CFD Threatened at Firehouse
We're sure this is just another "isolated incident:"
A crew of auto thieves pulled guns on three Chicago firefighters who confronted them as they broke into a fire department member’s car outside an Avondale firehouse on Thanksgiving morning, according to Chicago police.
The attempted theft unfolded shortly after 7:15 a.m. outside Engine 91’s station house in the 2800 block of North Pulaski Road. A police report said four men were breaking into a firefighter’s Dodge Charger when three members of the firehouse walked outside and approached the crew.
The burglars responded by flashing handguns, prompting the firefighters to back off. The crew then climbed into a waiting SUV and sped north on Pulaski Road.
They did not succeed in stealing the firefighter’s vehicle. No injuries were reported.
Even the aldercreature had something to say about this one (click to enlarge):
We're kind of surprised one or more of the firefighters didn't have a gun handy. We knew dozens who carried to-and-from work. Maybe there's a side-job opportunity for off-duty cops?
Labels: crime, fire fighters
posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
116 Comments:
Since the brass demanded to search for weapons in cars parked in the firehouse lot last spring, there's an active reason not to carry, even in your car. All it will take for them to start that nonsense again is another moron dropping a dime trying to save their own skin for something unrelated.
It's been a long, long time since people (and folks) had much beef with the firemens. But the jackals are growing bolder, earlier this year they had a couple of paramedics jumped for their wallets when they responded to a false call. Luckily for them it was a neighborhood hype and not demonized yutes, so they were able to produce a couple of blunt instruments and chase the hype off.
A synonym for “Isolated” is “Common” in Chicago slang which means “it happens all the f&@king time but we izzz pretending it doesn’t”
No guns in the firehouse
https://secondcitycop.blogspot.com/2025/03/more-illegal-cfd-searches.html?m=1
No guns allowed.. remember?
https://secondcitycop.blogspot.com/2025/03/more-illegal-cfd-searches.html?m=1
This happened Thanksgiving morning.
How come the useless media didn't get information on it until I sent it to their silly "news tip" sites Friday afternoon.
They will NEVER uncover any real corruption ever again in this city. USELESS
Head(s) on a pike.
The aldercreature is posturing, he knows nothing will be done. Maybe have cars swing by, or a Sgt swing by or have a car assigned to sit on the station, while everyone is out on a call. But ultimately, this babysitting is the best effort that can be expected of the City. As long as Springfield loves no bail more of the same will occur.
Can we bring back bait cars? That would be awesome!
And it would be better than midnight basketball.
It sure seems that there’s a whole lot of “Isolated Incidents” happening around town.
Hmmm, I wonder what the common denominator is.
Nope.
Not a one on my task list.
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So their “inspectors” or whatever they are called have gone out there to demand vehicles be searched because it is city property and a fireman had a legally owned firearm and they tried or are in process of hosing him
“Maybe there's a side-job opportunity for off-duty cops?”
You know what they say: God invented the police so that firemen could have heroes.
Good for Gardiner for putting this out. This is not his Ward. Now let's hear from the other 49. The powers to be need to take action on the roving bands of car jackers/robbery teams armed with automatic weapons. No-one is safe in Chicago except Mayor BLM Brandon and his personal detail of140 bodyguards.
When my former partner crossed over to CFD he immediately stopped carrying. Current CCL and everything legit. As if all of the sudden he became a indestructible hero from movies.
CARRY YOUR DAMN WEAPONS PEOPLE! F- this city and their rules. I would hope no PO would ever enforce these unconstitutional anti-gun laws on a firefighter.
The opportunity to lawfully “stop” four shitheads in their tracks does not present itself often.
I believe they are not allowed to carry on duty or have guns in the firehouse. Wasn’t there an issue about this a while back where cfd’s version of iad went to firehouses and searched their cars for guns?
Everyone knows you cannot safely have anything nice in the City.
For years, I worked with a youngin who drove the ugliest Chevy with the ugliest green paint you have ever seen. The minute you saw it, you would laugh.
He often stayed with his mother, who owned a house in one of Chicago's lesser neighborhoods.
