Nice video, I've driven by this place lots of time. This facility is a real anomaly, technically within the city limits of Chicago although it's 20+ miles away from the city center. It's surrounded on 3 sides by Elk Grove Village. The CFD/CPD had to drive through 3 or 4 different towns to respond to this fire.
There are CPD stations near ohare. The city carved out the surrounding airport property to be part of the city so the city can take all the airport revenue lol so there’s lots of city presence all the way out here
@@AHomelessDorito The CFD station is on O'hare property. You can see it as you exit the lower level ground transportation center, just past the parking garage. The apparatus is yellow rather than traditional black over red, due to federal requirement for ARFF. You are correct that the city annexed alot of land surrounding Ohare to get all the revenue and the city limits follow the CTA tracks back to the city proper.
@@whowey100 yes the cfd stations are inside ohare but I was talking about the 3 or 4 cpd stations that surround the airport. Also yes I forgot the land has something to do with the train lines
looks like a normal fire response there, Squad, truck, engine, battalion chief bare minimum seen but probably another two engines and ladder also responding- a basic first alarm in any big city
Well New York City is bigger than Chicago, the FDNY has a bigger budget therefore more apparatus to send to an incident, so they should. (But, Chicago should actually be a bigger Fire Department than they are, in my opinion. As the population of the city grew, the fire department got smaller. They have had around 30 engine companies (more companies if you include trucks, squads, etc.) disbanded since the 1950’s, until the present. The most recent being engine 61 in 2005. (Truck 12 was then reorganized after that.)
@@CPR12345 you are incorrect. The population of Chicago actually has shrunk, and continues to shrink, since the 1950s. Chicago in its hey day topped out around 3.6 million people, and has lost about 1 million since then, down to 2.6 million today. Therefore, the fire dept has shrunk and taken companies out of service with the population decrease over time. Less fires today too. Now whether or not it should be bigger than it actually is, I don't know.
@@AHomelessDorito Had there been an actual structure involved, instead of just a "trash fire", there would have been a lot more equipment, easily double what we saw here. Then add another truck and battalion chief set aside as "RIT" (rapid intervention team) for collapses or maydays, and a command van to manage communications. Chicago doesn't play around where fires are concerned, and they always have enough personnel to rotate through and rehab (like FDNY)
I had no idea that ARFF could even go outside the airport boundary, that is unless there is a plane crash or a big incident that requires a ton of foam. How many staffed units does O'Hare have anyway? Did Chicago move any units to the airport itself? Any mutual-aid from Elk Grove? Very impressive video when it comes to response.
CFD has four fire houses at O'Hare operating 3 engines, 1 TL, 1 squad, 3 ambulances, 1 battalion chief, probably 10 or so crash trucks, and a bunch of other specialized equipment. I'm not sure exactly what you mean when you ask did Chicago move any units to the airport itself. Chicago doesn't use mutual aid from surrounding depts unless the incident goes to a 5-11 with multiple specials, then they will activate MABAS to surrounding depts for change of quarters to send equipment to the depleted Chicago fire houses (though this unique geogrpahical area of the city may be different). However, squad 7 often is on a MABAS card for some of the surrounding towns and will respond to their fires.
@@rcor87 that is an insane and yet wonderful amount of equipment! I pictured the airport maybe having 4 rigs, but no way would I have guessed a dozen rigs let alone 4 stations. Thanks for the info😁
@@HighwayLand no problem. Yeah it's a huge airport, I believe 2nd biggest in US next to DFW, 2nd busiest next to ATL for passenger traffic, and 1st busiest for amount of aircraft movement. Additionally, most acitve runways of any airport worldwide. So lots of fire equipment
@@user-zm1sc1hk4x understandable, have a place nearby with the same issues. sadly this place isn’t on the water so can’t get doused by fireboats like the place here has to be
This is the second time I watched that video that you record it at the same facility. Because of your video, I am going to subscribe to your channel thumbs up.
so if the trash yard is Elk Grove Village why is the Chicago fire dept from O'Hare responing to fire that is clearly not at the airport , doesn't Elk Grove village have a fire dept that is capable to put a large trash fire ?
It’s on ohare property technically and usually requires foam so airport trucks take it. There’s more problems there during a year than at the actual airport, makes for good practice for the airport crews.
Second time watching this video, and for those commenting on the response,it´s better to have a nice(big) response and not need it, an apparatus can always be turned and placed back in service, if not needed. The second apparatus/pumper-tanker didn´t block traffic for long,So! My question though is what are #9 & # 10´s H2O tank size and pump (GPM) capacity, does anyone know? Thanks!!
