Tag result for article published on Wed July 11 2012 7:04 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: brush fire, brush fire Schaumburg, Schaumburg Fire Department
Brush fire on west end of the Motorola Headquarters property, just east of 2133 Hammond Drive (PHOTO CREDIT: Formally Modern Tuxedo). Schaumburg police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 6:10 p.m. Wednesday to a report of a field fire behind 2133 Hammond Drive, near CNS Automotive and Superior Ambulance. Firefighters on the scene reported a ‘good size [...]
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Tag result for article published on Wed July 11 2012 8:22 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: brush fire, wildland fire fire training, wildland fires
Wildfire season is just getting started in California and firefighters are anticipating a bad year. Crews practiced on real live flames in Moorpark, California on a ranch typical of the Southern California landscape vulnerable to wildfires. Chad Cook, Ventura County Fire Department explains that communications, fireground knowledge and wildland skills are emphasized on piece of [...]
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Tag result for article published on Sun July 08 2012 7:34 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: brush fire, Buffalo Grove, Buffalo Grove Fire Department, extra alarm brush fire, extra alarm brush fire Buffalo Grove
Fast-moving fire fueled by dry brush shows flames over 30 feet high in Buffalo Grove just after 1:10 p.m. Sunday [PHOTO CREDIT: Emanuel Krakauer]. See more than 300 photos on Facebook.com/CardinalEmergencies. Buffalo Grove police and firefighters responded about 1:06 p.m. Sunday to a report of a field fire near the 400 block of Cedar Court [...]
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Tag result for article published on Thu July 05 2012 2:54 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: brush fire, Elk Grove Village, Elk Grove Village Fire Department, lightning strike
Elk Grove Village police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 2:44 p.m. Thursday to a report of a brush fire at 2534 South Lively Boulevard. Emergency responders received a report that lightning struck the west side of the building or near the west side of the building of Rexam Beverage, and ignited dry brush near the building.
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Tag result for article published on Sun March 11 2012 4:30 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: brush fire, Cook County Forest Preserve, Deer Grove fire, Deer Grove Forest Preserve, Deer Grove Forest Preserved Fire, Forest Preserve District Cook County, grass fire, Lake Cook Road fire, Lake Zurich Fire Rescue, MABAS Box Alarm, Palatine Fire Department, United Parcel Service, UPS, wild fire, wildfire
VIDEO of Deer Grove wildfire from daylight to night on Saturday that burned about 10 acres of brush, grass and trees in the Cook County forest preserve. FIREFIGHTERS PROTECT UPS FACILITY, GROSSINGER CHEVROLET AND HOMES FROM WILDFIRE WHILE AREA WAS UNDER A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RED FLAG WARNING A brush fire at Deer Grove Forest [...]
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Tag result for article published on Sun March 11 2012 11:11 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: brush fire, Cook County Forest Preserve, Deer Grove fire, Deer Grove Forest Preserve, Deer Grove Forest Preserved Fire, Forest Preserve District Cook County, grass fire, Lake Cook Road fire, Lake Zurich Fire Rescue, MABAS Box Alarm, Palatine Fire Department, United Parcel Service, UPS, wild fire, wildfire
VIDEO of Deer Grove wildfire from daylight to night on Saturday. FIREFIGHTERS PROTECT UPS FACILITY, GROSSINGER CHEVROLET AND HOMES FROM WILDFIRE WHILE AREA WAS UNDER A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RED FLAG WARNING Lake Zurich firefighters responded to a grass fire about 4:35 p.m. Saturday just south of Lake Cook Road and Dee Lane. Firefighters reported [...]
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Tag result for article published on Sat March 10 2012 5:12 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: brush, brush fire, grass fire, grass fire Cook County Forest Preserve, grass fire Palatine
VIDEO of extra alarm brush fire on the north end of Deer Grove Forest Preserve near Dee Lane and Lake Cook Road. Palatine and Lake Zurich firefighters responded about 4:30 p.m. Saturday to a grass fire at Dee Lane and Preserve at the north end of the Deer Grove Forest Preserve — Cook County Forest [...]
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Tag result for article published on Sun April 18 2010 5:44 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: brush fire, grass fire, Romeoville
Romeoville Fire Department fighting an extra alarm brush fire about 4:30 p.m. Sunday near 41 Forest Wood Drive. At about 4:45 p.m. the fire was reported to be encroaching on businesses in the area and another extra alarm for structure fires was elevated to a second alarm, which was called for protection of building structures. [...]
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Tag result for article published on Sat March 27 2010 5:28 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: brush fire, controlled burn, Cook County Forest Preserve, Northwest Tollway
A large amount of smoke seen near Interstate 90 and Route 59 is a controlled burn in the Cook County Forest Preserve in the area. A large amount of smoke was visible about 5:00 p.m. Saturday. The brush burns were mostly north and west of the I-90 (Jane Addams Memorial Tollway, formerly Northwest Tollway) and [...]
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Tag result for article published on Sat November 14 2009 8:37 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: brush fire, Cary Fire Protection District, garbage pile fire, heavy smoke, smoke header, trash fire
Header from a garbage pile fire with several tractors involved at 3412 Northwest Highway near Cary, Illinois. Photo credits: Erin Ginsberg, Hannah Ginsberg of Cary, Illinois. The Cary Fire Protection District requested mutual aid from area fire departments for an extra-alarm fire to the second level just before 2:00 p.m. Saturday. Several tractors were reported [...]
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