SMALL FIRE IN A NEWSSTAND AT THE OGILVIE TRANSPORTATION CENTER, MADISON AND CANAL, CHICAGO

    SUN NOV 27 2016 ~8:56 PM
    Chicago Fire Department
    High Rise Still in a High-Rise
    500 W Madison Street Chicago, IL



    Report of a fire in a high-rise building at the Ogilvie Transportation Center.

    E42 crew on arrival reports nothing showing from a 43-story commercial high-rise, fire-resistive by 8:53 p.m.

    BC3 reports smoke inside and requests a Still and Box and EMS Plan 1 at the scene by 8:56 p.m.

    Command reports a small fire in a newsstand extinguished by the sprinkler system.

    Fire is out with a conventional lead out, and light smoke conditions in the building at the mezzanine level.

    Still and Box struck out at 9:08 p.m. on orders of 2-2-1.

    Stairwell 3 was fire attack stairwell; Stairwell 1 was the evacuation stairwell.

    Firefighters are ventilating the mezzanine and the tunnel with three power fans.

    All searches clear by 9:19 p.m. and firefighters are still displacing smoke from the interior.

    Firefighters searching facility for an possible victims. No report of any fire or smoke victims as of 9:22 p.m.

    Fire command notifies Metra command that trains could be run normally at 9:25 p.m. No alerts displayed on Metra's official website or on Metra's official Twitter account as of 9:26 p.m.

    FIRE/MEDIC UNITS ASSIGNED ...

    ENGINE(S): E42    E ??

    TRUCK(S): T3     T ?? TL ??

    SQD1  CV2

    RIT: BC ?? T ??

    CHIEF(S): BC ??
    FORWARD FIRE COMMAND:
    FIRE ATTACK: BC2

    EMS: A ?? FC ?? STANDBY A ??

    STAGING:


    STILL AND BOX ALARM AT 08:57 PM

    ENGINE(S): E103 E98 ALS Support Engine

    TRUCK(S):

    SQUAD(S):

    RIT: BC17  T7   E4 ALS RIT Engine

    EMS:

    CHIEF(S): 2-2-1
    BC4 Plans Chief
    BC15 report to incident commander
    BC12 report to incident commander

    SPECIAL: Rescue Helicopter 6-8-1

    CHANGE OF QUARTERS:

    STAGING: Madison St and DesPlaines St

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