TUE OCT 16 2012 ~4:40 PM
SCHAUMBURG FIRE DEPARTMENT
AFA SENIOR LIVING BUILDING
350 W SCHAUMBURG RD SCHAUMBURG, IL
DISTRICT 51. AFA UPGRADED DUE TO REPORT OF SMOKE SEEN OR SMELLED IN A THIRD FLOOR ATTIC SPACE AT THE BRIDGEGATE BUILDING APARTMENTS IN THE C BUILDING. NOTHING SHOWING UPON ARRIVAL OF FIRST ENGINE. LIGHT SMOKE IN ATTIC; NO FIRE SEEN.
E54 RIT. E53 LEAD OUT STANDBY. BN 5 IS FORWARD FIRE COMMAND; 502 IS COMMAND. SMALL FIRE INITIALLY FOUGHT WITH HAND PUMP WHILE ENGINE LEADS OUT. FIREFIGHTERS CLEARING INSULATION ABOVE AN APARTMENT THAT WAS UNDERGOING SOME TYPE OF RENOVATION OR AIR CONDITIONING WORK.
BUILDING EVACUATED UNDERWAY; THEN EVACUATION WAS STOPPED DUE TO SMALL EXTENT OF THE FIRE, WHICH WAS REPORTED OUT AT 5:03 PM. FIREFIGHTERS CHECKING FOR EXTENSION AND ENTERING THE APARTMENT BELOW THE AFFECTED ATTIC.
E54 RIT. E53 LEAD OUT STANDBY. BN 5 IS FORWARD FIRE COMMAND; 502 IS COMMAND. SMALL FIRE INITIALLY FOUGHT WITH HAND PUMP WHILE ENGINE LEADS OUT. FIREFIGHTERS CLEARING INSULATION ABOVE AN APARTMENT THAT WAS UNDERGOING SOME TYPE OF RENOVATION OR AIR CONDITIONING WORK.
BUILDING EVACUATED UNDERWAY; THEN EVACUATION WAS STOPPED DUE TO SMALL EXTENT OF THE FIRE, WHICH WAS REPORTED OUT AT 5:03 PM. FIREFIGHTERS CHECKING FOR EXTENSION AND ENTERING THE APARTMENT BELOW THE AFFECTED ATTIC.
