Fire Department Has To Hose Down 100th Street Bridge Amid Heat
It was so hot Wednesday afternoon that the 100th Street Bridge over the Calumet River had to be hosed down.
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It was so hot Wednesday afternoon that the 100th Street Bridge over the Calumet River had to be hosed down.
One Chicago firefighter was hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries Wednesday afternoon after responding to a fire in the Belmont Central neighborhood.
The family of Charles Myers filed a lawsuit against the city in 2017, accusing the paramedics of negligence.
O'Donnell said the best part of his job was when someone he rescued came back to say thanks. He was born and raised in Chicago, and said being a firefighter is the best job in the world.
Crews are responding to a building fire in the South Austin neighborhood.
Under the circumstances, the cause of most of the fires will never be determined.
Emergency workers and Good Samaritans raced to the Chicago River downtown Thursday to save a man in the water.
Emergency crews used ladders to reach the second-story window to remove the eight residents.
Firefighters were sent to a Loop building Thursday evening after someone got stuck in an elevator.
"As all-consuming as our current crisis is, we will get through this and life will go on," Mayor Lori Lightfoot said.
Three firefighters were rushed to the hospital Sunday after a ceiling fell down on them as they fought a fire in South Shore.
An off-duty firefighter was shot and wounded Thursday evening in the Fernwood neighborhood, police said.
Some Chicago firefighters and paramedics will now be tested for coronavirus before and after work.
Starting tomorrow, firefighters at so-called 'hot' firehouses will be tested daily for COVID-19 during shift changes.
A death investigation is underway after a man was found dead in a house fire in the Fernwood neighborhood.
Edward Singleton, who was 55, had been with the CFD since 1987.
Chicago firefighters say they are having to wait much too long for their COVID-19 test results.
Edward Singleton, 55, had been a Chicago firefighter since 1987, and most recently had been assigned to Midway International Airport.
Araujo, 49, was a proud member of CFD Truck Company 25, and had been a firefighter since 2003.
A Chicago firefighter died Tuesday evening of complications from COVID-19, the Fire Department announced.
"We must do everything we can to be responsive to the needs of our heroes on the front lines of this fight," Mayor Lightfoot said.
A coronavirus testing site in Chicago's Dunning neighborhood is the first one open to the public, Chicago Fire officials say.
While many are staying home to stay safe, first responders cannot.
"All of them are in great spirits, and tremendous people. They're very, very brave. They want to get through this and back to work, every one of them," Police Supt. Charlie Beck said.
Chicago Fire Department sources told CBS 2 Wednesday night that a second member of the department has tested positive for coronavirus.
