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Chicago 2-11 Alarm fire, 12-21-15 (more)

Dec 23

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

Images from Gordon J. Nord, Jr. from the 2-11 Alarm fire at 3057 N. Rockwell Street 12/21/15

massive building fire scene in Chicago at night

Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo

More of Gordon’s photos are at firescenes.net

Tags: 2-11 Alarm fire at 3057 N. Rockwell, 2-11 alarm fire in Chicago, Chicago FD Tower Ladder 10, Chicago fire trucks at fire scene, FireScenes.NET, Gordon J. Nord Jr., night fire scene photos

2-Alarm fire in Arlington Heights, 12-3-15 (more)

Dec 4

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire Scene photos | 2 Comments

More photos from Tim Olk of the 2-Alarm fire in Arlington Heights, 12-3-15

Tim Olk photo

Mount Prospect FD tower ladder at fire scene

Tim Olk photo

More photos at firescenes.net

Tags: 2-Alarm fire in Arlington Heights, fire scene photos, FireScenes.NET, massive fire destroys vacant Arlington Heights building, Tim Olk

Chicago 3-11 Alarm fire, 10-7-15 (more)

Oct 8

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire Scene photos | 5 Comments

More images from of the 3-11 Alarm fire at the Shrine of Christ the King Church at 64th & Woodlawn (10/7/15).

Chicago firefighters battle a church fire

Steve Redick photo

Steve Redick photo

Steve Redick photo

Steve Redick photo

Steve Redick photo

Previous posts are HERE, HERE, and HERE plus at firescenes.net and HERE and HERE.

Tags: 3-11 Alarm fire at the Shrine of Christ the King Church, 3-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, Chicago FD 63, Chicago FD Engine 60, Chicago FD Engine 72, Chicago firefighters battle fire in a large church, Church fire in Chicago, FireScenes.NET, Steve Redick

Chicago 3-11 Alarm fire, 10-7-15 (more)

Oct 8

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

Photos from Tim Olk at the 3-11 Alarm fire on Wednesday (10/7/15) at a church at 64th & Woodlawn.

Tim Olk photo

Tim Olk photo

Tim Olk photo

Tim Olk photo

More photos are at firescenes.net

Previous posts with photos and videos are HERE and HERE

Tags: 3-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, Chicago firefighters battle fire in a large church, Church fire in Chicago, FireScenes.NET, Tim Olk

Tornado rips through Coal City, IL 6-22-15

Jun 25

Posted by Admin in Reader submission | Comments off

Images from Coal City by Tim Olk:

Tim Olk photo

More images at firescenes.net

Tags: aftermath of tornado damage, Coal City Fire Department, Coal City Fire Protection District, FireScenes.NET, houses destroyed by tornado, Tim Olk, tornado rips through Coal City IL

McHenry Township FPD burn down 5-30-15

Jun 1

Posted by Admin in Fire Department News, Fire Scene photos | 5 Comments

This from Tim Olk:

The McHenry Township FPD burned down a vacant house on Saturday (5/30/15) on the site of a new fire station.

fire blowing out of house being burned down

Tim Olk photo

Tim Olk photo

Tim Olk photo

Tim Olk photo

Tim Olk photo

more photos at firescenes.net

Tags: fire department burn down, FireScenes.NET, McHenry Township Fire Protection District, McHenry Township FPD burns down vacant house for new fire station, Tim Olk

Chicago Still & Box Alarm fire, 2-5-15 (more)

Feb 9

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

Images by Gordon J. Nord, Jr. from the Still & Box Alarm at 1414 S. Western Avenue (2/5/15)

Chicago firemen applying high expansion foam

Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo

firemen battle smokey commercial fire at night

Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo

Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo

Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo

fireman just floor with saw and sparks at night

Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo

more images at firescenes.net

This from Code Photography:

Photos of the warehouse fire at 1400 Western Ave. Companies had fire in the basement resulting in going defensive and upgrading to the Still & Box Alarm.

