Firefighter Injured
A Chicago firefighter was injured while crews battled an apartment fire in frigid conditions overnight in Humboldt Park on the city’s Northwest Side.
According to Chicago Fire Department officials, the fire broke out around midnight as Saturday turned to Sunday in an apartment building in the 1100 block of North Lawndale Avenue. It’s not clear where the fire may have started, but it spread to two neighboring buildings.
Officials say about 100 firefighters responded to the blaze. A mayday call went out, and the firefighter was one of two people hospitalized. A CFD spokesperson said the firefighter was injured when he was hit by debris. He appeared to be alert as crews loaded him onto a stretcher. He was then taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital, where he was listed in fair to serious condition.
This was during the negative temps the other night, the type of call where you can see the icicles forming on the hoses, ladders and firefighters as they work. We saw a few of these fires back in the day, hydrants frozen up and down the block, hoses bursting, salt trucks standing by with tow trucks to drag equipment out of the ice jams.
Nights like that, we were always grateful someone else was doing that job.
Get well soon.
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posted by SCC at 12:07 AM
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Absolutely scc. Those fireman earn their pay for the whole rest of the year on those big fires in sub zero weather. I worked for the water department in the 80s and nineties , and we answered the calls on the big fires at night with our boiler trucks to steam hydrants, trucks, hoses and men. Brutal weather to be wet in. Chicago is the only city that has 24/7 hydrant maintenance for fire prevention. Hope conehead hasn't cut that program to feed the invaders. Kudos to the firemen of chicago, it's not like tv, they do cold wet miserable dangerous work at all times but especially in our frigid weather. God bless cfd and cpd and damn the democrats for not appreciating that.
Mt Sinai?
Now he's really in trouble.
All kidding aside. Get well soon.
Lots of love and well wishes to cfd 💙
1985 was the worst. 80 below zero with the wind chill. The firemen were human icicles. No thanks. I remember Mayor Byrne said she felt the firemen earned their entire years salary in one day.
Praying for cfd
FCO2 here: big story is oemc ppp loans fraud-criminal and many of them.
A bit south of Division and plenty west of Homan is NOT the fucking northwest side, nor even west humbolt park.
If anything, it's the broken jimmyhat of the west side.
"Lightloafers" Littleton once told me that the only good thing about fighting fires is sub freezing weather was that once the ice formed on you it would insulate you from the cold.
Yes it’s a tough job during frigid weather. I wouldn’t want to do it. But at least they’re moving around. I spent several years on third shift. It always seemed that the colder the night the more likely we would be sent for traffic control at a working fire. And in my department we had to stand outside the squad no matter how long or how light or non existent the traffic was. Sergeants would drive around and check, better not find you sitting in a warm squad. Ah the good old days. Prayers and best wishes for a speedy recovery for all of the injured.
I remember when Jane Byrne brought in a commissioner from la county, because she was mad at the fire department. Nickname was brushfire Bob, an expert at wild fires. On one of those winter nights he came on the scene and said why aren’t we putting water on the fire. He was told we’re looking for a hydrant. He said there’s one right there and one over there. He was told they are frozen, he had trouble grasping the idea that a hydrant would freeze.
More like Mt Sayonara
Kudo's to ALL our brother and sister first responders and healthy recovery wishes to the injured firefighter.
Do you know how many police transfer to the CFD when they get a chance. All
It's true. Just don't let the ice melt and then go back out.
Speedy recovery
Realtors have names it “Humboldt Heights” to get people to pay Humboldt Park prices
Engine 57 (Division & Western) was the busiest company around in the 70’s and 80’s. They were so busy it was a 2 engine house with Engine 24. Just a little CFD history lesson
Guess someone else will have to lift weights and work on cooking chilli recipes for a few weeks at the firehouse.
And don’t forget the people driving around the fire trucks and squad cars and over the hoses, “I gots to get home…
That was my old beat, many moons ago. Seems like there was at least 1 bad residential fire on my beat each winter, usually on the coldest nights. I do remember thinking that those firemen had a brutal job. One house fire traveled to the house next door and they poured so much water between the houses there was an ice bridge between the buildings over the gangway. The things we remember.
All burners on the stove lit, the oven cranked up to 450* with the door open, 4 space heaters plugged into extension cords, thermostat cranked as high as it could go. What could possibly go wrong?
Quincy Magoo Says:
May God bless and protect all our Firefighter Guardians. We love you all.
Yeah and when it was -80 he fled to Ca. and she ordered him back.
My prayers are with the fireman and his family. After that I guess the one thing that’s not getting attention is there a proposal for off site slot machines. Tome that means any bar that can qualify can get a license and six machines. Look out Mt Greenwood and Beverly. No more going to Oak Lawn to get your game on
I thought that area was now known as North Beverly Highlands.
Yeah, agree. I’m cpd and would not want a cfd job in this weather. CFD are very tough people.
Musta been the fault of Da Man who cut off their LIHEAP fundin'!
I thought I was the only one to catch that little insertion at the end of the newscast! About time! Bonus to that, maybe ConeCranium will get a contract on his raggedy a$$ for doing that!!
One great moment: the day 27- a record, was after 5 fires was coming down stairs expecting to spend the morning digging out a thousand feet of ice embedded hose on the coldest day ever .Only to find S&S had thawed dried and stacked our hose in the front of the house.And I would like to thank them through you.Thanks from Eng 61
Brushfire Bill Blair. I was a young paramedic on the job and was at a 5-11 at Wells and Division. Brushfire was at that fire and I witnessed him slip on the ice and go down. He disappeared for a second under the 2 feet of standing water. He turned around, got in his buggy with his driver and left. By evening he was in LA. Things were so bad by evening that a Chief ordered a 2-11 in Uptown and the fire alarm office told him they had no more companies to send.
Back then lots of huge abandoned factors on the west side, k town , and near Southside burned in the winter. Giant creosote soaked timbers and wooden floors burned for days. Usually started by homeless trying to stay warm. Witnessed alot from water dept boiler trucks. Great respect earned by cfd and never criticized their pinch and tickle time or chili cook off in the nice months. About time these scumbag democrats took better care of our brave firemen and get them new equipment. Take it outta the invaders sandwich money. God bless cfd
Yes, lot of ppp fraud in all areas even copa
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