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A HOUSE FIRE LAST WEEK IN PROSPECT HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS, BROUGHT MORE than the usual response for a single-family dwelling.  The house is in a newer subdivision that was permitted to be built without any hydrants, and it is also located at the farthest reach of the Prospect Heights Fire and Rescue’s first-due area.

prospect b the fire

Upon arrival to the scene, the first-in unit immediately upgraded the response bringing in additional tankers.  The fire also brought in Chicagoland’s ace fire photographer Larry Shapiro who documented the operation.  While the fire itself wasn’t particularly newsworthy beyond the locality, Firegeezer has chosen to cover it for two reasons.  One, Larry always has terrific photos and a lot of our regular readers always enjoy viewing his extensive galleries of his fire coverage.  He does a great job covering the firefighters at work and shows us more than just flames coming out of the windows.

prospect a pump panel

Secondly, Firegeezer really likes tankers and anytime I can catch parade of them is just fine with me.

prospect c tankers

Take a look at Larry Shapiro’s 112-image gallery of last week’s fire HERE.
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Posted by on November 20, 2009 • Filed under: Fires, photography • Tagged: , , , , ,
  • http://twitter.com/sabotank sabotank

    >The house is in a newer subdivision that was permitted to be built without any hydrants, and it is also located at the farthest reach of the Prospect Heights Fire and Rescue’s first-due area.

    obviously the people that approved that don't live in that area…

  • TheFireCritic

    Bean Counters!!!

  • Dal90

    McMansions on big lots — what's the need for water supply?

    It makes the FD job easier, but looking at the amount of fire present before their arrival, and assuming there's significant smoke / heat damage inside already, it's already a tear down for the insurance company since that's cheaper on these woodchip, glue, and vinyl buildings then renovating. From the few pics here, looks like the lots are big enough there's no significant exposure problems.

    Residential sprinklers would've impacted the loss, but not municipal water supply.

  • Dal90

    McMansions on big lots — what's the need for water supply?

    It makes the FD job easier, but looking at the amount of fire present before their arrival, and assuming there's significant smoke / heat damage inside already, it's already a tear down for the insurance company since that's cheaper on these woodchip, glue, and vinyl buildings then renovating. From the few pics here, looks like the lots are big enough there's no significant exposure problems.

    Residential sprinklers would've impacted the loss, but not municipal water supply.

  • Dal90

    McMansions on big lots — what's the need for water supply?

    It makes the FD job easier, but looking at the amount of fire present before their arrival, and assuming there's significant smoke / heat damage inside already, it's already a tear down for the insurance company since that's cheaper on these woodchip, glue, and vinyl buildings then renovating. From the few pics here, looks like the lots are big enough there's no significant exposure problems.

    Residential sprinklers would've impacted the loss, but not municipal water supply.