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Evanston 2nd Alarm fire 4-24-13
This from Jeff Rudolph: From this afternoon’s fire in Evanston. Jeff R. 04/24/13 1937 Hartrey 2nd alarm. One police officer was treated for smoke inhalation after attempting to make entry into a 2...
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Evanston FD updates
This from Karl Klotz: Some updated information on the Evanston fleet: Here are the current Ambulance 21 (314) and Ambulance 23 (316). (The A23 on the site is gone.) There is a new Battalion 21 buggy,...
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Evanston Fire Department history
From Mike Lopina: Here is a shot of the former quarters of Evanston Engine 23 at 2504 Green Bay Rd. Not sure when the Station was built but it closed in 1954 when Engine 25 relocated to the new...
View ArticleAugust 2013: website updates 1
The first in a series of updates to the website: The following departments have had apparatus images updated: Evanston Fire Department – all stations Skokie Fire Department – all stations Winnetka FIre...
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2-Alarm commercial fire in Evanston, 12-29-13
An overnight fire on Davis in Evanston destroyed a commercial building. Here are early cell phone images from Steve Redick and Tim Olk. From the Chicago Tribune: A fire that erupted at a restaurant...
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2-Alarm commercial fire in Evanston, 12-29-13 (pt 2)
First batch of images from Steve Redick from the commercial fire in Evanston. The scene when I arrived. The scene early into the fire. Steve Redick photo The scene early into the fire showing Skokie TL...
View Article2-Alarm commercial fire in Evanston, 12-29-13 (pt 3)
Steve Redick’s video from last night’s fire in Evanston. Share/Save
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2-Alarm commercial fire in Evanston, 12-29-13 (final)
One parting post on last weeks commercial fire in Evanston, some interesting apparatus shots from Steve Redick. Perhaps someone can comment on this, but the webmaster can’t remember another time...
View ArticleEvanston Police & Fire Departments help young patient
This from the Daily Northwestern: When more than 20 police cars and fire trucks showed up on the street where 10-year-old Julian Sims lives Thursday, the commotion confused him. But when the officers...
View ArticleEvanston FD helps Shelbyville FD
The Shelbyville Daily Union has an article about one fire department coming to the aid of another Eleven packages of new gear plus a big check for $10,000 equals a lot of happy firefighters. Several...
View Article2-Alarm house fire in Evanston – 3/20/15 (more)
A short video clip from Jim McCall shows the conditions early into the 2-Alarm house fire at 2820 Harrison in Evanston (3/20/15) as firefighters leave the roof surrounded by heavy smoke. 2-Alarm house...
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