APARTMENT FIRE ON NORTH GLENVIEW CT NEAR POPLAR ST, PALATINE

    FRI MAY 19 2017 ~11:58 PM
    Palatine Fire Department
    Townhouse Fire/Working Fire/Box Alarm
    1054 North Glenview Ct Palatine, IL

    Report of a townhouse on fire. Resident called, reporting that the back of the townhouse was on fire.

    Police on arrival report the roof is on fire by 12:01 a.m.

    E81 cew on arrival reports reports a row of townhomes with fire showing and heavy smoke coming from the second floor by 12:03 a.m.

    E81's crew off with a line.

    E81 crew reports residents report everyone is out by 12:05 a.m. Precautionary search underway.

    2 1/2-inch line out.

    Second line in the front by 12:06 a.m.

    Report that the fire has been knocked down by E81's 2 1/2-inch line by 2:12 a.m.

    Third line to the fire floor by 12:14 a.m.

    Making progress and pulling ceiling on the third floor by 12:16 a.m.

    Smoke still pushing from the roof at 12:17 a.m.

    Moving a hose and putting in through the eave.

    E84 reports they have fire above them at the unit next to the original fire unit -- just to the east at 12:19 a.m.

    E84 crew requests another line to the second floor by 12:19 a.m.

    Box Alarm requested at 12:21 a.m. on orders of BC8.

    Fire through the roof in the unit just to the east of the original fire unit by 12:22 a.m.

    Smoke still pushing from the second unit on the third floor and possibly pushing now from a third unit on the third floor at 12:28 a.m.

    Crew can still here popping above the second unit in the attic -- requesting pike poles to pull the ceiling at 12:33 a.m.

    Rolling Meadows E16 first Box Unit in staging at 12:33 a.m.

    Fire through the roof again at 12:36 a.m.

    An ambulance was requested to the scene by E81 at 2:52 a.m.

    Making progress at 12:40 a.m.

    Secondary search underway by 12:42 a.m.

    Fire is knocked in the original fire unit by 12:49 a.m.

    Crews still opening up for any unexposed extension.

    Working on residual fire and hot spots at 1:07 a.m.

    TL85 assigned to hit some fire near the chimney at 1:12 a.m. as soon as interior crews clear the area. All interior crews cleared out away from the chimney by 1:13 a.m.

    Roof in the back starting to "light up" again at 1:31 a.m.

    Companies chasing hot spots.

    E81 assigned to respond non-urgent for a re-kindle at 5:23 a.m.

    FIRE/MEDIC UNITS ASSIGNED …

    ENGINE(S): E81 E82 E84

    TRUCK(S): TL85

    SQUAD(S): SQD85

    CHIEF(S): BC8 802

    EMS: A84


    CODE 4 AT 12:05 AM

    ENGINE(S): Palatine Rural E36

    EMS: Palatine Rural A36

    CHIEF(S): 800 801

    MABAS Division 1 Box Alarm on Box #81 for a townhouse fire at 12:24 a.m. on orders of BC8.

    BOX UNITS ASSIGNED ...

    ENGINE(S): Lake Zurich Fire Rescue
    Rolling Meadows Fire Department
    Mount Prospect Fire Department
    Wheeling Fire Department,

    TRUCK(S): Arlington Heights Fire Department, Buffalo Grove Fire Department

    SQUAD(S): Lincolnshire-Riverwoods FPD

    RIT: Mount Prospect Fire Department E14, Buffalo Grove TL 25

    EMS: Barrington Fire Department

    CHIEF(S): Palatine Rural FPD
    Rolling Meadows Fire Department (ISO)

    SPECIAL: Rehab 81, Palatine Fire Rehab Team

    CHANGE OF QUARTERS: Itasca Engine, Elk Grove Township Engine, East Dundee Ambulance

    STAGING: Quentin Rd and Poplar

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TEEN SHOT AT 13TH ST AND LAWNDALE, CHICAGO

    THU MAY 18 2017 ~10:50 AM
    Chicago Fire Department
    Multiple People Shot
    13th St and Lawndale Ave Chicago, IL

    Report of 3 people shot in the head.

    Confirmed one person, male age 19, shot in the back

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WIDESPREAD PRAIRIE FIRE IN THE AREA OF 111TH ST AND MARSHFIELD AVE, CHICAGO

    MON MAY 15 2017 ~3:32 PM
    Chicago Fire Department
    Prairie Fire
    111th St and Marshfield Ave Chicago, IL

    Report of a prairie fire.

    E120 crew reports they need one other engine at Monterey and Duvall and then same engine to respond to 115th and Marshfield when Monterey and Duvall fire is extinguished -- E115 assigned.

    Getting calls that fire is extending all the way to 97th Place

    Fire also at 109th and Vincennes

    FIRE/MEDIC UNITS ASSIGNED ...

    ENGINE(S): E120 E115

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

    CHIEF(S): BC21

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CAR VS MOTORCYCLE CRASH WITH INJURIES AT ALGONQUIN ROAD AND RANDALL ROAD ALGONQUIN

    MON MAY 15 2017 ~4:48 PM
    Algonquin-Lake in the Hills FPD
    Car vs Motorcycle Crash
    Algonquin Road and Randall Road Algonquin, IL

    Motorcycle crash with injuries.