He said even parked inside the garage... you know...
Sometimes he would park at a friend's house and take the bus down.
Chicago sad story # BAZILLION +++
and,, any descriptions of the usual offenders?
they just need money to feed their babies because the free $500 from cook county did not get deposited yet,,,, so once they get that then they will be crime free
The Machines response will be to run Alderman Gardiner out of office. That's the new Chicago for you.
Now we care that “first responders” are being threatened with guns when it’s CFD and not CPD. Got it.
Goes to show, NO One is immune from this City's Bullshit. Im surprised that they didnt interview one of the fireman who would say that Im shocked this happened, its usually such a safe neighborhood...Bahahahah
They are lucky they didn't get some free dental work from a Chicago Bar or a pike pole.
Obviously the alderperson hasn't been in that position very long. He hasn't received enough koolaid to lose his common sense.
Should have turned their hoses on them.
Seems like too fancy of a ride to bring to a firehouse.
Their union should be screaming on every news and social media outlet. Off the top of my head, I can recall at least 3 incidents in the last couple years where firefighters and medics have been shot at, held at gunpoint in a home, robbed outside firehouse. I like your idea of hiring off dutys. They follow comed, gas company, now they can follow FD.
The firemen were upset that this incident interrupted their sacred firehouse pinch and tickle time.
Good luck to Districts and citizens. Even more of your bodies are not there to protect you. Tac and PRT are being sent downtown, bec the little demons can't behave there.
Side job? No fucking thanks, not in this shithole blue city criminal loving police hating city. Fuck you Conehead, Pritzer and the rest of you filthy democRATS
Wait a minute … JB Fatso told me that crime is down snd it’s nearly nonexistent in Chicago.
You need your head examined if you drive a high horsepower Dodge or Jeep product. It is way too to dangerous to own one in the Chicago metro area.
Of the three gunmen, how many were Yo-Yo's nephews...??? As far as the alderman's letter is concerned...The letter is just talk and rhetoric. Maybe he is considering running for the mayor's office.
The fact is, an alderman is in a position to change some things like how or whether the police are proactive or not. Change how the department will react to proactive policing if you want to see some real change.
Hey isn’t ax-throwing a thing now? The rubbermen could keep one handy for this sort of thing. Effective range is about the same as a pistol fired from the gangsta cant. JSM
yea, they were wearing dark jackets and a hoodie.
On a pike pole.
We need snipers to take out the trash
Trying to steal a fireman's car is just plain un-American.
That's why they read this "insignificant blog" every day. 🤣
What did you expect owning a shithead car? They sure love those things.
Or pop in now and then for a free meal.
Probably a premise check, each tour, by the beat car will be required.
Good luck to Districts and citizens. Even more of your bodies are not there to protect you. Tac and PRT are being sent downtown, bec the little demons can't behave there.
11/29/2025 08:44:52 AM
Correct. Citizens aren’t safe, they only care about their coffers. I live in unincorporated cook county and my normal beat cop always tells me about being vigilant, cameras, carrying a pistol. He says the county is throwing resources at the city from downtown to Chatham to train burglaries, but the
Area we live is infested with gang violence and shootings every other day. They don’t care unless it’s their money being affected
Light em up
What about all the cars that have been stolen or attempted to be stolen on the south side the last few years. I know of two within the last month in the 19th battalion.
A lot of doctors that work in ghetto hospitals purposely drive modest but dependable cars to work to avoid being targeted. Archie Bunker once said "I don't trust no doctor that don't glide around in a Lincoln", but it's inviting a carjacking to drive an expensive car.
People can’t have nice things in this city. These scum of the chicago created by the no cash bail policies & safety act. Millions of lives are at stake..
And one was wearing an airbrushed t-shirt depicting a family member who suffered an untimely death in a violent manner.
Firemen are guys even a alderman wouldn’t give a gun too.In 1959 all the cops crossing over to the Fire Dept (Dad)were put in the hood because Quinn “Wanted guys he could trust working armed “
Each firehouse should be issued a company scatter gun.
