2-11 Alarm fire in chicago

Took in the 2-11 yesterday around 330am at 500 W 26th Street in Chicago. Fire was in a 3-sty ord building about 100×150. First-in companies attempted an interior attack but had trouble finding the seat of the fire. They ended up transitioning to an exterior attack and went defensive. At the height of the fire, 5 handlines, multiple portable ground monitors, Squad 1, AT8, TL5, and TL10 were used to try to get a handle on it. I arrived about 45 min into the job.

Still Companies were Engines 8 & 29, Trucks 4 & 8.

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2-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, IL – March 30, 2021

Posted by firescenesadmin on April 16, 2021

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Chicago Fire Department 2-11 Alarm – March 30th; High winds back on March 30th quickly turned a grass fire into an inferno as embers ignited mounds of paper waiting to be recycled at a facility at 48th and Christiana.

massive flames destroy recycling yard — Eric Haak photo

2-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, IL – April 2, 2021

Posted by firescenesadmin on April 13, 2021

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Chicago Fire Department 2-11 Alarm on April 2nd, at 53rd and Laflin. This began as rear porches in the 2.5-story frame and quickly spread to the “B” side exposure.

2-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, IL – November 22, 2020

Posted by firescenesadmin on November 23, 2020

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Chicago firefighters had a 2-1 Alarm fire at 8950 S. Houston on 11/22/20

Firefighter overhauls after a fire — Tim Olk photo

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2-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, IL – March 22, 2020

Posted by firescenesadmin on April 20, 2020

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3/21/2020- Just after midnight, Chicago’s 15th Battalion landed at 38th and Ashland (3752 s Ashland) and reported he had a working structure fire. After nearly 20 minutes, he requested a Still & Box as he pulled all members out to go to defensive operations. A68 transported one member in serious condition to the hospital after an incident inside the fire building. Three 2.5″ lines were led out and three aerial master streams were also utilized. TL39, AT8, and Sq1’s Snorkel provided the aerial master streams. A 2-11 was eventually requested by 2-2-4. Most of the 2-11 companies were not utilized. Of note, this was the first fire in which AT8’s brand new rig utilized its pre-piped waterway.

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2-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, IL – April 11, 2020

Posted by firescenesadmin on April 11, 2020

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1200 hrs today and just outside of Engine 109’s quarters. The 14th Battalion’s size-up was a 2-story ordinary furniture store, 25 x 80 with a fire on the 1st floor. The contents of the store were stacked floor to ceiling, front to back. Five minutes in, the box was requested. When I arrived, there was some fire on the second floor and companies were trying to unload the contents of the first. At 1255 hrs, the 2-11 was requested for manpower to assist the clearing out of the store. The alarm was struck out at 1330 hrs. Eric Haak

heavy smoke from commercial fire in Chicago — Eric Haak photo

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2-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, IL – January 17, 2020

Posted by firescenesadmin on March 4, 2020

Posted in: FIre Scene photos, PREVIOUS. Tagged: 2-11 Alarm fire in chicago, Chi-Town Fire Photos, Chicago FD Engine 38, Chicago FD Squad 1A, Chicago FD Tower Ladder 5, Chicago FD Truck 48, Firefighters battle blaze during snow storm, night fire scene photos, snow and high winds hamper firefighters. Leave a Comment

01-17-2020: Chicago FD Truck Co. 48 reported a fire at 1539 S Hamlin Friday evening (1/17/20) during a bad snow storm. Building was a vacant, 3-sty ordinary, 30’x75′. Engine 109 was the first engine since Engine 38 was tied up on an EMS run. Battalion 14 arrived and boxed it right away. Companies went defensive due to forcible entry problems and fire being on all three floors already. Engines 38 & 99 were the box engines and both were feeding the master streams (TL5 & SS1). 2-2-4 pulled a 2-11 Alarm shortly after for manpower purposes. I don’t believe the 2-11 engines were used. Wind gusts up to 35mph and heavy snow for the duration of fire which made it very difficult to fight this job.