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3-Alarm fire in Lake Forest, January 28, 2014

Jan 29

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire, Fire Scene photos, Fire Truck photos | 7 Comments

Lake Forest firefighters responded to a reported basement fire Tuesday afternoon at 180 W. Laurel Avenue. The first arriving unit reported nothing showing from the outside, but found smoke upon entering the large house. Within roughly 9 minutes, the alarm was upgraded to a working still alarm, a MABAS Box Alarm, and then a 2nd Alarm as smoke began escaping from the eaves.

winter fire scene photos with E-ONE quint

Larry Shapiro photo

There was a hydrant at the end of the long, curvy driveway. The first-due Lake Forest engine and the Knollwood quint both made the driveway … with some difficulty. Fire was located in the void space beneath the first floor and then in some walls on the second floor.

Larry Shapiro photo

winter fire scene photos with Pierce engine

Larry Shapiro photo

The alarm was upgraded to a 3rd Alarm for additional companies to standby in the event that the fire got away from the companies working inside. The fire was contained before long without doing extensive damage to the structure of the house. Temperatures were hovering just above 0 with a negative windchill.

Larry Shapiro photo

firefighter on cold day after fighting fire

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro and Tim Olk took it in.

Lake Bluff squad. Larry Shapiro photo

Apparatus lined the narrow street. Larry Shapiro photo

Companies at the scene were:

Lake Forest with two engines, an ambulance, a tower ladder, and chief officers
Knollwood with a quint
Highwood with a quint
Mundelein with an engine
Lake Bluff with an engine
Libertyville with an engine
Beach Park with an engine
Highland Park with an engine
Grayslake with an engine
Lake Villa with an engine
Wauconda with an engine
Round Lake with an engine
Countryside with a truck and a chief
Gurnee with a truck
Great Lakes with a truck
Fox Lake with a squad
Lincolnshire with an ambulance, squad and chief
Northbrook with an ambulance
Long Grove with an ambulance
Barrington Countryside with an ambulance
Quad 2 Mobile Command Post
Deerfield chief

Beach Park Engine 1222. Larry Shapiro photo

Round Lake Engine 262. Larry Shapiro photo

Great Lakes Truck 1931. Larry Shapiro photo

The complete set of Larry’s images will be posted soon to his site.

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Chicago FD Still & Box Alarm 8-11-13

Aug 12

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

This from Eric Haak on the Still & Box Alarm fire yesterday on Blue Island Avenue:

About 1150 hrs on Sunday, Engine 23 reported they had smoke from the roof of a 2-story, 400 x 100 commercial structure just off the corner of Blue Island and Damen. The building is part of the large production complex for Hofmeister Hams. The fire was boxed just after noon by the 4th Battalion. First arriving companies worked a line on the roof along with a 2 1/2 that went interior. The fire was brought under control fairly quickly. Companies on the still were Engine 23 & Tower Ladder 5, Engine 18 and Truck 8 with Battalion 2 and Truck 32 as RIT. I did not see any of the box engines used as they were staged down on Cermak. There were roofers working on the building but I did not hear of any definitive causes. The first photo below was taken about 10 minutes after first companies arrived.