They got some good food at the firehouse, couches, and tv.... time for a premise check squad
Hey pointing incidents are up. Time to demonize the police.
In the 60’s the house at 60th and State ,every one had a junk car for driving to work.8 batteries were stolen,while at a fire ,probably started by the thieves.They scratched their heads why the neighbors would steal obvious junk.3 days later while at a fire all 8 new batteries were gone.
Not much leeway on the PO’s part once BWC is activated
So is it called a Chicago Bar or a Halligan? Honest question here from a civilian.
Cross train police and firefighters. Put all on a 12 hour shift , have firefighters patrol street instead of running their full time business.
There would be less injuries of firefighters when forced to wake up from a sound sleep at 0300hrs. It’s for safety of the firefighters.
Javelin (pike pole) throwing is a track and field sport. No criminal intent in a sport - whoops, sorry Boo.
Bull Connor here....
I'll go on the record and say firehoses are effective to control rowdies.....
Drive a beater leave the hell cat in the garage
Frenchy Martin Says:
A Hooligan to the skull should quickly correct the behavior of all these rathscallions.
Frenchy Martin Says:
A quick application of the Halligan bar to the head should certainly curtail this behavior, and if not, the perpetrators should be drowned in a vat of firehouse chili…
They probably weren’t Americans.
the dems and libs would call that racist
Brandons "Chicago Values"
Please don't demonize Brandons boys
Back in the day some youths broke into some cars at the backdraft fire house off of archer Ave. They got a beat down and one fireman ratted his fellow firemen out. That fireman was sent to OIF. No arrest made just firemen suspended.
We don’t have the manpower to have a fixed post at every firehouse.
Black Upstanding yutes or other nationality that our media people refuse to identify? Start putting the blame where it belongs so that our citizens KNOW who be on the lookout for! If the media want to report the truth, IDENTIFY the offending Nationality!! Yes Conehead, they are your Capones'!
High pressure hoses, axes, prybars, pike poles, fire extinguishers w/powder, jaws of life.. and so much more...
Go find out where they live, pull up at 6am when they're all sleeping and flood the building... never fuck with firemen...
Or the champagne room ha gotti gotti
They can’t run they have the sugar disease
we need to have these vehicles explode are taken in a theft
How long before we have Shitavious committing armed robbery takeovers of the firehouses themselves? The city, media and far-left voters could care less about our CTA employees getting assaulted every week. Who in this city cares if some firemen get pistol-whipped and robbed? We know what they really mean when they say “your property isn’t worth a human life”.
Pew...
Pew...
Pew...
Brad Marsh used to run us down to the firehouse on Roosevelt Road and make us do push ups in front of the firehouse. That was after we ran by the projects on Western Avenue. Good times at the police academy. Then Mr. T's brother finished you off.
Water canon. Improvise.
I never knew it was called a halligan bar until I researched your comment. Thirty years on the job and I never heard anyone call it a halligan bar.
Had an unpleasant encounter with a couple of yoots at traffic court on Clark years ago. Things did not go their way and I realized they were following me after court. Remembered the firehouse on Illinois Street and ducked in the back door. Told the guys in the kitchen what was going on. 5 guys in the alley in a minute with axes.Two of them were black firemen.
Agree. It should be VSWO. Treat it just like Parks. Three hours available everyday up to 5 times a month.
5 hundid is more a 1K
11/29/2025 11:53:41 AM
You know how many DUI's I've assisted back home? All on video and still haven't had an issue. You have discretion.
My memories of that area only go back to the ‘70’s and I don’t recall that firehouse. Although in the ‘60’s I would have expected that sort of behavior to have required a trip to 6023 S State…before you go call Elmo tombstones while you wait.
They should turn the hoses on them
To the control freak, drama queen juicers, all are naught but objects, for them to get to do whatever they want them to do, and to get them to not do what they want them to not do.
Thus, politicals are known to be as such, by their actions and inactions.
Their actions being always manipulative and deceitfully so.
The authentic definitions of same are abundantly displayed here, in our wonderfully transparent region of these creatures so boldly going and doing where so many have gone and done before.
