Posts Tagged fire engine drafting from portable tank

Working fire in Hawthorn Woods, 12-18-17

Dec 19

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire Scene photos | 4 Comments

Lake Zurich firefighters were called to 45 Gentry Drive in Hawthorn Woods Monday evening for a reported house fire. Police units arriving first confirmed fire in a second floor bedroom. The area is without hydrants and tankers responded from Countryside and Long Grove. One Lake Zurich engine setup at the end of the street with a portable-tank and the firs-in engine was nursed by the Countryside tanker in front of the house. The fire was extinguished within 20 minutes.

Also at the scene was a Buffalo Grove engine, a Wauconda truck, and a Lincolnshire-Riverwoods ambulance.

Lake Zurich FD Engine 324 drafting from a portable tank

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

Fire department tanker nursing an engine

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Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

a few more photos are at Shapirophotography.net

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2-Alarm fire in Fox lake, 8-3-17

Aug 4

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire Scene photos | 1 Comment

Photos from Jeff Rudolph of the 2-alarm fire at 29000 Sullivan Lane in Fox Lake 8/3/17

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Jeff Rudolph photo

Jeff Rudolph photo

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Tags: 2-alarm fire in Fox Lake, fire at the Lakemoor Country Club, fire engine drafting from portable tank, fire scene photos, Fox Lake Fire Protection District, Jeff Rudolph

2-Alarm fire in Lake Zurich, 5-20-17

May 22

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire Department News, Fire Scene photos | 1 Comment

Wauconda firefighters were called for a house fire at 25860 Old McHenry Court in an unincorporated area of Lake Zurich Saturday night. Upon arrival of the first units, they reported a fully involved vacant house. The alarm was upgraded to a MABAS Box Alarm to the 2nd level for tenders (tankers) since there were no hydrants in the area.

Wauconda Tanker 341 was setup to nurse Squad 341 as lines were advanced on the house. As mutual aid companies arrived, portable tanks were dropped at the end of the street with a supply line from a Lake Zurich engine as the tanker shuttle was initiated.

portable tanks on the ground for tanker shuttle

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

firefighters battle fire in a vacant house

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

more photos at Shapirophotography.net

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House fire in Lake Zurich, 5-15-17

May 15

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire Department News, Fire Scene photos | Comments off

Lake Zurich firefighters responded for a house fire at 22580 Somerset Court Monday (5/15/17) and found the garage and several vehicles burning. The alarm was upgraded to a MABAS Box Alarm that included multiple tenders (tankers) to shuttle water to this area that lacks hydrants.

fire engine nursing another engine at a fire

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

Firefighter with hose with smoldering ruins

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Larry Shapiro photo

aftermath of house fire in Lake Zurich IL

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Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

Long Grove FPD Tanker 55 dumping into a portable tank

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Fox Lake FPD tanker dumping into a portable tank

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more photos at Shapirophotography.net

Tags: fire engine drafting from portable tank, Fox Lake Fire Protection District, house fire in Lake Zurich, Lake Zurich Fire Department, Larry Shapiro, Long Grove Fire Protection District, MESS Canteen Service, shapirophotography.net, tanker shuttle at fire scene

4-Alarm house fire in Barrington Hills – 1-30-17 (part 3)

Feb 1

Posted by Admin in Fire Scene video, video of firefighters working | 2 Comments

Video (part 2) from Larry Shapiro 4-Alarm house fire in Barrington Hills – 1-30-17

gallery of photos can be found at Shapirophotography.net

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4-Alarm house fire in Barrington Hills – 1-30-17 (part 2)

Jan 31

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Video (part 1) from Larry Shapiro 4-Alarm house fire in Barrington Hills – 1-30-17

Excerpts from Chicago.cbslocal.com:

A large house that was being expanded was a total loss Tuesday morning, after an immense fire in west suburban Barrington, while the family was overseas on vacation. An addition being built onto the 3,800-square-foot home appeared to be about 2,000 square feet.

By the time neighbors saw the fire, it had already grown quite large.

The fire started around 2 a.m. at a home at the end of a quarter-mile driveway on Cuba Road between Old Barrington Road and Route 59. A total of 30 suburban fire departments were called to the scene with more than 100 firefighters.

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4-Alarm house fire in Barrington Hills – 1-30-17 (part 1)

Jan 31

Posted by Admin in Fire Scene photos | 5 Comments

The first in a series of posts from the 4-Alarm fire at 26161 W. Cuba Road in Barrington Hills 1-30-17.

E-ONE Typhoon e-MAX drafting from water tank during fire

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firefighters battle fire that destroys a huge mansion

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Larry Shapiro photo

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Larry Shapiro photo

using a tower ladder as an engine at fire scene

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Larry Shapiro photo

portable tanks for tanker shuttle at fire scene

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Big Rock Fire Department (more)

Dec 1

Posted by Admin in Burn down fire photos, Training | Comments off

From Tim Olk:

Live fire training for the Big Rock Fire Department on Saturday (11/26/16) – part 3

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Firefighter dumps water from tender into portable tank

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Tim Olk photo

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2-Alarm house fire in Long Grove 9-16-16 (more)

Sep 17

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire Scene video | 1 Comment

video from the 2-Alarm fire in Long Grove 9-16-16

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2-Alarm house fire in Long Grove 9-16-16

Sep 17

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

This from Larry Shapiro:

The Long Grove FPD was dispatched with mutual aid companies to the area of Old McHenry Road and Cuba Road Friday night (9/16/16) just after 9:30PM for a reported house fire. The location is just blocks from the fire station and the Long Grove units were in the area within minutes of the call. They found a vacant house in disrepair off of Shagbark Lane with heavy fire.

The Code 3 dispatch was quickly upgraded to a Code 4 for the working fire. Nine units were due on the initial dispatch including three tankers and another 12 units with five tenders were due on the Code 4 along with several chief officers.

Long Grove Squad 55 and Tanker 55 used 4,000 gallons of water which was quickly supplemented by another 3,200 gallons from the Wauconda tanker and 1,000 gallons from Lake Zurich Engine 4 as a water supply operation was implemented with a tanker shuttle.

Eventually a Box Alarm and then a 2nd Alarm for tenders only brought multiple additional resources to the scene.