This from Josh Boyajian:
Had the opportunity to shoot Glenview Truck 14 the other day while I was up at Nipsta.It’s a 2013 Pierce Arrow XT 105′ RM ladder with 1500-GPM pump, 450-gallon water tank, and a 40-gallon foam cell.
Glenview Truck 14. Josh Boyajian photo
The Northbrook Fire Department responded to a reported fire in a third floor apartment behind Station 11 at 620 Ballantree Drive shortly after 6PM on Monday evening. Initially, the reports from police officers left fire officials to believe that it was a barbecue grill on a deck, but companies soon found fire inside the third floor unit. The alarm was upgraded to a Code 4 for the working fire, and multiple companies entered the building. Not long after they were inside the building, conditions deteriorated and an evacuation order was given. Heavy smoke pushed out of the building as it flashed, and a MABAS Box Alarm was requested as companies went defensive.
Units on the initial alarms included Northbrook Engines 11 and 10, Ambulance 11, Battalion 11, Tower 12, and Glencoe Engine 30. The Code 4 brought Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Ambulance 52 and Northfield Truck 29. The box alarm added Glenview Truck 14, Wheeling Engine 42, Winnetka Engine 28, Prospect Heights Squad 9, and Highland Park Quint 33 in addition to companies for change of quarters.
A 2nd Alarm was requested shortly after the box and brought Highwood Truck 37, Deerfield Engine 20, Morton Grove Squad 4, Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Truck 53, the Division Comm Van, and several chief officers.
The building had a mansard roof which masked a fair amount of fire and required extensive ventilation to extinguish all of it. Engines 11 and 32 had deck guns flowing, there were elevated master streams from Tower 12 and Truck 14 in addition to at least three hand lines.
Tim Olk arrived with the first-due companies and Larry Shapiro arrived after the box alarm. Both will have many images plus there will be a video from Larry.
Here are a few images that were submitted.
Northbrook Tower 12 working from the D-side (south side). Larry Shapiro photo
Glenview Truck 14 setting up to go to work. Larry Shapiro photo
Glencoe Engine 30 with the deck gun at work plus Glencoe personnel manage a 2 1/2 inch line. Larry Shapiro photo
Engine 11 using the deck gun and Tower 12. Larry Shapiro photo
Northbrook Engine 11 flowing the deck gun in Sector A and Tower 12 on the D side. Larry Shapiro photo
Northbrook police received a call around 7:30PM on Sunday from a resident reporting fire in a second floor bedroom at 613 Michelline Lane. First arriving fire companies reported a working fire and the Code 3 alarm was upgraded to a Code 4. The fire was brought under control quickly and was contained to one side of the second floor. All residents exited the house prior to the arrival of the fire department. Glenview Truck 14, Glenview Engine 8, and Prospect Heights Engine 39 provided mutual aid.
Larry Shapiro arrived after the fire was extinguished and submitted a few images from the scene.
A supply line runs from a hydrant down the street to Northbrook Engine 10 in front of the fire building. Larry Shapiro photo
Firefighters return tools to Tower 12 after the fire was extinguished. Larry Shapiro photo
Tower 12 was not put to use as the fire was knocked down by interior companies. The fire began in the corner bedroom. Larry Shapiro photo
The fire was contained to the room of origin with some extension to the next room. Larry Shapiro photo
Northbrook Engine 10 pulled past the house to leave room for the truck company in the event that the fire got out of control. Larry Shapiro photo
Northbrook Engine 10 was the first suppression unit on the scene and had two lines off. Larry Shapiro photo
Northbrook Engine 11, a Pierce Impel, was the third due suppression company. Larry Shapiro photo
Glenview Truck 14 responded auto-aid on the still alarm. Larry Shapiro photo
For the finest department portraits and composites contact Tim Olk or Larry Shapiro.
