EXTRA ALARM: VACANT WAREHOUSE FIRE AT 17TH ST AND EAST END AVE CHICAGO HEIGHTS

TUE FEB 26 2013 ~1:04 PM
CHICAGO HEIGHTS FIRE DEPARTMENT
BOX ALARM SECOND LEVEL/WAREHOUSE FIRE
17TH STREET AND EAST END AVE CHICAGO HEIGHTS, IL

REPORT OF SMOKE COMING FROM A BUILDING ACROSS FROM 1655 UNION, CHICAGO HEIGHTS. "POSSIBLY A VACANT BUILDING"

COMMAND REQUESTS ALL STATIONS RESPOND BASED ON DESCRIPTION AND WEATHER CONDITIONS. POLICE ADVISE IT IS AN "ACTIVE WORKING FIRE"

PREVIOUS HISTORY OF BUILDING HAVING MULTIPLE HOLES IN THE FLOOR -- CREW GOING DEFENSIVE. BUILDING IS ONE-STORY, ABOUT 275 X 220.

MABAS DIVISION 27 BOX ALARM TO THE SECOND LEVEL FOR BOX 6511. INITIALLY A STILL AND BOX.



NEW STAGING AREA AT 17TH AND LOWE (EAST OF THE SCENE) BECAUSE OF SMOKE CONDITIONS. WINDS ARE NE 18 G 31 MPH.

MABAS DIVISION 19 OUTBOUND STRIKE TEAM WITH AMBULANCES TO ASSIST CHICAGO HEIGHTS IN MABAS DIVISION 27.

ACROSS STREET IS THREE STORY WAREHOUSE (1880S VINTAGE "ILLINOIS SHADE CLOTH BUILDING.") "CHICAGO SOUTHLAND ENTERPRISE CENTER"


PARK FOREST, MATTESON, OLYMPIA FIELDS, MONEE, AND OTHERS MUTUAL AID.

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