Firefighters Injured
Imagine a warm overnight and then going to fight a fire decked out in bunker gear.
An extra-alarm fire in the Back of the Yards neighborhood tore through a building, leaving four people including two firefighters hurt and more than a dozen people displaced Thursday morning.
The fire, which started near the 4500 block of South Laflin Street and was extinguished by 6:45 a.m., erupted about 5 a.m., according to a fire department spokesperson.
The department’s response was elevated to an extra-alarm, bringing more than 100 firefighters to the scene and at least five ambulances, according to the spokesperson.
Two occupants of the building were taken in good and fair condition to hospitals, while two firefighters suffering minor injuries were also taken to hospitals, the spokesperson said.
Best wishes for a speedy recovery.
Labels: fire fighters
posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
15 Comments:
Speaking of fires.
Great footage from 1980 during the fire strike:
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1432772751994184
I love CFD. May each of you get home safe at the days end
They do a great job.
...or going into a fire where some/quite a few are arson - but you don't know if there is life in there or not, AND what kind of life? (transients, etc)
Heal well our brother first responder...
Thank you for your service.
(CPD) Ol' Vet ret.
This is not a criticism of the brave men and women of the fire service, but a message to the young coppers, and maybe not-so-young coppers, who suffer an on-the-job injury and then decide it’s no big deal and decide just cowboy it out. Back in the day, after the trucks got back to the house, the firefighters would sit down at the table and over a cup of coffee they would fill out worker’s comp reports on any injury. When I was a Lieutenant urged my sergeants to make sure every injury, no matter how slight, to be documented both in the CR and the Worker’s Comp report form. I’ve been out since before SCC was first allowed to drive the patrol car, so maybe it different. I just seen so many people get jammed up because they didn’t document the injury.
Regarding the “fireworks being used as a weapon” post-
No mention of the walking shit-show F-2 on 1st Watch in 008?
PSTD / Traumatic Stress leave because she had to go to a call of drag racing.
This thing has been nothing but trouble since day one in the academy, and continues to be a complete and constant fuck up.
Now she’s looking to get a disability out of showing up to a job.
You are correct
House was all migrants. Instead of calling the Red Cross, they should have called ICE to find them placement.
Total Bullshit. I retired as a Chief after 35 years on the job. Never once did I witness or hear of this being done. If after a fire you told your boss you had a burn or other injury from the run an ambo would take you to the hospital to get treated and I would pick you up and usually back to duty. Where you get guys sitting around drinking coffee after getting injured at a fire is nonsense. If you said "Old Style" I might give your comment some credence.
Extra Alarm fire with a couple hurt firemen was the ring camera commissioner anywhere to be found was she on scene did she do a well being check? Nope.
Thank you CFD and all you do. Wishing fir a safe and full recovery. Driving on the Ryan few days ago, passing a car fire on the 90+ day- it was 🔥 HOT🔥 those guys were out there, geared up and handling it! I salute you
No dei
6/12/2026 08:09:15 PM
F this city.
I don’t doubt your experience, however maybe other departments did or do it differently. You seem offended. You don’t think it would be a good practice to get everyone involved in fighting a fire together to debrief and make sure any and all injuries are documented? Have you ever seen a cop or firefighter get jammed up later on for not documenting an injury? You know when the worker comp lawyer asks the injured party why didn’t complete the injury report? I always thought that one of the most important things we as managers do is to watch out for the troops. I also always believed that the fire service did a much better job than the police in watching out for their firefighters.
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