Large commercial building fully involved. 2 tower ladders and a snorkel. Radio traffic layered in.
Read More »Best of the Rest – Ladder 19, Jurassic Park, NY Rescue, Talk About It, and Much More!
Best of the Rest - Chicago Firehouse Table, Cincy Ladder 19, Jurassic Park, NY Rescue, Talk About It, and Much More!
Read More »Video: Chicago 4-11 Alarm Warehouse Fire on West 21st Street
Video of the 4-11 Alarm fire w/ an EMS Plan 1 and a Level 1 HazMat on 12/29/2012 at a three story furniture warehouse located at 2441 W. 21st St.
Read More »LODD – Chicago FD Captain Herbie Johnson Dies After Mayday at South Side Fire
A Chicago Firefighter has died in the line of duty today after sustaining injuries in a South Side firefighter. The firefighter, not identified yet, was injured with another firefighter after a MAYDAY was called at the fire. The death was announced on the Chicago FD Twitter page
Read More »Chicago Fire Department – Everyone Goes Home – Watch and Share
If you think you got some good reason for not wearing this or for not doing things the right way write it down. Because I need to read that to your widow. Cause I'm not going to know what to say. You say it for me. - Chicago Chief of Training Peter VanDorpe
Read More »Early Video and Collapse Later both Caught on Tape in Lincoln Park, Chicago 2-11 Alarm Fire
This house fire occured at 525 W. Armitage in the Lincoln Park area of Chicago, Illinois. Bystanders caught some early video as lines are being placed in service. The fire quickly makes its way to the second floor and eventually engulfs much of the structure by the time firefighters get attack lines in place. Later, news crews catch the building collapsing (second video)
Read More »Fire Videos Around the World From Cleveland to Houston & Thailand to Canada and More!
This is a bit of a long post...and it involves plenty of video. I got in front of the computer searching for what fires were caught on video and uploaded to Youtube...and I found a ton!
Read More »Mayday Audio: House Fire with Mayday and Extra Alarm Church Fire in Chicago
On Saturday, Chicago firefighters battled an extra alarm fire at the New Life Temple Church of God in Chirst around 6 am. On Sunday, Chicago firefighters battled a house fire with a mayday after a firefighter was briefly trapped in a collapsed stairwell. Audio below.
Read More »LODD – Chicago Fire Lt. Patrick Hannon
Chicago, Illinois Lieutenant Patrick Hannon was found unresponsive at his firehouse and later died in the hospital. Hannon, 51, was working at Truck 8 at 2528 S. Throop Street at the time (4th District, 15th Battalion) Hannon was a 22 year veteran of the department and was hired in December 1988. He leaves behind a wife and two children. His wife is also a firefighter/paramedic for the Chicago Fire Department.
Read More »Complete Video Coverage: Funeral For Chicago Firefighter Corey Ankum
Ankum was one of two Chicago firefighters killed in a Dec. 22 blaze inside a vacant laundry building. Mayor Daley called Ankum a "hero" and a "true defender in every sense of the word." "Corey Ankum was a natural born leader, a good young man, a family man, and a spectacular father," Daley said. "We will miss you, Corey. You are a brother in blue."
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