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Working fire in Northbrook, IL – November 14, 2012

Posted by firescenesadmin on August 17, 2014

Posted in: FIre Scene photos, PREVIOUS. Tagged: fire scene photos, fire trucks at fire scene photos, fire trucks at night fire scene, fully engulfed commercial garage fire, Larry Shapiro, Northbrook Fire Department, Pierce fire trucks at night fire scene. Leave a Comment

These images are from a fully-involved commercial garage on a residential property in an unincorporated section of the Northbrook Fire Protection District at 2500 Pfingsten Road on November 14, 2012.

big flames through the roof of a building at night

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big flames through the roof of a building at night

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Piere fire engine at night fire scene

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Piere fire trucks at night fire scene

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fireman pulling hose at night

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Working house fire in Wheeling, IL – September 7, 2012

Posted by firescenesadmin on August 16, 2014

Posted in: FIre Scene photos, PREVIOUS. Tagged: Corvette destroyed by fire, fire in an attached garage, fire scene photos, house fire photos, Larry Shapiro, Wheeling Fire Department. Leave a Comment

Some images from a house fire in Wheeling, IL that originated in the attached garage. Garage fires produce great headers and can be dramatic for the first few minutes unless it gets into the house … but in this case, they opened up a 2 1/2″ line just as I was getting out of my car … and it went from thick, black billowing smoke with huge flames … to what you see in these images. If only they’d waited another minute and a half before opening up that line …

firefighters attack a garage fire

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firemen with hose line at house fire

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Corvette destroyed by fire

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2-Alarm fire in Libertyville, IL – May 27, 2013

Posted by firescenesadmin on August 14, 2014

Posted in: FIre Scene photos, PREVIOUS. Tagged: fire scene photography, fire scene photos, Jamaica Gardens Nursery fire, Larry Shapiro, Libertyville Fire Department, Pierce Tower ladder working at fire, Spartan fire engine at hydrant with hose. Leave a Comment

Here are a few images from a fire last year in Libertyville (IL). It was a 2nd Alarm at 14595 W. Rockland Road (Route 176) the vacant Jamaican Gardens Nursery on 5-27-13.

firefighter advancing towards flames

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fireman with hose fights flames

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fireman with hose fights flames

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Pierce tower ladder at fire scene

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firemen at fire scene with heavy fire

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Spartan fire engine at fire scene

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House fire in Cicero, IL – August 1, 2014

Posted by firescenesadmin on August 2, 2014

Posted in: FIre Scene photos, Fire Scene Video, NEW. Tagged: E-ONE tower ladder on narrow street, fatal fire in Cicero, fire scene photos, fire scene video, fire through the roof, fire trucks at night fire scene, Gordon J. Nord Jr, Larry Shapiro, Pierce Dash CF PUC at a night fire scene. Leave a Comment

Cicero (IL) had a fire in a three-story, brick, residential unit at 5045 W 30th Street that also apparently had living space in the attic. Somewhere around 1:30AM, companies arrived to find heavy fire out the second-floor rear, with flames extending to the third floor and the attic space. They had reports that all but one resident were accounted for, though it was not known if the unaccounted for resident had been home.

After an interior attack, companies were pulled out of the building as fire vented through the roof. A defensive attack was initiated which included a master stream from Cicero Truck 1. The alarm was upgraded to a Box Alarm for additional companies around 2AM.

Primary and secondary searches had been completed on the first three floors, but they were unable to search the attic until the bulk of the fire had been knocked down. A victim was later discovered in the attic space.

E-ONE tower ladder working at night fire scene

Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo

E-ONE tower ladder working at night fire scene

Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo

E-ONE tower ladder working at night fire scene

Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo

Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo

Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo

E-ONE tower ladder working at night fire scene

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Pierce Dash CF PUC at night fire scene

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fire through the roof and in the attic of building

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aftermath at fatal fire in Cicero IL

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aftermath at fatal fire in Cicero IL

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roof destroyed by fire

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3-11 Alarm fire in Chicago – July 31, 2014

Posted by firescenesadmin on August 1, 2014

Posted in: FIre Scene photos, Fire Scene Video, NEW. Tagged: 3-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, Chicago 3-11 alarm fire, Chicago fire trucks at fire scene, Dennis McGuire Jr., Drew Gresik, fire trucks at night fire scene, Larry Shapiro, night fire scene photos, night fire scene video. 1 comment

Here are some shots from the 3-11 Alarm fire at 2525 W 25th St overnight. Fire was in a 30×100 red-X commercial building, fully-involved, as well as the adjacent pallet yard including a couple of trucks.

