RESTAURANT FIRE, SALON FIRE ON WEST DEVON AVE AT MINNEHAHA AVE, CHICAGO -- STILL AND BOX ALARM

    SUN MAR 19 2017 ~8:34 PM
    Chicago Fire Department
    Storefront Restaurant Fire/Working Fire/Still and Box
    5348 West Devon Ave Chicago, IL

    Report of a fire in a restaurant storefront at The Elephant Thai Cuisine.

    E79 crew on arrival reports they're eastbound with some smoke showing.

    E79 reports a truss roof.

    E79: "EMERGENCY give me a box for a truss roof" at 8:38 p.m.

    E79 crew warns companies "this is a truss roof" with fire through the roof.

    T-55 Side A.

    5-1-5 puts himself on the Still and Box by 8:40 p.m.

    BC11 reports companies going defensive, all companies are PAR with fire through the roof at 8:41 p.m. -- staging area designated at Devon and Central at 8:41 p.m.

    BC11 assigned SQD2 to the A-D corner with E119 feeding SQD2.

    BC11 reports the building dimension as a 1-story truss, 20X50, exposures on either side, no extension to the B-side, no extension to the "C-side" ... smoke showing from the C-D corner.

    BC11 reports knocking down some fire in the grease chute, and looking for extension beyond the grease chute by 8:49 p.m.

    2-7-2 reports three storefronts with fire in a grease chute in a middle restaurant, 60x100 ordinary construction with a bowstring truss with one line on the fire and companies pulling ceiling by 8:59 p.m.

    STRUCK OUT AT 9:28 p.m. on orders of 2-2-2.

    Re-hydrating members.

    Primary and secondary search are complete and negative, and companies are in final stages by 9:29 p.m.

    Notifying health department since fire involved a restaurant -- at 9:50 p.m.

    Final search complete and negative, all companies in process of picking up.

    Extension summary at 5346 and 5344 West Devon Ave.



    FIRE/MEDIC UNITS ASSIGNED ...

    ENGINE(S): E79 E89

    TRUCK(S): T55 T ?? TL ??

    SQD2 CV272

    RIT: BC10 T58

    CHIEF(S): BC ??

    EMS: A73 FC ?? STANDBY A39 FC4-5-3 FC4-5-2


    STAGING:



    STILL AND BOX ALARM AT 8:38 PM

    ENGINE(S): E108 E119

    TRUCK(S): TL23

    SQUAD(S):

    EMS: FC4-5-3 FC4-5-2

    CHIEF(S): 2-2-2 5-1-5
    BC7 Box Chief
    BC8 Plans Chief

    SPECIAL:

    CHANGE OF QUARTERS:

    STAGING: Devon and Central

    OFI 469

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