    FIRE/MEDIC UNITS ASSIGNED …

    ENGINE(S): E ?? E ??

    TRUCK(S): T ?? TL ??

    SQUAD(S): SQD ??

    CHIEF(S): BC ??

    EMS: A ?? A ??

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HOUSE FIRE ON NORTH SOMERSET CT NEAR LOCHANORA DR, LAKE ZURICH

    MON MAY 15 2017 ~1:13 PM
    Lake Zurich Fire Rescue
    Attached Garage/House Fire/BOX ALARM
    25580 North Somerset Ct Lake Zurich, IL

    MABAS Division 4 Box Alarm on Box #32-C2 for a structure fire at 1:28 p.m. in unincorporated Lake Zurich.

    Crew on arrival reports a garage fire fully-involved with heavy fire showing.

    Tanker 55 due before the Box Alarm

    STRUCK OUT AT 2:45 PM

    BOX UNITS ASSIGNED ...

    ENGINE(S): Fox River Grove FPD
    Palatine Fire Department
    Wheeling Fire Department

    TRUCK(S): Buffalo Grove Fire Department

    SQUAD(S): Libertyville Fire Department

    TENDER(S): Cary FPD
    Nunda Rural FPD
    Palatine Rural FPD

    EMS: Deerfield-Bannockburn FPD

    CHIEF(S): Barrington Countryside FPD
    Long Grove FPD
    Wauconda Fire District

    SPECIAL: MESS Canteen

    CHANGE OF QUARTERS: Mundelein Engine, Schaumburg Ambulance, Buffalo Grove Chief

    STAGING: Lochanora Drive and Fairfield Rd

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SMOKE IN THE BASEMENT INITIALLY REPORTED AS A FIRE AT LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL

    MON MAY 15 2017 ~12:31 PM
    Park Ridge Fire Department
    Smoke Investigation
    1775 Dempster St Park Ridge, IL

    Activated fire alarm followed by a report of a fire in the basement.

    Crew on arrival reports

    Interior crew reports they do not have a fire, but they have heavy smoke by 12:52 p.m.

    FIRE/MEDIC UNITS ASSIGNED …

    ENGINE(S): E36 North Maine E1

    TRUCK(S): TL36

    SQUAD(S): SQD??

    RIT: BC ?? T ??

    CHIEF(S): BC35

    EMS: A36 A ??

    CODE 4 AT 12:36 PM

    ENGINE(S): E1 E5 Glenview E7

    TRUCK(S): TL61

    SQUAD(S): Morton Grove SQD4

    EMS: A15

    CHIEF(S): 3500, 3502,
    3507, BC1

    SPECIAL:

    STAGING:

    CHANGE OF QUARTERS: Wheeling E23, Rosemont A169, Norwood Engine, Elk Grove Ambulance

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CRASH WITH EXTRICATION AND INJURIES AT LAKE COOK RD AND NICHOLS RD, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS

    SAT MAY 13 2017 ~10:37 AM
    Long Grove FPD
    Extrication Crash/Personal Injury Crash
    Lake Cook Road and Nichols Road Arlington Heights, IL

    Crash with injuries. Report of a crash with extrication.

    Crew on arrival reports three vehicles with police already on the scene.

    Third ambulance requested by 10:36 a.m. -- Arlington Heights A4 assigned.

    Fourth ambulance requested by 10:46 AM -- Countryside ambulance assigned to move up from Change of Quarters.

    One patient traumatic cardiac arrest; patient extricated by 10:46 a.m.

    FIRE/MEDIC UNITS ASSIGNED ...

    ENGINE(S): E ?? E ??

    TRUCK(S): T ?? Buffalo Grove TL25

    SQUAD(S): SQD55 Lincolnshire-Riverwoods SQD51

    CHIEF(S): BC55

    EMS: A55 Lakde Zurich A ?? Arlington Heights A4

    CHANGE OF QUARTERS: Countryside


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CRASH WITH INJURIES NB ROUTE 53 SPUR NEAR LAKE COOK RD, PALATINE, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS

    FRI MAY 12 2017 ~4:10 PM
    Palatine Fire Department
    Personal Injury Crash
    42.150391, -88.013405 (Route 53 and Lake Cook Road Palatine, IL)

    Crash with injuries.

    Crew on arrival reports three vehicles involved with one vehicle a semi-trailer truck. All vehicles were upright.

    Crew reported the crash involves the middle land and the inside lane.

    Traffic backed up to the half-way point between Rand Road and Palatine Road at 4:58 p.m. and after crashed vehicles were cleared from the scene.

    FIRE/MEDIC UNITS ASSIGNED ...

    ENGINE(S): E82 E ??

    TRUCK(S): TL85

    SQUAD(S): SQD85

    CHIEF(S): BC8

    EMS: A82 A ??

