House fire in Long Grove, 3-31-16

Incident Report: Code 4 – 3699 Cuba Road

Date:** Thursday, March 31, 2016 @ 21:46

The call initially came in as a brush fire reported by police. When Long Grove Fire Department arrived on scene, they found a fully involved one-story vacant structure after driving down a long driveway. As a result, the incident was upgraded to a Code 4. From the very beginning, the crew took a defensive approach, preventing the fire from spreading into the surrounding thick brush and trees. Later, the alarm was upgraded to a Box Alarm for tenders only.

• Three lines were deployed: Two 2½-inch lines and one 1¾-inch line. One of the 2½-inch lines was later switched to a Blitzfire portable master stream during the fire.
• Tender 56 served as the attack pumper.
• Prospect Heights Tanker 9 was the first mutual aid company, providing water to Tender 56.
• Palatine Rural Tanker 36 was the second mutual aid tanker and also provided support during the operation.
• Palatine Engine 82 positioned itself at the end of the driveway, pumping water from the hydrant on Cuba Road to Prospect Heights Tanker 9.

Partial list of responding companies:

Long Grove: Battalion 55, Chief 5500, Ambulance 55, Tanker 56

Palatine Engine 82, Buffalo Grove Engine 26, Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Truck 51, Palatine Rural Tanker 36, Prospect Heights Tanker 9, Buffalo Grove Battalion 4, Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Battalion 51, Prospect Heights Deputy Chief 901, Deerfield Squad 19, Lake Zurich Engine 4, Highland Park Truck 33, Mundelein Quint 432, Arlington Heights Ambulance 4, and a Barrington ambulance.

Box Alarm Companies: Grayslake Tanker, Fox Lake Tanker, Wauconda Tanker, Barrington Countryside Tanker, Round Lake Tanker, Fox River Grove Tanker, Countryside Hose Tender

Additional support included the MESS canteen and Lake County CERT team on site.

Change of quarters companies were Highwood Ambulance 37 and Lake Forest Engine 422.