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Working fire in Robbins, IL – June 7, 2014

Posted by firescenesadmin on June 9, 2014
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The Robbins Fire Department (IL) responded to a structure fire at 3533 W. 135th St on Saturday. Engine 2913 found a one-sty frame, 25×50 with heavy fire in the rear. With automatic aid responding, which included Calumet Park, Markham, Garden Homes FPD, & Phoenix, they were able to knock the fire quickly. Three firefighters were transported to Metro South Hospital with minor injuries.

Dennis McGuire, Jr.

 

small frame house after a fire

The house was a one-story frame at 3533 W. 135th Street in Robbins. Dennis McGuire, Jr. photo

firemen working at a house fire scene

Crews from Robbins and Calumet Park in the rear of the structure doing overhaul. Dennis McGuire, Jr. photo

firemen overhaul after house fire

Deputy chief and a firefighter from the Garden Homes FPD perform overhaul outside the building. Dennis McGuire, Jr. photo

firefighter rehab after fire

Firefighters in rehab. Dennis McGuire, Jr. photo

fire trucks at house fire scene

Overall view of the scene. Dennis McGuire, Jr. photo

fire engine with hose off at fire sene

Robbins Engine Co 2913 was first on the scene. Dennis McGuire, Jr. photo

House fire in Winfield, IL – June 8, 2014

Posted by firescenesadmin on June 8, 2014
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Winfield FPD (DuPage County, IL) was dispatched to a reported structure fire at 28W450 Roosevelt Road on Sunday, 6-8-14. Companies arrived to report a one- story frame with smoke from the roof. One line was used to knock down a fire in the cockloft and roof overhang on a 40×40 stucco/frame house.

John Tulipano

 

firemen work on the roof of a house after a fire

John Tulipano photo

chief fire officers at fire scene

John Tulipano photo

firemen work on the roof of a house after a fire

John Tulipano photo

firemen work on the roof of a house after a fire

John Tulipano photo

Pierce fire truck at fire scene

John Tulipano photo

http://tulipano-firephotos.smugmug.com/FIRES/6-8-14-Winfield-FPD-Special/

House fire in Cranston, RI – June 5, 2014

Posted by firescenesadmin on June 8, 2014
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At 2pm, on June 5, 2014, the Cranston, RI fire alarm office began receiving calls for a house fire on Smith Street.  On arrival, Ladder 1 reported heavy smoke showing and transmitted the Code Red, working fire signal.  Engine 1, normally housed with Ladder 1 was on a detail at headquarters and responded from there.  The fire appeared to begin in the basement of the balloon-frame house and travelled up several bays of the exterior walls and through the roof. Firefighters were able to bring the fire under control within 30 minutes.  Crews did rescue a turtle and what appeared to be the tank of a snake. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Tom Carmody

firemen vent roof of house fire from aerial ladder

Tom Carmody photo

fireman rescues family pet

Tom Carmody photo

fireman on graound ladder with smoke and flames

Tom Carmody photo

fireman in full gear

Tom Carmody photo

ladder to the roof at a house fire

Tom Carmody photo

firemen on aerial ladder leaving roof in heavy smoke

Tom Carmody photo

The rest of the photos are on my website, www.northeastfirephotos.smugmug.com

2-Alarm fire at the Dairy Maid Warehouse, Frederick, MD – June 5, 2014

Posted by firescenesadmin on June 7, 2014
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Frederick County Fire & Rescue battled an early morning 2-alarm fire at the Dairy Maid warehouse on East 7th St. in downtown Frederick, MD.  The fire started due to a malfunction in a compressor and spread to the warehouse roof.  Firefighters quickly had the fire under control and continued to perform overhaul on the scene for a few hours.  I arrived during the overhaul phase.

