Archive for category Apparatus on-scene

Christmas eve fires from previous years (more)

Chief Drew Smith reminded us of two other past Christmas eve fires, both of which occurred prior to the existence of the #chicagoareafire.com blog

4-Alarm fire in Prospect Heights, 12-24-06 (2006 River Trails Condos in Prospect Heights. 4th alarm MABAS box)

#chicagoareafire.com; #larryshapiro; #larryshapiro.tumblr.com; #shapirophotography.net; #fire' #ProspectHeightsFD; #RiverTrailsCondos; #DrewSmith; #flames; #smoke; #fire;

Larry Shapiro photo

#chicagoareafire.com; #larryshapiro; #larryshapiro.tumblr.com; #shapirophotography.net; #fire' #ProspectHeightsFD; #RiverTrailsCondos; #DonGOuld; #NilesFD; #quint;

Larry Shapiro photo

5-Alarm fire in Wheeling, 12-24-93 (1993 Franklin Foods grocery store fire in Wheeling)

#chicagoareafire.com; #5-alarmfire; #WheelingFD; #FranklinFoods; #bowstringroof; #larryshapiro; #shapirophotography.net; #larryshapiro.tumblr.com; #Sutphen; #massivesmoke; #flames;

Larry Shapiro photo

#chicagoareafire.com; #5-alarmfire; #WheelingFD; #FranklinFoods; #bowstringroof; #larryshapiro; #shapirophotography.net; #larryshapiro.tumblr.com; #Sutphen; #massivesmoke; #flames; #NorthbrookFD; #Sutphen;

Larry Shapiro photo

#chicagoareafire.com; #5-alarmfire; #WheelingFD; #FranklinFoods; #bowstringroof; #larryshapiro; #shapirophotography.net; #larryshapiro.tumblr.com; #EONE; #massivesmoke; #flames; #E-ONE; #EONEStrength; #BuffaloGroveFD;

Larry Shapiro photo

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Christmas day fires from previous years

2-Alarm fire in Waukegan, 12-25-20 (more)

2-Alarm fire in Waukegan, 12-25-20 (more)

3-Alarm fire in Waldo, WI – 12-25-20

2-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, 12-25-17

2-Alarm house fire in Broadview, 12-25-16 (part 2)

2-Alarm house fire in Broadview, 12-25-16 (part 1)

Car fire in Chicago, 12-25-15

Chicago working fire, 12-25-13

Evanston 2-11 and Mayday 12-25-10

 

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Christmas eve fires from previous years

2-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, 12-24-22

House fire in Milwaukee, 12-24-21

Fatal fire in Elgin, 12-24-20

Working fire in Chicago 12-24-19

Working fire in Chicago, 12-24-17

Chicago Heights Box Alarm 12-24-10

4-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, 12-24-94

 

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,

Chicago Fire Department history

This from Larry Shapiro for #TBT:

3-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, 11-23-06

#chicagoareafire.com; #TBT; #larryshapiro; #larryshapiro.tumblr.com; #shapirophotography.net; #firescene; #ChicagoFD; #HME; #CentralStates; #Snorkel;

Larry Shapiro photo

Tags: , , , , , , ,

Apartment fire in Wheeling, 12-19-23

Wheeling and Prospect Heights firefighters were sent to 375 Plum Creek Drive on Tuesday morning after a Wheeling Police Department Community Service Officer spotted heavy smoke from a fourth floor apartment. On arrival, flames and smoke were pushing out of a fourth floor balcony in the center of the building with extension to the fifth floor balcony. Wheeling Truck 24 hit it with an elevated master stream and Prospect Heights Engine 39 stretched a 2 1/2″ line to hit it from the base of the building before crews got into place for an interior attack. 

#chicagoareafire.com; #larryshapiro; #larryshapiro.tumblr.com; #shapirophotography.net; #WheelingFD; #PlumCreekApartments;

Larry Shapiro photo

#chicagoareafire.com; #larryshapiro; #larryshapiro.tumblr.com; #shapirophotography.net; #WheelingFD; #PlumCreekApartments;

Larry Shapiro photo

#chicagoareafire.com; #larryshapiro; #larryshapiro.tumblr.com; #shapirophotography.net; #WheelingFD; #PlumCreekApartments;

Larry Shapiro photo

This is the second fire this year in the same building. In March, they had fire in an end unit on the same floor.

