Prospect Heights Box Alarm 11-21-13 (pt 1)

This report comes from Larry Shapiro:

A resident of Prospect Heights called around 6:20 PM to report smoke coming from a house at 415 Cherry Creek Lane. Since this address is on the northern edge of the Prospect Heights Fire Protection District, the first arriving unit was Arlington Heights Engine 4. They observed light smoke and deployed a line. Within minutes, Prospect Heights units including Engine 39, Squad 9, Tanker 9, and Battalion 9 arrived on scene.

Smoke pushes from a second-floor window at 415 Cherry Creek Lane in Prospect Heights, Larry Shapiro photo

Palatine firefighters raise a ladder to support interior crews. Larry Shapiro photo

The home is located at the end of a cul-de-sac, in an area without nearby fire hydrants. Long Grove Tanker 55 was dispatched as part of the Code 3 automatic aid system, along with Wheeling Engine 23, Battalion 24, and Palatine Ambulance 83. The alarm was quickly upgraded to a Code 4 due to the working fire, which brought additional units such as Northbrook Tower 12, Palatine Rural Tanker 36, Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Squad 51, Glenview Ambulance 8, and Mt. Prospect Engine 14.

Prospect Heights Tanker 9 nurses Arlington Heights Engine 4 in front of the house. Larry Shapiro photo

Before Engine 4 could use its 500-gallon tank, Tanker 9 provided a 3,000-gallon supply, which was later topped off by another 3,000 gallons from Tanker 55. The nearest hydrant was half a mile away across Hintz Road in Wheeling. To support the water supply, Squad 9 laid 1,500 feet of 5-inch hose, followed by 700 feet from Engine 39. Due to the crossing of Hintz Road, police activated an ILEAS Box Alarm to bring in additional units from Mt. Prospect, Arlington Heights, Wheeling, and Northbrook.

A section of the 2,200-foot hose lay from the fire scene to the nearest hydrant. Larry Shapiro photo

Prospect Heights Engine 39 on a hydrant across Hintz Road supplies water through 2,200 feet of 5-inch hose. Larry Shapiro photo

Firefighters made an interior attack on the fire, which was reported to be in a closet and had spread to multiple levels of the attic. Heavy smoke was visible from the ridge vent, windows, and eaves. A vent hole was cut in the roof over the garage, allowing heavy fire to escape.

Fire vents from the attic above the garage. Larry Shapiro photo

As conditions worsened, the alarm was upgraded to a Box Alarm. Additional units included a quint from Palatine, a tower ladder from Buffalo Grove, a squad from Deerfield, a Morton Grove squad operating as Niles Service Truck 2, a tanker from Elk Grove Township, engines from Des Plaines and North Maine. Chief officers from various districts, including Niles Battalion 2, Glenview Battalion 6, Northbrook 1100, Wheeling 2400, Long Grove 5500, and Prospect Heights Chiefs 900 and 901, were also on scene.

Interior crews managed to contain the fire before it required an evacuation or a defensive operation. Most of the box alarm companies did not need to be used.

Smoke vents from the large, two-story house at 415 Cherry Creek Lane in Prospect Heights. Larry Shapiro photo

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