Forunately, they disregard completely the value of paying attention to the gleefully effectiveness of Murphy's Law.
The question may be honest, yet the one asking the question may be not honest.
And you were/are upset that you were not invited?
All Chicago Cops call it a Chicago Bar. always been that way. Although the official name is a Halligan. If you ask a carpenter to pass the Sawzall he knows , he doesn't say ummm you mean the reciprocating saw?
You can shove any OT where the sun doesn’t shine.
Good one👍🏻
Amen! Don’t flash the steak in front of the dog
Did they have their uniforms on wait it’s not Costco.
bring a axe to a gunfight with extended clips see how that goes
instead of hiding in private lots start backing up our brothers in red and sit in the firehouse driveway at least they’ll feed us and let us use the restroom
My whole time on the Police, we called it a "Chicago Bar." Used it on search warrants. I believe New York calls it a "Halligan." Who invented it? I don't know.
Jim Marsh
Anytime you put together a plan to approach a group of
wrongdoers trying to steal from you, you had better come
ready for trouble. Glad those firemen weren't shot in this
incident. It doesn't take much for a bullet to find s bullseye.
Time to find those good old car mechanics and begin installing those gas-cutoff switches when leaving vehicles in unattended areas. That “Club” lock on the steering wheel also worked great. Protect yourself and your property since Conehead and FatAzz simply just don’t give a shit. (And the CFD hierarchy wants to punish YOU for having a legal weapon).
Yep, blame the victim. Idiot.
Now now, don’t be mad that you failed the test, loser.
Lems bbq across the street and Elmo’s next door.
A Chicago bar is a chisel welded to the handle of a A-Tool by the firemen or shops.New York added a curved stand off and called it a Halligan.Every company has at least one Halligan And you could still find find a few Chicago bars not “borrowed “by coppers.
If you are at a party or gathering how:do you know if a fireman is there? He will tell you
From what I saw on TV it appeared the car was on the street across from the firehouse
Let CFD carry weapons...problem solved. But our city council doesn't solve problems, do they? They just love to talk about them to any news media that will listen.
They stopped calling them Chicago Bars 30 years ago when the blacksmiths at the Shops retired and they stopped making them. Now they buy Halligan tools from wherever, like everyone else.
The tool in question was invented by a NY Firefighter named Hugh Halligan in the 1940s. He sold them as a side gig after FDNY initial refused to adopt them officially. East coast firefighters would buy as private purchase from him, so tool took on his name.
Not sure how it came to be known exclusively as a “Chicago Bar” here, unless there’s some key design difference b/t ours & the east coast version.
A chicago bar is different than a hooligan. I liked the chicago bar better.
Clubs are a joke - bend the wheel... Hit it with a quick hack saw... or just pick the bullshit lock on it in about 30 seconds. Completely useless.
Well, that's it then. City's done. Time to install sniper nests atop the Firehouses - set up the .50's.
Gas line itself is under high pressure, so, not old school method of putting a valve in line, closed it blocks the mechanical fuel pump from pulling the fuel from fuel tank.
These days, it's all in fuel tank high pressure electric fuel pushing the fuel, controlled by vehicle "computer", called a few different names by the various manufacturers.
Two methods come to mind: physical toggle switch in wiring or vehicle software mods where possible.
Physical toggle switch can be either to wire powering in tank fuel pump or to wire powering ignition.
With all the pc like new shit, the motor is still an engine and the three points of why isn't the bitch starting are the same: fuel, spark or fucked up mechanicals.
Good luck.
Doesn't state law give you the right to keep your gun in your car...
Wait, I'm sorry.
I don't know what I was thinking expecting laws to apply in Chicago.
Really? That’s not a good idea
Don’t mess with the fireman! Who will respond to grandma ( average age 36 in the hood) she she has ashma attack?
Fireman don’t need guns. The have pipe wrenches, carpentry saws, guns from working out.
If they were following you from traffic court, y didn’t you pull out your weapon and confront them? See, until people stand up to these savages, will keep preying on people
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