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

House fire in Markham, 12-12-23

This from Chi-Town Fire Photos:

I took in a working fire in Markham last week at 16003 S Central Park Ave. First companies arrived on scene with heavy fire showing from the front and back of this place. Shortly thereafter, they went defensive and decided to let it go. I arrived about 30 minutes into the fire and this is what I found. Markham Engine 33 had a few lines off and was feeding Flossmoor’s tower ladder. Full gallery is HERE
#chicagoareafire.com; #housefire; #MarkhamFD; #Chi-TownFirePhotos; #flames;

Chi-Town Fire Photos

#chicagoareafire.com; #housefire; #MarkhamFD; #Chi-TownFirePhotos; #flames;

Chi-Town Fire Photos

#chicagoareafire.com; #housefire; #MarkhamFD; #Chi-TownFirePhotos; #flames; #FireTruck; #Pierce;

Chi-Town Fire Photos

#chicagoareafire.com; #housefire; #MarkhamFD; #Chi-TownFirePhotos; #flames; #firefighter;

Chi-Town Fire Photos

#chicagoareafire.com; #housefire; #MarkhamFD; #Chi-TownFirePhotos; #flames; #FireTruck; #FlossmoorFD; #rosenbaueramerica; #Commander; #Cobra;

Chi-Town Fire Photos

#chicagoareafire.com; #housefire; #MarkhamFD; #Chi-TownFirePhotos; #flames; #FireTruck; #FlossmoorFD; #rosenbaueramerica; #Commander; #Cobra;

Chi-Town Fire Photos

#chicagoareafire.com; #housefire; #MarkhamFD; #Chi-TownFirePhotos; #flames; #FireTruck; #Pierce;

Chi-Town Fire Photos

#chicagoareafire.com; #housefire; #MarkhamFD; #Chi-TownFirePhotos; #flames; #firefighters;

Chi-Town Fire Photos

#chicagoareafire.com; #housefire; #MarkhamFD; #Chi-TownFirePhotos; #flames; #FireTruck; #FlossmoorFD; #rosenbaueramerica; #Commander; #Cobra;

Chi-Town Fire Photos

#chicagoareafire.com; #housefire; #MarkhamFD; #Chi-TownFirePhotos; #flames; #FireTruck; #FlossmoorFD; #rosenbaueramerica; #Commander; #Cobra;

Chi-Town Fire Photos

#chicagoareafire.com; #housefire; #MarkhamFD; #Chi-TownFirePhotos;  #FireTruck; #Pierce;

Chi-Town Fire Photos

#chicagoareafire.com; #housefire; #MarkhamFD; #Chi-TownFirePhotos; #smoke;

Chi-Town Fire Photos

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Working fire in Cicero, 12-11-23

This from Chi-Town Fire Photos:

At around 130am on December 11th, Cicero Fire companies were toned out for a structure fire @ 2704 S 60th Ct. Engine 2 arrived onscene with a fully involved, 2.5 sty wood frame, about 25×75′ and pulled a Box. Due to the amount of fire, exposure problems, and structural integrity, all companies went defensive. Truck Co. 2 put their aerial master stream to work on side A. Engine 1 & North Riverside Engine 807 lead out multiple big lines as well. I arrived about 10 minutes into the fire. The full gallery is HERE

#chicagoareafire.com; #CiceroFD; #Chi-TownFirePhotos; #firefighters; #flames;

Chi-Town Fire Photos

#chicagoareafire.com; #CiceroFD; #Chi-TownFirePhotos; #FireTruck; #EONE;

Chi-Town Fire Photos

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,

House fire in Roselle, 12-12-23

This from Daniel Hynd:

On December 12th, 2023 at around 2pm, the Roselle Fire Dept responded to a house fire on Long Ave in unincorporated Schaumburg. 

