O’Hare gets MVU
A new piece of apparatus is on the roster at O’Hare Airport. 9-2-4, though not yet in service, is a Tempest mobile ventilation unit with similarities to 9-2-3 at Engine 106’s house. 9-2-4 has a fan...
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CFD 5-11 Alarm fire 9-30-12 (update 5)
Steve Redick was perhaps the first photographer to the scene and submitted several images from the early stages of the fire once it vented. Companies on Barry ladder the building behind the fire...
View ArticleChicago 2-11 Alarm fire 2-4-13
Chicago firefighters responded to a reported fire in a large warehouse complex last night at 4834 S. Halsted. First arriving units found a 200×500, 5-story, fire-resistive structure with heavy smoke...
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Chicago 2-11 Alarm fire 9-25-13
Chicago had a 2-11 Alarm fire today at 1034 S. Kostner. The building consisted of a five-story section with a one-story area in the rear. Workers were disconnecting a storage tank in the basement which...
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Still & Box Alarm in Chicago, 2-11-17 (part 1)
This from Eric Haak: Here are some pictures from a Still & Box Alarm in Chicago on Saturday morning (2/11). The 15th Battalion was first on scene and reported light smoke showing from a 600 x 200,...
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Still & Box Alarm in Chicago, 2-11-17 (part 2)
Photos from Tim Olk at the Still & Box Alarm in Chicago, 2-11-17 Tim Olk photo Tim Olk photo Tim Olk photo Tim Olk photo Tim Olk photo Tim Olk photo
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Still & Box Alarm in Chicago, 2-11-17 (part 3)
This from Steve Redick: 2600 W 35th St. Heavy smoke conditions reported in a large, fire resistive warehouse occupancy… discovered to be an auto fire deep within the building. MVU 923 was used to...
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Still and Box Alarm fire in Chicago, 9-22-18 (more)
This from Steve Redick: This was about 0200 Saturday morning. A large warehouse stacked floor to ceiling with junky combustibles. The fire was in an outside rubbish/storage area beneath an overhang....
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2-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, 12-9-18 (more)
This from Steve Redick: This was Sunday morning, 12/9/18. Some kind of mattress warehouse that was fully sprinklered and metal clad. Initial response was an automatic alarm I believe. Not much to be...
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