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3-Alarm brush fire in Pembroke Township, 2-20-17

Feb 21

Posted by Admin in Brush Fire, Fire Department News, Fire Scene photos | 1 Comment

This from Eric Haak:

The Pembroke Fire Protection District had a 3rd Alarm Interdivisional Brush Box on Monday (2/20). This came in just around 1030 hrs and lasted well into the afternoon. The area effected was about 1 square mile of overgrowth and woodlands between 5000 and 6000 south roads east of Illinois 56. There were several structures that were in jeopardy. The 3rd image shows the arrival of the Interdivisional convoy. The 4th image shows the MABAS 19 drone being used to assess the progress from the air. This is just an example of how this new technology can be used and it was highly effective at this incident due to the hilly nature of the terrain. For those who are not from the area, Pembroke is a township southeast of Kankakee, Illinois. It is a rural area where many of the residents live in dilapidated structures and mobile homes. These brush fires are common in this area because there is no garbage pick-up and residents routinely burn their trash. The images with fire showing are of the back-burning that was done along the South side of East 5000 Road.

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Tags: 3-Alarm brush fire in Pembroke, brush fire, drone surveys fire scene, drone used by fire department, Eric Haak, Kankakee Fire protection District, Moment Fire Protection District, Pembroke Fire Protection District, Peotone FPD Engine 14, St. Anne Fire Protection District

Cedar Lake, IN brush fire, 4-1-15

Apr 4

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Brush Fire | Comments off

This from Brad Steinweg:

I was driving home from work when I saw a few trees on fire on State Line RD. I called dispatch and reported it and stayed until well after FD arrival. The property owner was not home and the next door house was vacant and boarded up. Mutual aid was called from Lake Dalecarlia, Lake Hills and St. John.

-Brad S.

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fire department uses brush truck on grass fire

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Grass fire 4-7-14, Fox River & Countryside FRD

Apr 15

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Brush Fire, Fire Service Photos | Comments off

This from John Tulipano:

St Charles Eng 103 and Brush 101 were dispatched to 4000 W. Lincoln Highway (route 38) for a possible brush fire. While en-route Engine 103 reported a header in the sky … they arrived and reported 10 acres of brush going and moving rapidly westward. Chief 112 arrived and requested brush trucks from Batavia and Geneva. Elburn’s chief arrived and requested two brush trucks and a tanker from Elburn.

Fox River and Countryside (FRC) was also dispatched by Kane County … they were already on two other brush fires at the far northeast end of their district. Eventually they would arrive with both of their engines, a tanker, and two brush trucks.

When FRC arrived, they took the west side of the fire to protect exposures to a large barn, house, and several out buildings. FRC’s tanker would fill Elburn, St Charles, and their own brush rigs several times to bring the fire under control. Turns out the fire was in Fox River and Countryside’s district, the address was 39w962 Route 38.

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More photos at http://tulipano-firephotos.smugmug.com/FIRES/4714-Fox-River-and-Countryside/

Tags: brush fire, fire scene photos, Fox River & Countryside Fire/Rescue District, grass fire, John Tulipano

Wheeling brush fire 3-31-14

Apr 1

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Brush Fire, Fire | 3 Comments

This from Larry Shapiro:

It’s that season again … RED Center received several calls late Monday morning about brush fires in Wheeling near the Union Pacific railroad tracks from 444 Carpenter all the way north to Lake Cook Road. At the same time, they fielded calls for additional fires along Bond Street in the Long Grove Fire Protection District near Lincolnshire and Buffalo Grove. Buffalo Grove companies were also handling fires near the tracks as far north as Route 22.

The railroad stopped all trains from passing through and had another train that had recently gone through the area stop for inspection.

All fires were out within a period of about 90 minutes. Here are some images from the largest of the fires. This was behind 250 Carpenter Street, south of Dundee Road.

smoke from grass fire along railroad tracks

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more images are in a gallery at shapirophotography.net

Tags: brush fire, dry grass burns near railroad right-of-way, firefighters extinguish grass fires on a windy day, Larry Shapiro, Rosenbauer America Timberwolf, Wheeling Fire Department

Brush fire videos

Mar 16

Posted by bgshap in Brush Fire | Comments off

Two videos have been made available from last week’s brush fires in the northwest suburbs as mentioned HERE and HERE and HERE.

