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Chicago 3-11 Alarm fire 11-24-12 (part 2)
This from Eric Haak from the 3-11 alarm fire: I got there just after the box. I am sending you 9 shots. Below is a timeline of the fire. Photo credits to Eric Haak. At 1424hrs Saturday, Engine 120...
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Chicago 2-11 Alarm Fire 12-7-12 part 2
This from Eric Haak: At 1624 hrs on Friday, December 7th, fire broke out in an abandoned 50 x 125, 2-story ordinary, apartments over commercial structure at the corner of Drake and 16th Street in...
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Chicago Still & Box Alarm 12-9-12
This from Eric Haak: Early Sunday morning, fire erupted in an occupied apartment building at 2715 E. 75th Place. Shortly before 0500 hrs, Engine 126 and Truck 49 reported fire from the second floor of...
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Chicago 4-11 Alarm Fire 12-29-12 (pt 1)
Commercial fire today at 2441 W. 21st Street came in after 1PM. First units found a three-story, brick, commercial factory/warehouse well involved. The alarms quickly escalated to a 4-11 with an EMS...
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Chicago 4-11 Alarm Fire 12-29-12 (pt 6)
Sixth article about the 4-11 Alarm fire on Saturday at 2444 W. 21st Place in Chicago. Eric Haak tells us: On May 26, 2007, the same building had a 2-11 alarm fire on a rainy Saturday afternoon. I am...
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Roberts Park Box Alarm 5-12-13 in Hickory Hills
This from Eric Haak: At 0423 hrs on Sunday morning, the Roberts Park Fire Department was toned out for the report of a structure fire at the Camelot Banquet Hall, 8624 W. 95th Street in Hickory Hills....
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What’s new … CFD (more)
This from Eric Haak: Just an update on what I spotted at the fabrication shops this weekend. The plot thickens at the fabrication shops. I drove past during my regular Saturday rounds and now there...
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What’s new … CFD
This from Eric Haak: I continue to drive past the fabrication shops hoping to catch a glimpse of the newly mounted deluge units. When I drove past on Saturday, 6-7-3 was now parked next to the...
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A visit to Engine 68′s old house (more)
This from Eric Haak in response to the recent post about Engine 68′s old house: I could not find the pictures I took a few years ago of Engine 68′s old house. Here is a shot of Engine 128′s old...
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Robbins house fire 6-23-13 (rekindle)
This from Eric Haak: The Robbins Fire Department was dispatched to the report of a structure fire at 3702 W. 139th Street Sunday afternoon. Robbins units arrived on scene at 1308hrs and confirmed a...
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Dolton 3rd Alarm fire 7-20-13
This from Eric Haak: At approximately 1450hrs on Saturday, the Dolton Fire Department responded to a fire in a large storage shed on a vacant industrial property at 142nd & Cottage Grove. The...
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Chicago 2-11 Alarm fire 7-24-13
This from Eric Haak: At approximately 4:40 on Wednesday afternoon, fire broke out in a large “s” shaped courtyard apartment building at the corner of Lunt and Bell. It was boxed shortly after arrival...
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Chicago Still Alarm fire 7-25-13
This from Eric Haak: I was fairly close to this incident so I decided to take it in. This is at least the second fire this month at this abandoned industrial building which is a block from Engine...
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What’s new … CFD
This from Eric Haak: The units appear to be finished and awaiting their markings. Both units are shown here with the best angle I could get. Eric Haak photo Eric Haak photo The most recent post on the...
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Chicago house fire 7-28-13
This from Eric Haak: At approximately 8:15 Sunday morning, a fire broke out in this 25×50 1.5 story brick on the 900 block of north Harding in Chicago’s 13th Battalion. Engine 95 was first due and...
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Chicago 2-11 Alarm Fire 8-3-13 (more)
This from Eric Haak: Here are a few of my shots from the 2-11 at the corner of Harrison & Spaulding. Engine 107 was first due and is shown parked on Spaulding. The rear wall collapsed within the...
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Chicago Still & Box Fire 8-6-13 with Red-X
This from Eric Haak: At 1620 hrs on Tuesday afternoon, companies in Chicago’s 18th Battalion responded to the report of a fire in a building on the corner of 73rd and Yale. On arrival, Truck 20...
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Apartment building fire in Chicago 8-6-13
This from Eric Haak: Around 12:45 Tuesday, companies responded to the 3400 block of West Madison for a fire in a 150 x 125 u-shaped courtyard apartment building. The fire was in a second floor unit...
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Fire in Chicago 2-flat 8-10-13
This from Eric Haak: I took in this fire about 1330 hrs Saturday afternoon in Chicago’s 23rd Battalion. Fire was on the second floor of a vacant 25×40 2-flat in the 7200 block of South Constance....
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Chicago FD Still & Box Alarm 8-11-13
This from Eric Haak on the Still & Box Alarm fire yesterday on Blue Island Avenue: About 1150 hrs on Sunday, Engine 23 reported they had smoke from the roof of a 2-story, 400 x 100 commercial...
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