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Box Alarm in West Chicago, 3-10-18 (more)

Mar 12

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More photos of the Box Alarm in West Chicago, 3-10-18 from Steve Redick

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Warrenville Fire Protection District tower ladder

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House fire in the Lincolnshire-Riverwoods FPD, 6-2-17

Jun 2

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

The Lincolnshire-Riverwoods FPD (LRFPD) was called to 24341 Elm Road early Friday morning (6/2/17) for the report of an ATV on fire. A followup call apparently notified dispatchers that the fire had spread to the attached garage. Lake Forest Engine 422 arrived first and advised that they had a fully-involved garage fire. LRFPD Engine 52, Squad 51, and Battalion 51 arrived right behind the first engine and all three suppression units exhausted their tank water on the initial attack. Countryside Engine 411 arrived with the Lincolnshire units and supplied their tank water inline as well. The home is located in an unincorporated area of Lake Forest without hydrants.

On arrival, Battalion 51 upgraded the alarm to a Code 4 for the working fire and simultaneously a MABAS Box Alarm was struck which would bring several water tankers in addition to supplemental fire suppression companies. Portable tanks were dropped from Long Grove and Countryside tankers, While Long Grove drafted from the portable tanks supplying the engines at the scene, tankers from Countryside, Wauconda, Grayslake, and the Palatine Rural FPD shuttled water to the scene from a hydrant roughly a mile away.

The fire was largely contained to the garage with some extension into the house and attic.

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fire trucks at scene with lots of hose on the ground

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fire department tanker dumps into portable tank

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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

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firefighters battle fire in a vacant house

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

Sep 17

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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.

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firefighter with hose line at huge house fire

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firefighters climb engine at major fire scene

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Grayslake FD tender dumps water at fire scene

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Elk Grove Township FD tender dumps water at fire scene

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2-Alarm fire in Wadsworth, IL 7-4-15

Jul 4

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The Newport Township FPD went to a 2nd alarm for a house fire at 38800 Red Oak Terrace this afternoon in Wadsworth.

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female firefighter on ladder at fire scene

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fireman on ladder with saw cutting roof at fire scene

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firemen retrieve musical instruments from house after fire

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fireman on a ladder with a hose at fire scene

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Newport Township FPD Mack Saulsbury heavy rescue squad

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fire department water tenders staged at fire scene

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fire engine drafting from portable tank at fire scene

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long lay of large diameter hose at fire scene LDH

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fire engine in driveway at house fire scene

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2-Alarm House fire near Libertyville, 6-8-15

Jun 9

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This from Larry Shapiro:

The Libertyville Fire Department struck a 2nd Alarm for a house fire at 1121 Oak Spring Lane Monday evening (6/8/15) shortly after 8PM. First arriving companies had flames through the roof of a house undergoing renovations from a previous fire. The house is located at the end of a dead-end street with no hydrants. With the 2nd alarm, there were tenders from Grayslake, Wauconda, Countryside, Fox lake, lake Villa, Long Grove, Libertyville, Newport Township, and Antioch along with engines from Libertyville, Lake Bluff, Knollwood, Mundelein, Lake Forest, and Great Lakes. Squads on the scene were from Lincolnshire-Riverwoods and Gurney and the only truckwas from Libertyville.

They made quick work of knocking down the fire which was out when I arrived. Tim Olk arrived long before I did.

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pierce fire engine drafting from portable tank

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house undergoing renovation with dumpster out front

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firefighter gets rinsed off after overhaul

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firemen overhaul house after fire at night

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3-Alarm fire in Wadsworth, IL, 11-16-14 (more)

Nov 17

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

This from Niko Stefani:

Here are some photos I took at Wadsworth’s 3RD Level Box yesterday . I was down the street with a friend when we saw the smoke. I didn’t have a radio on me to see what was going on. We drove down towards the smoke and saw the fire. Newport had just gotten on the scene with the first engine when I arrived. I got some photos of the apparatus and the house. There was a fire in the garage the previous night. Took too long to be a rekindle. This fire is now under investigation.

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rural water supply operation at fire scene

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Pierce aerial with master stream at fire scene

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firefighters with hose line at house fire

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House fire in Long Grove, 7-4-14

Jul 5

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This from Larry Shapiro:

Shortly after 9PM on July 4th, firefighters in Long Grove and neighboring departments responded to a call for fire on the roof of a large house at 5421 Tall Oaks Drive in an unincorporated portion of the district. First arriving units found heavy fire along the peak of a three-story house and made a quick external attack before taking lines inside. After knocking down the bulk of the fire, they chased spot fires inside and along the peak as they had trouble accessing the affected area from the inside. The area was without hydrants. Tanker 55, a 3,000-gallon tanker, nursed the attack engine and a supply line was dropped over a the distance of a long block to the main road where two portable tanks were setup initiating a tanker shuttle to supply additional water.