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Brush fire in Palatine 3-10-12

Mar 10

Posted by bgshap in Apparatus on-scene, Brush Fire, Fire | Comments off

Saturday, the Palatine Fire Department was called for a brush fire in the Cook County Forest Preserve area roughly bordered by Lake-Cook Road and Rand Road. Setting up on Dee Road which is west of Rand off Lake-Cook, Palatine’s Battalion 8 arrived with Engine 82 and Lake Zurich Engine 4. They found fire burning in tall grass through an area which is largely marshland with almost two feet of soggy ground covering much of the area.

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These conditions prevented the use of brush rigs and access was gained on foot until the Cook County Forest Preserve District Wildland Team arrived. Several pickups with skid-mounted-units came to the scene along with an ATV equipped with a small tank and booster line.

large brush fire in near Palatine IL Cook County Forest Preserve District 3-10-12

Lake Zurich Engine 4 responded auto-aid to the brush fire. They were on a hydrant with a hose line of several hundred feet leading into the grass. Larry Shapiro photo

The Palatine and Lake Zurich companies stretched several hundred feet of attack line to hit what they could reach and to protect potential residential and commercial exposures.

Larry Shapiro spent a couple of hours at the scene and submitted several images.

large brush fire in near Palatine IL Cook County Forest Preserve District 3-10-12 wildland fire

Members of the Cook County Forest Preserve District Wildland team head into the brush. Larry Shapiro photo

The fire was in a big field that largely consisted of muddy marsh lands. Larry Shapiro photo

A firefighter uses a small line off the ATV unit to wet down the grass that has not yet ignited. Larry Shapiro photo

High winds fueled the flames which continued to rage into the evening hours. Larry Shapiro photo

Heavy winds complicated extinguishing the flames and constantly pushed the fire to new fuel. After Palatine had committed all of their suppression companies to the scene and they had been working the incident for over three hours, they initiated a MABAS Brush Fire Box Alarm for additional personnel to the scene and for others to cover their town.

Low humidity, extremely dry conditions, and high winds combined to create ideal conditions for brush or wildland fires. Larry Shapiro photo

As the fire grew in intensity, additional units were requested to the scene to ensure that the fire did not communicate to any structures. Larry Shapiro photo

The fire spread to the east and threatened a number of businesses along Rand Road. Larry Shapiro photo

large brush fire in near Palatine IL Cook County Forest Preserve District 3-10-12 Palatine Fire Department Engine 82 Spartan Gladiator Crimson

Palatine Engine 82 was one of five units positioned on the property of a car dealership at Rand Road and Lake-Cook Road. Seen here on a hydrant, Engine 82 was supplying Quint 81 which had 800-feet of attack line stretching into the wooded and grassy area. Larry Shapiro photo

Firefighters were able to prevent communication to any structures and struck out the box alarm shortly after 10PM.

More images will be available in a gallery on Sunday as well as a video from the scene.

Tags: brush fire, heavy winds fuel brush fire in Palatine, Lake Zurich Fire Department, large brush fire, MABAS Box Alarm, Palatine Fire Department, wildland fire

Barrington brush fire

Nov 18

Posted by bgshap in Apparatus on-scene, Fire, Fire Department News | Comments off

Throughout the north and northwest suburbs during the past week or so, the skies have been dotted by random headers which have largely been the result of widespread prescribed prairie burns. Occasionally, the fires have not been sanctioned or properly permitted and necessitate a fire department response. Tuesday, while driving through the northwest suburbs, Larry Shapiro followed a header to a prairie fire that was not supervised.

Upon arrival of the first Barrington companies, the fire was running along a line in the middle of a large field. The dense smoke had already subsided. Larry Shapiro photo

Barrington units were dispatched to a prairie fire behind homes on Old Dundee Road west of Sutton (Route 59). While en-route, responding units requested additional companies based on what was a substantial header. They found a large field that had been largely consumed already but with a good amount of fuel load remaining and conditions which would endanger at least one large home with a shift in the wind.

Although flame heights were fairly impressive as depicted here, the fuel load was not sufficient to sustain the fire for very long. Larry Shapiro photo

Barrington’s new IHC/US Tanker was on the scene as well as two engines, a quint, an ambulance, battalion chief, and brush unit. The fire was controlled without incident and contained within the prairie grasses without encroaching on the residential properties.

Barrington's Brush Truck arrived after the initial companies and was driven into the field to wet down the remaining spot fires and the perimeter of the field. Larry Shapiro photo

This shot illustrates the size of the field that was involved. The bulk of the fire was out before the fire department arrived. In the distance there is a considerable area visible which did not burn. The foreground shows the proximity of the fire to the resident's yard. Larry Shapiro photo

A small gallery can be seen HERE.

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