Companies on scene included United #3, Citizens Truck #4, Independent #1, Junior #2, Braddock Heights, Brunswick, and Emmitsburg.  The full dispatch of both alarms is here via the dispatch provided by Frederick Scanner:

COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE / FIRE-VISIBLE 259 E SEVENTH ST FRE1: @DAIRY MAID DAIRY MAP: 4566F3 Disp: A29,BAT900,E22,E501,RE11,SFT900,E31,E311,ET114,RS2,TR41,TWR1,BAT1,E23,A28,E12,SFT901,E502,C2-1,C3,BAT902,RS3

ADDITIONAL ALARM / FIRE / 2ND_ALRM_URBAN 259 E SEVENTH ST FRE1: @DAIRY MAID DAIRY MAP: 4566F3 Disp: E331,E122,ET224,E72,E161,A29,A18,RE11,TR5,WCTR6,BAT900,SFT900,W2

Best-

Trevor James

 

tractor-drawn aerial at fire scene

Trevor James photo

fire engine and hose at fire scene

Trevor James photo

firefighters store a ladder after a fire

Trevor James photo

fireman cleans ladder truck after fire

Trevor James photo

firemen clean tools after a fire

Trevor James photo

fireman rolls hose after a fire

Trevor James photo

firemen rest after fighting a fire

Trevor James photo

fire scene after a fire

Trevor James photo

firemen with hose line at fire scene

Trevor James photo

fire engine at a fire scene

Trevor James photo

 

I arrived during the overhaul phase.  The rest of my photos can be viewed via my Flickr account here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/59625319@N02/sets/72157645072130663/

Working fire in Tinley Park, IL – June 4, 2014

Posted by firescenesadmin on June 7, 2014
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Tinley Park, IL: Still Alarm 6/4/2014

Tinley Park, Oak Forest and Orland were dispatched for a reported house fire in the 16300 block of Parliment Dr.  The first arriving engine company reported smoke showing from a two-story single family house.  The fire was in the garage portion of the house and confined to that area.

Companies responding were:

TPFD-E201, E202, E203, TL204, Orland T4 and Oak Forest E12

Karl Klotz

 

firemen cut garage door at house fire

Karl Klotz photo

firemen cut garage door at house fire

Karl Klotz photo

fireman with hose and charred siding on house

Karl Klotz photo

garage fire at split level house

Karl Klotz photo

fire trucks at fire scene

Karl Klotz photo

fireman with debris after fire

Karl Klotz photo

CFD responds to three vehicle crash on Dan Ryan, June 3, 2014

Posted by firescenesadmin on June 6, 2014
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According to Illinois State Police, two tractor-trailer trucks collided with a bus carrying developmentally disabled passengers Tuesday afternoon on the Dan Ryan Expressway at South 95th Street.

38 special needs adults were on the bus traveling from the Pilsen neighborhood to Robbins, according to Chicago Fire Department Media Affairs Director Larry Langford.

A red semi-truck lost control and ran off the roadway, striking a concrete wall, which caused the truck’s trailer filled with recycled paper to separate and strike the bus, police said.

The Chicago Fire Department activated an EMS Plan 2 for the crash.

Asher Heimermann

crash scene on Chicago's Dan Ryan expressway

Asher Heimermann photo

crash scene on Chicago's Dan Ryan expressway

Asher Heimermann photo

crash scene on Chicago's Dan Ryan expressway

Asher Heimermann photo

VIEW PHOTOS:  http://www.publicsafety.photos/MVA/6-2014/A

Box Alarm in Schaumburg, IL – June 3, 2014

Posted by firescenesadmin on June 6, 2014
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Schaumburg (IL) had a box alarm at approximately 0700 Tuesday, June 6th  (6-3-14) at 525 Estes in a one-story 75X100 commercial building, they had heavy fire and used 1-tower ladder, 1-ladder pipe, and several hand lines, the fire was well under control when I arrived and companies were doing some overhaul at the roof lines in the front of the building and beginning the investigation.

E-ONE fire truck at fire scene

John Tulipano photo

firemen at command post at fire scene

John Tulipano photo

E-ONE fire truck at fire scene

John Tulipano photo

aftermath of commercial building fire

John Tulipano photo

E-ONE fire truck at fire scene

John Tulipano photo