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Chicago 3-11 Alarm fire – December 6, 2001

Posted by firescenesadmin on October 4, 2014
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This was one of my first fires that I shot digitally … (Fujifilm camera and IBM micro drive) – CFD 12-6-01 3-11 Alarm and an EMS Plan I at 4344 N Winchester.

heavy smoke from top floor of Chicago home

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Chicago fire trucks at fire scene

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heavy smoke from top floor of Chicago home

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Chicago fire engine pumping at fire sene

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All three Chicago LTI tower ladders lined up on the street.

three Chicago FD tower ladders at a fire scene

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heavy smoke from top floor of Chicago home

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Crown Point (IN) burn down – Spetember 29, 2014

Posted by firescenesadmin on October 3, 2014
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I came across this burn down by the Crown Point (IN) Fire Department the other night (9-29-14) as I was driving along I65. It didn’t take me long to get to the site from the highway, but the structure had already collapsed. Nonetheless, I couldn’t pass a building on fire without stopping to take some photos.

They had just completed three days of training scenarios in this house.

fire engine at fire scene

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firemen with hose line and burning house

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house destroyed by flames

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fireman with hose line and burning house

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water spray from fire hose at night

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More images are at shapirophotography.net

Working fire in Buffalo Grove, IL – September 6, 2014

Posted by firescenesadmin on September 17, 2014
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Buffalo Grove firefighters were called to 1062 Harvard Lane in the early morning hours of September 6th for smoke in the house. The area had been hit hard earlier in the day by a fast moving storm that knocked out power to many homes including this one. Thick black smoke met the first arriving companies who quickly found a small fire in the basement, but not before the entire house was charged with smoke. Here are a few images and a short video from the scene

firefighters mask up at fire scene

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firefighters mask up at fire scene

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firefighters mask up at fire scene

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Working fire in Morton Grove, IL – August 28, 2014

Posted by firescenesadmin on September 13, 2014
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While returning from the 3-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, I was on the Edens Expressway when Morton Grove was dispatched to a reported house fire at  5845 W. Keeney. The response was upgraded to the Code 4 working fire before units arrived based on a report by police that there was a confirmed fire.

I arrived shortly after the first companies that had already made entry. The fire had burned through the first floor roof of the small split-level house but was extinguished quickly. Here are a few images from the scene.

smoke from night house fore

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fire truck at night

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smoke from night house fore

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firemen work at house fire at night

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house fire at night

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Working fire in Glenview, IL – August 25, 2014

Posted by firescenesadmin on August 29, 2014
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Images of companies working at 4177 Midway Lane in Glenview (IL) on 8-25 after lightning struck a house during one of several rounds of violent storms that passed through the area. Heavy smoke on arrival prompted an upgrade to a working fire response which brought mutual aid from neighboring Morton Grove, Niles, Northfield, and Wilmette units to supplement all of the Glenview companies.

Morton Grove Quint 4 was on the road when the call came in, so instead of going back to quarters and jumping to Squad 4 (which was due) they were told to go right to the scene. Ambulance 4 also came to bring the crew strength to five.

firemen at scene of a house fire

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firemen vent roof and use thermal imaging camera

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Pierce fire engine on a hydrant

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firemen vent roof

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firemen vent cedar shake roof

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firemen vent cedar shake roof

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Wilmette FD Engine 27 E-ONE eMax

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A gallery with more images is at shapirophotography.net and chicagoareafire.com

Huge fire in Philadelphia, November 2003

Posted by firescenesadmin on August 25, 2014
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These images are from a trip to Philadelphia at Thanksgiving in 2003. I don’t remember the number of alarms or the location of the incident. I followed the header for almost half an  hour with my family in tow. The images were taken with a small, pocket digital camera.

huge fire in Philadelphia

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huge fire in Philadelphia

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huge fire in Philadelphia

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Chicago 3-11 Alarm fire – August 15, 2001

Posted by firescenesadmin on August 18, 2014
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These images are from a 3-11 Alarm fire at 1974 N. Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago on August 15, 2001. This was perhaps the first fire that I shot using a digital camera.

Chicago FD Snorkel

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Chicago FD E-ONE fire engine

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Chicago FD Snorkels

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Chicago FD Snorkel

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