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CHILD HIT BY A VEHICLE AT ANTHONY RD AND SCHOENBECK ROAD WHEELING

    FRI MAY 12 2017 ~3:47 PM
    Wheeling Fire Department
    » Person Hit by a Vehicle
    Anthony and Schoenbeck Road Wheeling, IL

    Report of a child hit by a vehicle.

    FIRE/MEDIC UNITS ASSIGNED …

    ENGINE(S): E23

    TRUCK(S): T ??

    SQUAD(S): SQD ??

    CHIEF(S): BC ??

    EMS: A23

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OPEN WATER RESCUE SEARCH AT COVENANT BAY, LAKE GENEVA

    THU MAY 11 2017 ~6:39 PM
    Lake Geneva Fire Department
    Water Rescue/BOX ALARM
    1724 West Main Street Lake Geneva

    MABAS DIVISION 103 INTERDIVISIONAL BOX ALARM ON BOX #28-69 FOR AN OPEN WATER RESCUE at Covenant Bay or Covenant Harbor.

    Interdivisional with Division 4 (Lake County)

    + + +

    UPDATE
    Reported to be a kayak incident with a man underwater at about 6:30 p.m. A man and woman in their low 20s were in an overturned kayak. The helped the woman ashore, but then could not get to shore on his own power, and was submerged in 10 feet of water.

    The man was discovered by 7:24 p.m. and CPR was underway on the boat as the man was brought ashore.

    The man was pronounced dead. The release of his identity is pending the notification of his family.

    + + +

    MD-1 Emergency Field Vehicle dispatched to the patient in the ambulance by 7:27 p.m. ... on scene by 7:30 p.m. MD-1 reached the Paratech ambulance by the boat house by about 7:30 p.m.

    Interdivisional Box Struck Out at 7:24 p.m.

    Units assigned developing ...

    UNITS ASSIGNED ...

    ENGINE(S):

    TRUCK(S):

    SQUAD(S):

    BOAT(S):

    DIVER(S):

    EMS:

    CHIEF(S):

    SPECIAL:

    CHANGE OF QUARTERS:

    STAGING: AT SCENE

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APARTMENT FIRE ON S DRAKE AVE CHICAGO -- AT LEAST ONE INJURED

    THU MAY 11 2017 ~2:03 PM
    CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
    APARTMENT FIRE/WORKING FIRE/STILL AND BOX
    1662 S Drake Chicago, IL

    Report of an apartment fire.

    E38 on arrival reports a 3-story ordinary ... "we got a fire."

    BC14 reports a 3-story ordinary, 25x40 with a fire on the first floor ... request an ambulance to the front lawn -- Side A.

    BC14 requests the third engine to come in from the west -- E107 assigned.

    BC14 reports with lines on the fire, aerial to the roof, ladder on the C-Side, fire coming out the third floor windows (back porches), and a victim on the street, primary search underway, and all companies working by 2:11 p.m.

    2-2-4 assigns TL5 to back down from the north with E99 feeding by 2:15 p.m.

    2-2-4 report a 3-story ordinary with 3 lines on the fire on the third floor -- making progress by 2:17 p.m.

    2-2-4/2-7-1 report two lines on Side A third floor, ? search underway on the second and third floor, and the main body (?) of fire is knocked down by 2:25 p.m.

    Exposure to the B-Side with some minor damage.

    2-2-4/2-7-1 reports primary search on two and three are complete and negative, secondary search is underway, the main body of fire is under contro by 2:31 p.m.

    STRUCK OUT AT 2:31 PM on orders of 2-2-4.

    FIRE/MEDIC UNITS ASSIGNED ...

    ENGINE(S): E109 E38

    TRUCK(S): T32 T ?? TL ??

    SQD ?? CV271

    RIT: BC18 T26

    CHIEF(S): BC14

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


    STILL AND BOX ALARM AT 02:08 PM

    ENGINE(S): E99

    TRUCK(S):

    SQUAD(S):

    EMS:

    CHIEF(S): 224
    BOX CHIEF BC4
    PLANS CHIEF BC15

    SPECIAL:

    CHANGE OF QUARTERS:

    STAGING: Ogden and Drake

    STRUCK OUT AT 2:31 PM

    OFI is 4-6-9.

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CHEMICAL SPILL AT AT ADVOCATE CHRIST MEDICAL CENTER MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING ON 95TH ST, OAK LAWN

    WED MAY 10 2017 ~1:02 AM
    Oak Lawn Fire Department
    Chemical Spill/BOX ALARM
    4440 W 95th St Oak Lawn, IL

    MABAS Division 21 Box Alarm on Box #?? for a chemical spill at Oak Lawn.

    Initial dispatch about 12:43 a.m.

    BOX UNITS ASSIGNED ...

    ENGINE(S): Hometown

    TRUCK(S):

    SQUAD(S): Bedford Park 702

    EMS:

    CHIEF(S): 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 40

    SPECIAL: DE-CON 21 Command 277

    CHANGE OF QUARTERS: Central Stickney Engine (pass)

    STAGING: 93rd St and Kilbourne

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