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Chicago Still & Box Alarm fire 5-15-13

May 16

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire Service News, Fire Service Photos, Fire Truck photos | 2 Comments

This from Drew Gresik:

Hey guys,

At about 11:30 AM on Wednesday, Engine 50/Truck 18 arrived on scene at 5039 S. Elizabeth and immediately requested a Still and Box for the 2.5 story frame very well involved. I arrived about a half hour after the primary searches, and about 15 minutes after 2-2-5 struck the Box. Here are my photos. Engine 84 (using D547) and Engine 49 were in Sector 1 along with Truck 18. 18 laddered the roof. Engine 50 was in the alley next to the exposure building (5041 S. Elizabeth). Other units on scene included Ambulances 1, 57; Truck 51; Engine 39; Command Van 2-7-3, and an Assistant Deputy Fire Commissioner.

Drew Gresik

Paramedic Field Chief 4-5-8. Drew Gresik photo

Engine 49 with lines off. Drew Gresik photo

Truck 18 to the roof.Drew Gresik photo

Rare shot of Engine 39 with Tower Ladder 39, and both are on HME chassis. Drew Gresik photo

Engine 50 with lines off. Drew Gresik photo

The house after the fire was extinguished. Drew Gresik photo

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Still & Box at 12300 S. Michigan Ave. 2-21-2013

Feb 22

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire, Fire Service News, Fire Service Photos, Firefighters working, New Delivery | 6 Comments

This from Dennis McGuire, Jr.

This afternoon Engine Co. 62 pulled up to a 1 sty ord occupied auto repair shop with flames thru the roof. After crews gained entry the 22 Battalion requested a Still and Box alarm. A lot of overhaul and salvage after the fire was struck out.

Crews working on overhaul. Dennis McGuire, Jr. photo

Engine Co. 115 in Sector 4 which was a large vacant lot.. Dennis McGuire, Jr. photo

Chicago FD Tower Ladder 34 at fire scene

Tower 34 was staged in Sector 1 in case they needed the tower put to work. Dennis McGuire, Jr. photo

Chicago Seagrave ladder truck at fire scene

Truck Co. 62 (in a spare) with the aerial fully extended over a storage area to gain access to the roof. Dennis McGuire, Jr. photo

Field Chief 4-5-6 in a new buggy Shop# B-560. Dennis McGuire, Jr. photo

Field Chief 4-5-8 in new buggy Shop# B-561. Dennis McGuire, Jr. photo

The corner of Sector 4 & 1 while crews are doing overhaul. Dennis McGuire, Jr. photo

More from Dan McInerney:

Here are some pictures from the still and box at 12300 S. Michigan Thursday afternoon.

They had a fire in a 1 story vacant autobody shop. It looks like it may have been an auto fire in the garage that ended up getting into the cockloft and going through the roof. Squad 5 was on a still in the high rise on 41st St. and the 22nd wanted an elevated stream which he didn’t have on the still, so he boxed it to get a tower ladder. E115 and E75 had a 2.5” each led out and made quick work of the fire. Neither TL34 or Squad 5 (who eventually made it there from 41st St.) worked their platforms. There was a lot of overhaul afterwards, and the 22nd Battalion asked to EFAO to notify the Building Department that this was a vacant and open building.