Drew Gresik

huge fire scene at night

Drew Gresik photo

huge fire scene at night

Drew Gresik photo

fire truck silhouette at fire scene

Drew Gresik photo

fire truck silhouette at fire scene

Drew Gresik photo

Chicago fire engines at night fire scene

Dennis McGuire, Jr. photo

tower ladder at night fire scene in Chicago

Dennis McGuire, Jr. photo

Chicago FD light wagon at night fire scene

Dennis McGuire, Jr. photo

huge fire scene at night

Dennis McGuire, Jr. photo

huge fire scene at night

Dennis McGuire, Jr. photo

huge fire scene at night

Dennis McGuire, Jr. photo

huge fire scene at night

Dennis McGuire, Jr. photo

huge fire scene at night

Dennis McGuire, Jr. photo

Chicago fire engine on a hydrant at night

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Chicago FD tower ladder at night fire scene

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Chicago FD tower ladder at night fire scene

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huge fire scene at night

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Chicago FD tower ladder at night fire scene American LaFrance

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Chicago FD tower ladder at night fire scene

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Chicago FD light wagon at night fire scene

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Working fire in Wheeling, IL – July 23, 2014

Posted by firescenesadmin on July 27, 2014

Posted in: FIre Scene photos, Fire Scene Video, NEW. Tagged: fire scene photos, fire scene video video of firemen ventilating a roof, Larry Shapiro, Wheeling Fire Department. Leave a Comment

Residents called the Wheeling (IL) Fire Department Wednesday evening (July 23rd) reporting some sort of explosion in the kitchen at 293 Lincoln Road. When the first police officer arrived, he reported smoke showing and that one person needed medical attention. Firefighters arrived within minutes and confirmed a fire inside the split-level house.

One ambulance transported the civilian to an area hospital and the alarm was upgraded to the working fire. Two interior lines were used to make quick work of extinguishing the fire.

Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove, Lincolnshire-Riverwoods, and Northbrook units responded to the scene in addition to two engines, two ambulances, a truck, and two chief officers from Wheeling.

fire chief in command outside a house fire

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firemen climb to the roof of a house to ventilate the smoke during a fire

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fire engines at a fire scene

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firemen climb to the roof of a house to ventilate the smoke during a fire

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firemen ventilate roof of a house

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fireman walking at a fire scene with full PPE

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Sutphen tower ladder pumping at a fire scene

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Sutphen tower ladder pumping at a fire scene

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Working fire in Northbrook, IL – July 14, 2014

Posted by firescenesadmin on July 16, 2014

Posted in: FIre Scene photos, NEW. Tagged: fire in a vacant Northbrook building, firemen hookup to fire hydrant, firemen with hose line hit fire, Larry Shapiro, night fire scene photos, Northbrook Fire Department, Pierce fire trucks at night fire scene, Tim Olk. Leave a Comment

A citizen called the Northbrook Fire Department (IL) Monday night around 10:30 reporting fire in a vacant two-story building near the downtown train station. Companies arrived to find fire inside the building at 1856 Walters Avenue and upgraded the alarm to a Code 4 for the working fire.

Northbrook Engines 10 & 11, Squad 12 and Tower 12, Ambulance 10 and Battalion 11 were the initial companies with Glenview Truck 14. The working fire added Deerfield Truck 20, Highland Park Squad 34, Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Ambulance 52, and Wheeling Engine 42.

The main body of fire was knocked down quickly from the outside, then companies searched the building for extension and occupants. A Box Alarm was requested for change of quarters companies only as units were tied up at the scene for a while.

firemen with hose line attacking a fire

Tim Olk photo

firemen with hose line attacking a fire

Tim Olk photo

firemen at night fire scene

Tim Olk photo

firemen at night fire scene

Tim Olk photo

firemen at night fire scene

Tim Olk photo

firemen hooking up to a hydrant

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Pierce fire trucks at night fire scene

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firemen at night fire scene

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firemen at night fire scene

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Pierce fire truck

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