PARTIAL COLLAPSE OF BRICK WORK FROM APARTMENT ON S LOWE NEAR 36TH ST, CHICAGO

SUN JUL 13 2014 ~1:00 PM
CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
STILL AND BOX FOR COLLAPSED BUILDING
3614 S LOWE AVE CHICAGO, IL

E29 CREW ON ARRIVAL REPORTS A TWO-STORY ORDINARY CONSTRUCTION 25X75. BC IN COMMAND REPORTED NOBODY HOME ON SECOND AND THIRD FLOORS. CHECKING THE BASEMENT. 30X50 WITH A PARTIAL COLLAPSE WITH THE ATTIC THAT HAS FALLEN OUT. SEARCHES UNDERWAY.

SEARCHES A NEGATIVE. ALL CITIZENS ACCOUNTED FOR. APPEARS THAT IT IS ONLY BRICK WORK THAT HAS FALLEN OFF OF THE ATTIC AREA.

STRUCK OUT AT 1:11 PM ON ORDERS OF BC2.

THREE-STORY ORDINARY RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION WITH A COLLAPSE ON THE B-SIDE FROM THE ROOF ABOUT 4-FEET DOWN FROM THE BACK WITH PARTIAL COLLAPSE INTO THE GANGWAY.

ALSO, THE ROOF, FROM THE VIEW OF THE TOWER LADDER WAS DISCOVERED TO BE COMPROMISED -- SAGGING FRONT TO BACK. BUILDING IS UNINHABITABLE ALONG WITH TWO NEIGHBORING BUILDINGS.

HUMAN SERVICES NEEDED FOR FOUR ADULTS AND ONE CHILD.

ENGINE(S): E29

TRUCK(S): T11 TRK TL5

SQD? CV?

RIT: BC19 TRK4

CHIEF(S): BC2
BC4 PLANS CHIEF
BC15 BOX CHIEF

EMS: AMB? FC ? STANDBY AMB?

STAGING: E29 QUARTERS, 3509 S LOWE

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