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New truck for Romeoville FD (more)

From Bill Schreiber:

Romeoville FD Engine 22 Rosenbauer Commander chassis update
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New truck for Romeoville FD (more)

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New truck for Romeoville FD (more)

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New truck for Romeoville FD (more)

This from Bill Schreiber:

Romeoville FD Engine 22 Rosenbauer Commander 55Ft. ACP chassis production update.
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New truck for Romeoville FD (more)

This from Bill Schreiber;

Production has started on the chassis for Romeoville FD Engine 22, a Rosenbauer Commander, extruded aluminum 55Ft. ACP with a 1,500-GPM Pump and a 500 gallons of water.
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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.

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2-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, 9-11-22 (more)

This from Eric Haak from the 2-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, 9-11-22

Here are some images from Sunday mornings 2-11 in Chicago. There was a deep-seated fire in the basement of the 50×100 auto parts store. Even though the building was 200 feet south of Engine 49’s house, the heavy fire load in the basement prompted a defensive attack early on.

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New truck for Romeoville FPD

From Bill Schreiber:

Congratulations and Thank You to the Romeoville Fire Department, Chief Kent Adams, Assistant Chief William Murray, the members, and the Village of Romeoville for your purchase of a Rosenbauer Commander EXT 1500-GPM, 500-GWT, 55Ft. ACP. Welcome To the Sentinel and Rosenbauer Family!

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A request for information

I have noticed that the CFD operates units comprised of a Rosenbauer ’55 ACP and a secondary unit.  I am curious to know what each unit carries and why their content could not have been put on one much larger unit.

Robert Barrows
Hartford, CT
 

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CTA elevated train derailment in Chicago, 6-6-19

This from Tim Olk:

Chicago Fire Department Still and Box Alarm train derailment with an EMS Plan 1 at 46th and Prairie

Chicago Firefighters remove civilians from an elevated train derailment

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Chicago Firefighters remove civilians from an elevated train derailment

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CTA elevated train derailment

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Chicago Firefighters remove civilians from an elevated train derailment

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Chicago Firefighters remove civilians from an elevated train derailment

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Chicago Firefighters remove civilians from an elevated train derailment

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Chicago Firefighters remove civilians from an elevated train derailment

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CTA elevated train derailment

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Chicago FD paramedics at a train derailment

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CTA elevated train derailment

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