FRI NOV 02 2012 ~5:25 PM
CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
2-11 ALARM WITH MAYDAY
2315 W 50TH PLACE CHICAGO, IL
"THIS IS DIRECTOR LARRY LANGFORD OF THE CFD. IT IS MY SAD DUTY TO ANNOUNCE THE LINE OF DUTY DEATH OF A CHICAGO FIREFIGHTER."
-- CHICAGO FIRE MEDIA (7:39 PM NOV 02 2012)
THE DECEASED FIREFIGHTER WAS IDENTIFIED AS CAPT. HERBERT JOHNSON, 54. THE PRECESSION LEFT THE HOSPITAL JUST BEFORE 9:00 PM.
VIDEO: House fire viewed from the rear -- Sector 3.
BOX ALARM BY ORDER OF BN 19 AT 5:21 PM. THEN 2-11 ORDER BY BN 19 AT 5:27 PM. HOUSE FIRE 2.5-STORY 25 X 40 WITH A FIRE IN THE ATTIC. 2-2-5, 2-1-12 ON SCENE. BN 19 MAYDAY AND THEN MAYDAY SECURED; FIREFIGHTERS CHECKING ROLL CALL. 2-7-3 REPORTS "ALL MEMBERS ACCOUNTED FOR." AT LEAST ONE FIREFIGHTER INJURED TRANSPORTED CODE RED TO UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. INITIALLY IT WAS REPORTED THAT ONE CIVILIAN WAS TRANSPORTED TO LEVEL I TRAUMA CENTER ADVOCATE CHRIST COMMUNITY. 2-7-3 REQUESTED AMBULANCE FOR INJURED CIVILIAN AT SECTOR 1. LATER IT WAS LEARNED THAT TWO FIREFIGHTERS WERE TRANSPORTED. CHICAGO FIRE MEDIA REPORTING THAT TWO FIREFIGHTERS WERE TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE.
EMS PLAN 1 AT 5:28 PM. FIRE BUILDING HAS BEEN EVACUATED AND FIREFIGHTERS GOING TO DEFENSIVE MODE.
AMB 8 RIT. SECOND RIT TRUCK IS TRK 59. BN 14 PLANS CHIEF. BN 17 RIT CHIEF ON THE MAYDAY.
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