It was a very busy early morning for southside companies on Monday (2/15). At approximately 1:30 there was a fatal pin-in accident at 85th and the Dan Ryan. Around the same time, Engine 49 landed at 43rd and Packers for an automatic alarm to find a light haze in an industrial building. This was eventually be elevated to a still and box with stacks of cardboard burning but being held in check by the sprinkler system. Companies were at that address for over three hours.
At 3:45 Engine 101 landed with a working fire at 76th and Artesian. One hour later there was another still and box at 5141 S. Princeton which is where these images were taken. Due to battalion chiefs being committed at both earlier fires, Battalion 7 was the still chief at this incident. There were several frozen hydrants and the fire did spread to the occupied home on the “D” side. The original fire building was a frame house that had been converted to a church. I could not confirm but I believe the spare is Engine 122. The other box engine was Engine 5.
OXFORD, CT – Shortly after 9:30 on February 9, 2016, the Oxford Fire Department was dispatched to 27 Christian Street for a reported chimney fire. Car 1 arrived on scene first reporting heavy fire from the B/C side of the private dwelling. Mutual aide came from Seymour, Southbury, Beacon Falls, and Monroe (Stevenson) before the fire was put under control under an hour.
Thursday evening (2/4/16), Hagerstown City (MD) fire crews were busy fighting a house fire on Day Road when another structure fire box was toned out on W. Washington St. First arriving units, many of which were on mutual aid transfer to stations in the city reported a fire showing through the roof of a three-story apartment building. Heavy fire was extending into the cockloft of the structure. Crews confirmed reported entrapment and performed rescues of the occupants. A 2nd alarm was sounded bringing in more mutual aid to the city.
Crews from Longmeadow Co. 27, Williamsport Co. 2, Maugansville, Waynesboro, PA, Funkstown, Hagerstown, Washington County Special Operations, Rehab 255 & Air Unit 25, Greencastle, PA, Halfway, Community Rescue Service 75, and more worked the job for over three hours performing extensive overhaul.
This was the first working structure fire for the new Engine 2-1 of the Williamsport, MD fire department.
01/17/2016
Around 8 pm reports of a house on fire in the 2800 block of Glenarye Dr. in Lindenhurst (IL) began flooding FoxCom dispatch. Lake Villa FPD units arrived to find a large, two-story home well-involved. Companies went defensive and protected exposures on both sides. Mutual aid from Antioch, Gurnee, and Newport arrived to assist, but with a combination of the high winds, extreme cold temps, and the body of fire found on arrival, the home was a total loss. Exposures on either side recieved minor damage. Jeff Rudolph
Washington, DC firefighters battled this 2-alarm blaze on Delafield PL, NW on Monday, 1/4/16. Units arrived on scene to find heavy fire on the 2nd floor. During the event, evac tones were sounded and a Mayday was called when part of E21’s crew was temporarily unaccounted for. Thankfully, they were quickly found to be safe. The family dog was rescued from the structure as well. Cramped city streets, the proximity of neighboring homes and electrical wires in close proximity created challenges in fighting the fire.
Here are some photos of the Still & Box Alarm in Chicago on 12/29/15. E76 arrived on scene with fire showing from the second floor. Eventually the fire went through the roof. Code Photography
At 0303 hours Hartford, CT was dispatched to Barbour & Judson St’s for numerous calls reporting a row of stores on fire. Engine 7 arrived reporting heavy fire showing. Engine 2’s deck gun and the tower ladders made a quick knockdown.