They are Dept of Aviation Police. They fall under a strange category. I believe the way it works.....they are Illinois certified peace officers and have police powers. But they can't carry firearms, go figure. They are responsible for the outside / perimeter of O'Hare (and this facility falls on the perimeter of O'hare) while Chicago Police handle everything inside O'Hare.
So a commercial for good firefighting tactics this is not! Engine 10 needs half an eternity until it reverses, and then blocks the entrance for the next vehicles.
Tower 63 origanly had a pierce along with squad 7 untill becoming spares due to other sirens being banned, only ones they use is the EQ2B and PA300 for CFD, they secretly bought a ford stepvan however and added a whelen siren on it
I have worked on every one of those rigs as a firefighter and as an officer. The sirens had absolutely nothing to do with replacing the rigs. They were just old and neeeded replacing. Most of the money comes from the FAA.
I just took another look...the security car is running municipal plates. So either there is some real janky stuff going here or the security is provided by a municipality.
In 1993, the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board determined that security guards working at Chicago's O'Hare and Midway international airports were law enforcement officers
@@MrLazyAmerica that area is part of the airport’s structural apparatus response district…they might be out of the airport but still have to respond to fires
Why so many pieces of equipment thats a little overkill don't you think , and did i see a truck with a stairway on it what could they do with thT at airplane crash site .
Nice video, I've driven by this place lots of time. This facility is a real anomaly, technically within the city limits of Chicago although it's 20+ miles away from the city center. It's surrounded on 3 sides by Elk Grove Village. The CFD/CPD had to drive through 3 or 4 different towns to respond to this fire.
There are CPD stations near ohare. The city carved out the surrounding airport property to be part of the city so the city can take all the airport revenue lol so there’s lots of city presence all the way out here
@@AHomelessDorito The CFD station is on O'hare property. You can see it as you exit the lower level ground transportation center, just past the parking garage. The apparatus is yellow rather than traditional black over red, due to federal requirement for ARFF. You are correct that the city annexed alot of land surrounding Ohare to get all the revenue and the city limits follow the CTA tracks back to the city proper.
@@whowey100 yes the cfd stations are inside ohare but I was talking about the 3 or 4 cpd stations that surround the airport. Also yes I forgot the land has something to do with the train lines
One thing about CFD is they send plenty of help...
looks like a normal fire response there, Squad, truck, engine, battalion chief bare minimum seen but probably another two engines and ladder also responding- a basic first alarm in any big city
If you think this is a lot you should see FDNY 😂
Well New York City is bigger than Chicago, the FDNY has a bigger budget therefore more apparatus to send to an incident, so they should. (But, Chicago should actually be a bigger Fire Department than they are, in my opinion. As the population of the city grew, the fire department got smaller. They have had around 30 engine companies (more companies if you include trucks, squads, etc.) disbanded since the 1950’s, until the present. The most recent being engine 61 in 2005. (Truck 12 was then reorganized after that.)
@@CPR12345 you are incorrect. The population of Chicago actually has shrunk, and continues to shrink, since the 1950s. Chicago in its hey day topped out around 3.6 million people, and has lost about 1 million since then, down to 2.6 million today. Therefore, the fire dept has shrunk and taken companies out of service with the population decrease over time. Less fires today too. Now whether or not it should be bigger than it actually is, I don't know.
@@AHomelessDorito Had there been an actual structure involved, instead of just a "trash fire", there would have been a lot more equipment, easily double what we saw here. Then add another truck and battalion chief set aside as "RIT" (rapid intervention team) for collapses or maydays, and a command van to manage communications. Chicago doesn't play around where fires are concerned, and they always have enough personnel to rotate through and rehab (like FDNY)
I had no idea that ARFF could even go outside the airport boundary, that is unless there is a plane crash or a big incident that requires a ton of foam. How many staffed units does O'Hare have anyway? Did Chicago move any units to the airport itself? Any mutual-aid from Elk Grove? Very impressive video when it comes to response.
Same here. They must have a ton of units also. Those are big fire trucks also. Sporting tandem axles.
CFD has four fire houses at O'Hare operating 3 engines, 1 TL, 1 squad, 3 ambulances, 1 battalion chief, probably 10 or so crash trucks, and a bunch of other specialized equipment. I'm not sure exactly what you mean when you ask did Chicago move any units to the airport itself. Chicago doesn't use mutual aid from surrounding depts unless the incident goes to a 5-11 with multiple specials, then they will activate MABAS to surrounding depts for change of quarters to send equipment to the depleted Chicago fire houses (though this unique geogrpahical area of the city may be different). However, squad 7 often is on a MABAS card for some of the surrounding towns and will respond to their fires.
