More of the Working fire in Schaumburg, 1-12-23 from Larry Shapiro:
Firefighters battle a commercial building fire. Larry Shapiro photo
Firefighters battle a commercial building fire. Larry Shapiro photo
Firefighters battle a commercial building fire. Larry Shapiro photo
Firefighters battle a commercial building fire. Larry Shapiro photo
From the Prospect Heights Fire District:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 26, 2022
PROSPECT HEIGHTS —Wednesday, January 26 at 7:48 p.m. the Prospect Heights Fire Protection District was dispatched to a reported fire at 108 Patricia in Prospect Heights.
Upon arrival, a two-story home was found to have fire in the attic. Heavy smoke was coming from all eaves of the roof, and no fire had spread into the home’s interior. Within a few minutes of their arrival, the first engine had a hose stream on the fire and extinguished the original fire. Efforts were then focused on the fire spreading in the roof and attic. Simultaneous with this, a search was made of the home to ensure everyone was outside. The fire was brought under control and extinguished within 20 minutes of arrival using two hose lines and more than a dozen fire apparatus. Approximately 40 firefighters composed the response force. Firefighters spent nearly one hour checking for hot spots and fire spread to ensure the fire was completely out.
A total of five engines, five water tankers, two aerial trucks, two ambulances, one rescue squad, and several chief officers were at the scene. Besides the Prospect Heights Fire Protection District and Wheeling Fire Department that were initially dispatched, assistance was provided by Des Plaines, Glenview, Mount Prospect, and Libertyville fire departments; the Elk Grove Township, Lincolnshire-Riverwoods, and Long Grove fire protection districts.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
The Prospect Heights Fire Protections District reminds everyone to always have two ways to escape from their home, to ensure smoke alarms are present and working, and to develop an emergency plan should their home be destroyed by a fire or other disaster.
Fire sprinklers save lives and property. Had this structure been equipped with fire sprinklers, the original fire would have been extinguished prior to the arrival of the fire department or at the worst, contained to the single room where it had started.
Larry Shapiro photo
This from Matt Sosnowski:
STILL + W/F RESPONSE + BOX ALARM @ 11115 SOUTH ON EDBROOKE{*DATE 12-10-2021*} {**DAY = FRIDAY**}{***CITY = CITY OF CHICAGO***} STILL + S/C #1 + W\F RESPONSE + S/C # 2/3 + BOX ALARM + S/C # 4/5 + 5 CHANGE OF QUARTERS INITIAL LOCATION WAS 111TH AND EDBROOKE CORRECTED ADDRESS IS 11115 SOUTH ON EDBROOKE CORRECTED CROSS STEETS OF 111TH AND 112TH STILL ALARM @ 22:50 HOURS B/O/O ENGLEWOOD FIRE ALARM OFFICE {OR E.F.A.O.} STILL ALARM COMPANIES RESPONDING ENGINES 62/93 T\L 24 BATT 22 S/C #1 @ 22:52 HOURS B/O/O E.F.A.O. S/C COMPANY RESPONDING IS LADDER [TRUCK] 62 W\F RESPONSE @ 22:53 B/O/O BATT 22 W\F COMPANIES RESPONDING SQUAD 5/5A COMMAND VAN 2-7-5 AMBULANCES 5/76 BATT 21 [RIT CHIEF] E.M.S. CHIEF 459 LADDER [TRUCK] 40 S/C #2 @ 22:54 B/O/O E.F.A.O. S/C #2 COMPANY RESPONDING BATT 23 [SAFETY CHIEF] S/C #3 @ 23:15 HOURS B/O/O BATT 22 S/C #3 COMPANY RESPONDING LADDER [TRUCK] 27 BOX ALARM @ 23:26 B/O/O BATT 22 VIA COMMAND VAN 2-7-5 BOX ALARM COMPANIES ENGINES 115/120 D/D/C 2-2-5 BATT 19 [BOX CHIEF] EMS CHIEF 456 BOX ALARM COMPANY RESPONDING **NOTES** ENGINE 120 CANCELL ENGINE 75 TAKE IN THE BOX ALARM S/C #4 @ 23:27 HOURS B/O/O E.F.A.O. s/C #4 COMPANY RESPONDING BATT 24 [PLANS CHIEF] S/C #5 @ 23:28 HOURS B/O/O BATT 22 S/C #5 COMPANY RESPONDING O.F.I. [ARSON] 466 NOW 5 CHANGE OF QUARTERS COMPANIES WHEN THE BOX ALARM WAS TRANSMITTED B/O/O E.F.A.O. C.Q.C #1 ENGINE 82 FOR ENGINE 93 C.Q.C. #2 LADDER [TRUCK] 51 FOR LADDER [TRUCK 27 C.Q.C. #3 LADDER [TRUCK] 20 C.Q.C. #4 ENGINE 74 FOR ENGINE 62 C.Q.C. #5 BATT 15 FOR BATT 22
Matt Sosnowski photo
From Larry Shapiro:
A few scene photos from a fire at 2619 N. Ridge Road in Arlington Heights Sunday night (1/16/22). It came in as fire in a bathroom and the first engine reported fire visible from the roof. Units on scene were from Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove, and Palatine.
Larry Shapiro
This from Tri State – USFiR Photography:
McHenry requested a box alarm for a heavily involved single-story frame (12/3/21) around 7:30pm on Thomas Ct in Holiday Hills. Crews made an aggressive interior attack then had to back out to go defensive due to heavy involvement in the attic.
Tri State – USFiR Photography
Tri State – USFiR Photography
Tri State – USFiR Photography
From Michael Paige:
Michael Paige photo
Michael Paige photo
Michael Paige photo
Michael Paige photo
This from Chi-Town Fire Photos:
Here are some shots from the 17th Battalion’s Still & Box Alarm @ 2719 W Augusta Blvd on 11/18/21. Many more photos are available for viewing on our website
Chi-Town Fire Photos
Chi-Town Fire Photos
Chi-Town Fire Photos
Chi-Town Fire Photos
Chi-Town Fire Photos
This from Jeff Rudolph:
05/30/21Round Lake pulled MABAS Box 26-1 to the box level on arrival at 37nW. Big Horn dr. in Hainesville. Crews found heavy fire in 1 unit of a 6 unit townhouse complex spreading to another unit. Master streams knocked down the bulk of the fire, and crews were able to make a stop on any further spread. Jeff Rudolph
Jeff Rudolph photo
This from Eric Haak:
Fire ripped through three homes, two of them occupied, early Saturday morning in Chicago’s Fuller Park neighborhood. The back porches of the primary fire building were fully involved on arrival and had already spread to both exposures. The alarm was raised to a 2-11 before being brought under control.
Eric Haak photo
From CFD Media on Twitter:
Still and box. 9400 Halsted. Two story brick. One victim so far.
Still and box 9400 Halsted. One adult female to Christ. Serious. One adult male unaccounted for.
Still and box fire 9400 Halsted now struck out. Companies will renter building with hand lines to complete searches and catch hot spots. Roof is in
Still and Box on Halsted will be a fatal fire. One occupant non ambulatory was trapped inside. Flames too intense to make rescue. Adult male.
CFD teams will return to 9400 Halsted at 10am to distribute smoke alarms in the area. No alarms were heard in the building as crews entered.
CFD Media photo
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