Posts Tagged Highland Fire Department

2-Alarm fire in Griffith, IN 9-7-19 (more)

Sep 11

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire Truck photos | 6 Comments

More photos from Tim Olk at the 2-Alarm fire in Griffith, IN 9-7-19

Tim Olk photo

Tim Olk photo

Tim Olk photo

Tags: 2-Alarm fire in Griffith Indiana, American LaFrance Eagle engine, American LaFrance Eagle LTI aerial, chicagoareafire.com, Griffith FD apparatus, Griffith Fire Department, Highland Fire Department, Munster Fire Department, Tim Olk, yellow fire trucks

Historic video of Topps Department store fire in Highland, IN – 1963

Aug 10

Posted by Admin in Fire Scene video, Historic Fire Photo | 4 Comments

This from Brian Murphy:

While doing research on fire losses in ‘big box’ retail stores (OK, we were a bit slow on calls…), I came across, on YouTube, very old footage of a large fire in a Topps Discount Store in Highland, Indiana. Dating back to 1963, it was shot on 8mm film and must’ve been converted to video at some point within the past 25 years. You even get to see a nice happy family having fun before the fire footage begins. Ah, home movies. How many of you remember Topps (not the sports cards)? There was one on North Avenue in Addison (near the original ‘Dog House’ that became Portilos) up until the early to mid ’70s that I can recall visting. Anyway, this one is for everyone who grew up without cell phones. Or DVDs. Or video cameras. Or push button phones.

Or, for that matter, SCBA…

Enjoy!

Brian Murphy

Tags: Brian Murphy, Highland Fire Department, Topps Discount Store fire, vintage fire video

House fire in Highland, IN 1-30-15

Jan 31

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

This from Brad Steinweg:

Photos and video from Highland’s house fire @ Wildwood AV & Bluebird LN on Friday (1/30/15). I arrived about 6 minutes in and very little smoke was showing. A couple of minutes later, smoke began pouring out from the eaves and mutual aid was requested from Munster and Griffith.