Chicago Fire Department honors trauma nurse for saving baby girl's life at Cubs game
Justin Mis performed CPR on the girl, who was only 3 or 4 months old at the time and was in cardiac arrest.
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Justin Mis performed CPR on the girl, who was only 3 or 4 months old at the time and was in cardiac arrest.
Mis performed CPR on the girl, who was only 3 or 4 months old at the time and was in cardiac arrest.
It was no surprise to firefighter Ryan McDonald that his colleague, Nicholas DeLeon, jumped in to try to save a woman after she was shot inside a Mariano's in Evergreen Park last July. CBS 2's Shardaa Gray reports.
The program recruits high school students with an interest in careers in public safety, and gives them a hands-on training experience.
The program recruits high school students with a n interest in careers in public safety, and gives them a hands-on training experience.
The CBS 2 Investigators analyzed more than 1 million rows of city budget office data. The data showed the five key city departments that relied on overtime the most.
In one department, just two employees took home a combined total of nearly $500,000 in overtime, city budget office data show. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot rpeorts.
Chicago fire officials said it started around 3 a.m. at a one-and-a-half-story home at 64th and Carpenter and spread to a neighboring house.
A dog was killed in the fire. All of the residents made it out safely.
High wind helped fuel the flames of a destructive fire in Chicago's Brighton Park neighborhood. The incident took place after 10:30 Wednesday morning near 39th and Rockwell.
As paramedics rushed to him, Amanda talked his friends through the call to keep his heart pumping.
One firefighter was taken to an area hospital from the scene of the fire at the iconic steakhouse at Marina City. CBS 2's Marybel Gonzalez reports.
Tchoryk died just a day after firefighter and EMT Jermaine Pelt.
Tchoryk died one year ago while responding to a high-rise fire in Gold Coast.
The 49-year-old firefighter and EMT lost his life nearly one year ago battling a fire in the West Pullman neighborhood.
A brick will also be dedicated to Pelt at the Firefighter Memorial Park along the lakefront trail. Read more
Afterward, a brick will be dedicated to Pelt at the Firefighter Memorial Park along the lakefront trail.
A neighbor said the people who live in the unit where he believes the fire began were not home at the time.
"So many people tell you what you can't do. But they can see what's possible and what you can do. So I told them never say you can't do anything. You can do anything you can put your mind to."
Girls, Inc. partnered with the Chicago Fire Department to host their annual "Firefighter For a Day" event at the Quinn Fire Academy on the city's near West Side.
Crews spent hours battling the flames and chasing hot spots.
The Fire Department called a mayday while fighting the fire in a house on Luna Avenue. A mayday is called if there are concerns that a firefighter is missing or unaccounted for, or is trapped or injured. Kris Habermehl reports from Chopper 2.
Hazmat crews were on the scene, which was upgraded to a 3-11 alarm.
Smoke and flames were seen shooting from the roof of the 1.5-story warehouse, with multiple parts of the building caved in as a result.
Chicago Fire Department First District Chief Jim McDonough has updates on a fire that broke out in a high-rise on Jeffery Boulevard.
