MON MAR 16 2015 ~8:27 PM
CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
LARGE POWER FAILURE
500 W CORNELIA AVE CHICAGO, IL
REPORT OF LARGE POWER OUTAGE AREA
POWER FAILURE FROM BELMONT, MELROSE TO CORNELIA TO LAKE SHORE DRIVE.
NUMEROUS ELEVATOR RESCUE CALLS AND AUTOMATIC ALARMS.
431 S DEARBORN AUTOMATIC ALARM.
COMED ONLY REPORTING 222 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER BELMONT AVE AND LAMON .. BELMONT AND CICERO AREA AT 8:30 PM
18-STORY BUILDING WITHOUT POWER.
SEVERAL 4-STORY BUILDINGS WITHOUT POWER.
15-STORY BUILDING ON CORNELIA WITHOUT POWER.
T44 WHILE WORKING TO CHECK ON POWER OUTAGE GOT REAR-ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE.
TYPE I POWER OUTAGE RESPONSE ACTIVATED AT 8:43 PM.
TL21 GOING TO 530 WEST CORNELIA AVE. TL21 GOING TO 530 WEST CORNELIA AVE. TL21 HELD UP. TL10 TAKING THE TYPE I POWER OUTAGE.
TYPE II POWER OUTAGE RESPONSE -- STAGING AT 3500 N LAKE SHORE DRIVE, CHICAGO AT 9:08 PM.
COM ED REPORTING 427 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER AT BUCKINGHAM PL NEAR BROADWAY WITH ESTIMATED RESTORATION AT 10:15 PM -- BUT CAUSE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.
COM ED REPORTING 1588 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER AT STRATFORD PL AND BROADWAY NEAR LAKE SHORE DRIVE WITH AN EQUIPMENT PROBLEM AND AN ESTIMATED RESTORATION TIME OF 10:28 PM.
RESIDENTS IN HIGH-RISES SHOULD BE ATTENTIVE TO MESSAGE ON PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM INSIDE THE BUILDINGS. FIREFIGHTERS WERE ASSIGNED TO MAKE ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT RESIDENTS SHOULD CALL THE LOBBY IF THEY NEED ASSISTANCE.
COM ED IS REPORTED TO BE BRINGING IN A LARGE MOBILE GENERATOR THAT WILL BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BY MIDNIGHT OR 1:00 AM.
ON SHERIDAN WITH POWER LOSS: 3110 NORTH and 3180 NORTH.
FIRE COMPANIES STARTING TO GO HOME AT 10:15 PM -- RELEASED BY 2-2-1.
TL21, T44 AND SQD1 GOING HOME AT 10:15 PM
THE FOLLOWING COMPANIES ARE STAYING ON THE SCENE ...
E55 T22 STAYING AT 3110 N LAKE SHORE DRIVE (SHERIDAN?)
E83 T6 BC5 STAYING AT 3180 N LAKE SHORE DRIVE (SHERIDAN?)
B3 E78 TL10 STAYING AT 3500 N LAKE SHORE DRIVE
452 A6 A41 2-2-1 CV272
RUNDOWN:
ENGINE(S): E47 E 78
SQUAD(S): SQD1
TRUCK(S): T44 TL21
CV
CHIEF(S): BC5, BC1 2-2-1 FC452
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