Code Photography

Code Photography

Tags: Chicago Fire Department, Chicago firefighters after battling a fire, firefighters use foam to fight basement fire, firemen cut flooring with saw, FireScenes.NET, Gordon J. Nord Jr., high expansion foam used to fight fire, night fire scene photos

Prospect Heights Box Alarm, 11-3-14

Nov 3

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire, Fire Scene photos, Fire Scene video | 2 Comments

This from Larry Shapiro:

The Prospect Heights FD was alerted to a house fire around 3AM today (Monday) at 1201 N. Stratford Road, off of Rand Road. While en route they were notified that a 14-year old boy was trapped inside and the other family members were outside. Several police officers attempted to search for the boy but were forced out by heavy fire conditions and smoke.

Arlington Heights Engine 2 was the first unit on-scene with heavy fire in the center of the house. The street is without hydrants and supply lines were dropped to an Arlington Heights street in one direction and to a shopping center across Rand Road at the other end. Water was a problem for a short time as Engine 2 experienced mechanical issues that prevented supplying the lines. Additional lines were supplied from Prospect Heights Tower 9.

A Box Alarm was requested along with several additional ambulances as the two adults from the house and three police officers required medical attention. One ambulance was held for a possible rescue of the missing boy.

It was determined that the boy was not at home and he was later found elsewhere. Two people were transported to the hospital.

firemen battle full-involved house fire at night

Larry Shapiro photo

Pierce Quantum fire engine at night fire scene

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

Arlington Heights fire chief at fire scene

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

more photos are at shapirophotography.net and at firescenes.net

Tags: Arlington Heights Fire Department, fire scene video, fireground radio traffic, firemen search burning house for 14 year old boy, FireScenes.NET, house fire in Prospect Heights, Larry Shapiro, night fire scene photos, Prospect Heights Fire Department, Prospect Heights Fire District, shapirophotography.net

Chicago FD Helmets – styles and mountings

Sep 8

Posted by Admin in Collectors of fire memorabilia | 5 Comments

This from Fred McCahey:

Has anyone done a special on helmets, particularly the ones with “eagles” on them?

In a photo I previously submitted to FireScenes.net, I noticed LT Sutherland had an “Eagle” holding the Lt SS-1 shield in place (posted July 4th 2014). It was rather large and is not seen frequently on current helmets. In fact they seem to be shrinking. Although, in an Erik Haak photo (posted to FireScenes.net 7/7/14) a Truck 41 member has the flattened out Eagle.I am not sure of the lingo, but I’m hoping someone has info on these rather massive looking holders.

Tags: CFD LT. Bob Sutherland, Chicago FD Helmets - styles and mountings, Chicago FD SS1, FireScenes.NET, Fred McCahey

New blog online to showcase fire scene photos (update)

Oct 9

Posted by Admin in Fire Scene photos | Comments off

If you enjoy viewing photos of fire scenes and you haven’t been checking out the new FireScenes.Net blog that went live one month ago, you’re missing some very interesting posts. But, for Chicago area enthusiasts, there’s a special treat – several ‘never before seen’ images submitted by Eric Haak from Chicago, Harvey, Alsip, and Dolton to name a few. Prior to his submissions to chicagoareafire.com, Eric did not have a means to share his fire scene photos, and he is generously culling through his archives and posting them to FireScenes.Net.

In addition, several other contributors to chicagoareafire.com who frequent the fire action in Detroit are also finding this as a new venue to share images which some of our readers have enquired about in the past. Since this site features Illinois and ‘just over the border’ fires in Wisconsin and Indiana, it’s not really the place for Detroit stuff, so these images are beginning to find their way to the new blog.

Tags: Alsip Fire Department, Detroit Fire Department, Dolton Fire Department, Eric Haak, fire scene photos, FireScenes.NET, Harvey Fire Department