LARGE VACANT BUILDING FIRE AT GRAND AVE AND HOMAN AVE, CHICAGO -- EXTRA ALARM FIRE

    FRI JUN 16 2017 ~4:08 AM
    Chicago Fire Department
    Commercial Building Fire/Working Fire/Still & Box/2-11/3-11
    Grand Ave and Homan Ave Chicago, IL

    Report of a commercial building fire on Grand Ave west of Homan -- vacant, dangerous building fire.  Address updated to 3323-69 Augusta Blvd.

    E44 crew on arrival reports it looks like they have some smoke on Homan.

    BC17 reports a fire on the second floor working on an exterior attack by 4:12 a.m.

    SQD2 assigned to the front of the building with their snorkel.

    Appears to be a vacant building.

    BC17 reports a 2-story pie-shaped building, 600x600, hitting the fire with a 2 1/2-inch line and a deck gun. Putting SQD2 snorkel to work about 4:17 a.m.

    One injured person from the structure with a laceration at 4:18 a.m.

    A-Side is Grand Avenue ... TL14 assigned to the B? side (positioned on the A-Side).

    2-story, vacant commercial building with a bowstring truss roof, deck gun, 2 1/2-inch multi-versal, E57 feeding SQD2,

    TL14 moving to Side C at 5:29 a.m.

    Setting up collapse zone by 4:46 a.m.

    Requesting an additional ambulance and an additional Tower Ladder at 4:51 a.m. -- TL10 assigned to enter Grand from the east.

    4 Master Streams, everyone out of the collapse area by 4:56 a.m.

    Gas company requested to the scene.

    Roof collapse

    Rehab at Augusta and Grand changed to Christiana and Grand.

    FIRE/MEDIC UNITS ASSIGNED ...

    ENGINE(S): E44 E57

    TRUCK(S): T57 T8 TL ??

    SQD2 CV271

    RIT: BC18 T7

    CHIEF(S): BC17

    EMS: A64 FC454 STANDBY A44

    STAGING:


    STILL AND BOX ALARM AT 04:16 AM on orders of BC17.

    ENGINE(S): E95

    TRUCK(S): TL14

    SQUAD(S):

    EMS:

    CHIEF(S):
    BC3 Box Chief
    BC14 Plans Chief
    BC7 Safety Chief

    SPECIAL:

    CHANGE OF QUARTERS:

    STAGING: Grand and Kedzie



    2-11 ALARM AT 04:34 AM

    ENGINE(S):

    TRUCK(S): T19 Second RIT Truck TL23

    SQUAD(S):

    TENDER(S):

    EMS:

    CHIEF(S):

    SPECIAL:

    CHANGE OF QUARTERS:

    STAGING: Grand and Kedzie



    3-11 ALARM AT 04:43 AM on orders of 2-2-4.

    ENGINE(S):

    TRUCK(S):

    SQUAD(S):

    TENDER(S):

    EMS:

    CHIEF(S): 2-1-28 2-7-10 2-1-3-A 2-1-6 2-1-3

    SPECIAL:

    CHANGE OF QUARTERS:

    STAGING: Grand and Kedzie

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