Maine FPD followed a header and travelled less than 1/2 mile to 9320 Noel Street in unincorporated Maine Township. They pulled up to heavy fire blowing out what was left of one unit of a four-unit, two-story apartment building. The entire front of the second unit from the street had been blown out. The alarm was upgraded to a Working Fire and then a MABAS Box Alarm, followed within minutes by an upgrade to the 2nd Alarm bringing units from as far away as Glencoe and Lincolnshire.

Multiple hand lines and three elevated master streams were used to battle the fire, the majority of which had been knocked down prior to my arrival.