@@rcor87 that is an insane and yet wonderful amount of equipment! I pictured the airport maybe having 4 rigs, but no way would I have guessed a dozen rigs let alone 4 stations. Thanks for the info😁
@@HighwayLand no problem. Yeah it's a huge airport, I believe 2nd biggest in US next to DFW, 2nd busiest next to ATL for passenger traffic, and 1st busiest for amount of aircraft movement. Additionally, most acitve runways of any airport worldwide. So lots of fire equipment
@@HighwayLand O'Hare is massive, 7,200 acres. 12 trucks is relatively small.
is this a recurring issue at that place? i swear there’s video if a fire there a year or two ago
Sure seems like it.
@@user-zm1sc1hk4x understandable, have a place nearby with the same issues. sadly this place isn’t on the water so can’t get doused by fireboats like the place here has to be
This is the second time I watched that video that you record it at the same facility. Because of your video, I am going to subscribe to your channel thumbs up.
so if the trash yard is Elk Grove Village why is the Chicago fire dept from O'Hare responing to fire that is clearly not at the airport , doesn't Elk Grove village have a fire dept that is capable to put a large trash fire ?
It’s a Elk Grove Village postal address but official inside Chicago kind of common in Illinois
It’s on ohare property technically and usually requires foam so airport trucks take it. There’s more problems there during a year than at the actual airport, makes for good practice for the airport crews.
Second time watching this video, and for those commenting on the response,it´s better to have a nice(big) response and not need it, an apparatus can always be turned and placed back in service, if not needed. The second apparatus/pumper-tanker didn´t block traffic for long,So! My question though is what are #9 & # 10´s H2O tank size and pump (GPM) capacity, does anyone know? Thanks!!
I agree it’s right against the run ways so any size of fire needs to be knocked out fast.
Was anyone shocked that nobody commented, "I AM GROOT"?
In normal departments, this in a one engine response, (out 20 minutes for overhaul). The GROOT EMPLOYEES EXTINGUISHED THE BIN.
What are those security cars with red and blue lights running cod to calls....
They are Dept of Aviation Police. They fall under a strange category. I believe the way it works.....they are Illinois certified peace officers and have police powers. But they can't carry firearms, go figure. They are responsible for the outside / perimeter of O'Hare (and this facility falls on the perimeter of O'hare) while Chicago Police handle everything inside O'Hare.
And then they block the way for the fire trucks just to stand around with their hands in their pockets trying to look important🤣
@@Watchout-b6y at what point in this video did any of that occur?
Chicago Aviation Security
How long did they take to decide that the Fire Services were not needed?
Those are some large pumpers!
bro this trash yard keeps having fires
Wow... My best friend, Made an excellent video. I really liked it. Beauty is extraordinary. Thank you very much for the video.
So a commercial for good firefighting tactics this is not! Engine 10 needs half an eternity until it reverses, and then blocks the entrance for the next vehicles.
They are Groot, Guardians of the Galaxy trash?
Suprised airport security is there. Would think cpd would handle
Well this it bit of an over kill don't you think?
It’s right against the run ways so any size of fire needs to be knocked out fast.
Tower 63 origanly had a pierce along with squad 7 untill becoming spares due to other sirens being banned, only ones they use is the EQ2B and PA300 for CFD, they secretly bought a ford stepvan however and added a whelen siren on it
What are you talking about? They became spares because they had replacement rigs delivered. If they weren't replaced they Would have not been reserves
I have worked on every one of those rigs as a firefighter and as an officer. The sirens had absolutely nothing to do with replacing the rigs. They were just old and neeeded replacing. Most of the money comes from the FAA.
And, such siren ban would only result in a change in the siren system, not the whole rig, try doing research before assuming things
@@مصطفىكريم-م2ض i saw it on another video
@@emergencyresponsevideosand4423 You should post a link to that video because whoever said that is a moron that needs to be chastized
That’s a ton of units for a garbage trailer fire.
A private security company can run red and blues on the roads..? Scary stuff.
Not legally but it doesn't stop em. Organ transplant does the same thing.
I just took another look...the security car is running municipal plates. So either there is some real janky stuff going here or the security is provided by a municipality.
In 1993, the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board determined that security guards working at Chicago's O'Hare and Midway international airports were law enforcement officers
@@user-zm1sc1hk4x That also explains the airport fire apparatus. Thank you.
@@MrLazyAmerica that area is part of the airport’s structural apparatus response district…they might be out of the airport but still have to respond to fires
Why so many pieces of equipment thats a little overkill don't you think , and did i see a truck with a stairway on it what could they do with thT at airplane crash site .
This is a fire call nothing to do with a plane crash