Crews were met with a fully involved, single family home on arrival. Due to limited water supply, tenders from Roselle, West Chicago, Bloomingdale, and Pingree Grove supplied Engine 64 until a hydrant was secured.

#chicagoareafire.com; #FireTruck; Fire; #EONE;

Daniel Hynd photo

#chicagoareafire.com; #FireTruck; Fire; #Spartan; #Toyne;#RoselleFD;

Daniel Hynd photo

#chicagoareafire.com; #firescene; #firefighters;

Daniel Hynd photo

#chicagoareafire.com; #firescene; #firefighters;

Daniel Hynd photo

#chicagoareafire.com; #firescene; #firefighters;

Daniel Hynd photo

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Still & Box Alarm fire in Chicago, 12-3-23 (more)

This from Eric Haak:

The following images are from a still & box alarm fire in Chicago on Sunday, 12/3/23. The fire was in the old Swift mansion at 45th and Michigan. It started in a rear stairwell and was possibly of incendiary origins. The investigation has been turned over to CPD bomb and arson.

#chicagoareafire.com; #EricHaak; #ChicagoFD; #smoke; #buildingfire;

Eric Haak photo

#chicagoareafire.com; #EricHaak; #ChicagoFD; #smoke; #buildingfire; #FireTruck; #EONE; #EONEStrength;

Eric Haak photo

#chicagoareafire.com; #EricHaak; #ChicagoFD; #smoke; #buildingfire; #ACP-55; #FireTruck; #Snorkel; #firefighter; #rosenbaueramerica; #Commander;

Eric Haak photo

#chicagoareafire.com; #EricHaak; #ChicagoFD; #smoke; #buildingfire; #ACP-55; #FireTruck; #Snorkel;

Eric Haak photo

#chicagoareafire.com; #EricHaak; #ChicagoFD; #smoke; #buildingfire; #ACP-55; #FireTruck; #Snorkel; #flames;

Eric Haak photo

#chicagoareafire.com; #EricHaak; #ChicagoFD; #smoke; #buildingfire; #ACP-55; #FireTruck; #Snorkel; #flames

Eric Haak photo

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

2-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, 11-23-23

This from Eric Haak:

Just before sunrise on Thanksgiving morning, a fire broke out in the former Wing Hoe restaurant located in Chicago’s 9th Battalion. The structure was built as a private residence in 1913 and had been the Wing Hoe since 1971. It was currently vacant and scheduled for demolition. Companies had been drilling in the structure as recently as the day before. The building was a 2.5-story brick with a basement where the fire appeared to originate. Engine Company 83 made a valiant effort to get a line on it before it advanced, but with holes in the floor and being heavily charged with smoke, the decision was made to transition to a defensive attack.

I arrived as the box was being pulled and found very heavy smoke emanating from the entire structure. Engine Company 59 made entry from a safe POV through a rear door that accessed the basement and made some headway there but the fire extension was already advanced. A Snorkel, tower ladder, two RAMs, and several hand lines were used to bring this job under control.

#chicagoareafire.com; #EricHaak; #ChicagoFD; #fire; #2-11Alarmfire; #FireTruck; #rosenbaueramerica; #ACP-55Cobra; #ChicagoFDSquad1A;

Eric Haak photo

#chicagoareafire.com; #EricHaak; #ChicagoFD; #fire; #2-11Alarmfire; #FireTruck; #rosenbaueramerica; #ACP-55Cobra; #ChicagoFDSquad1A;

Eric Haak photo

#chicagoareafire.com; #EricHaak; #ChicagoFD; #fire; #2-11Alarmfire; #FireTruck; #EONE; #EONEStrength; #towerladder; ChicagoFDTowerLadder21;

Eric Haak photo

#chicagoareafire.com; #EricHaak; #ChicagoFD; #fire; #2-11Alarmfire; #FireTruck; #EONE; #EONEStrength; #towerladder; ChicagoFDTowerLadder21;

Eric Haak photo

#chicagoareafire.com; #EricHaak; #ChicagoFD; #fire; #2-11Alarmfire; #FireTruck; #Spartan; #Gladiator;

Eric Haak photo

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,