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Today, again, the Chicago Tribune reported in depth, the problems the Chicago Firefighters are having with frozen hydrants. Thank you to the Chicago Tribune for joining in the chorus, and bringing much needed attention to the impending doom. The Daley goons again left this major issue for Rahm Emanuel to deal with. Laying new water main and installing new fire hydrants is a start. Chicago Clout has championed this issue for many, many years. The Emanuel Administration and the Office of the Inspector General must work together to solve this major problem. Chicago Clout and several Chicago Plumbing Inspectors are willing to come forward to jump start a program that will save many lives. Several Chicago Inspectors and some State of Illinois inspectors are willing to move forward on this issue and give free inspections. On weekends, the City of Chicago only has one emergency hydrant truck up and running. It is located in the Central District. Several Caulkers and Plumbers are getting shortchanged on the overtime. The truck is citywide, but the overtime is not. Where is Local 130 Plumbers on this issue? Please save firefighters lives now. Give us a call Rahm, we have the solutions. Photo by Patrick McDonough
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By Peter Nickeas
Tribune reporter
2:03 a.m. CST, January 22, 2012
Two firefighters were injured during an extra-alarm fire that damaged three homes in the South Chicago neighborhood early Sunday morning.
The fire department was notified of a fire on the 7900 block of South Colfax Avenue about 11:45 p.m., said Cmdr. Sean Flynn, a Chicago Fire Department spokesman.
First responders saw the house was burning and upgraded the response to bring more equipment to the scene.
A couple minutes after the first upgrade, two firefighters briefly went unaccounted for.
"We noticed unsafe conditions and started to pull people out. A couple members got trapped upstairs, so we called mayday and pulled a 2-11," Flynn said.
The 2-11 alarm and mayday alert brought more firefighters and equipment to the scene.
The two missing firefighters were accounted for a few minutes later after the firefighters regrouped, Flynn said.
An Emergency Medical Services Plan 1 was also called, bringing another five ambulances to the scene.
One firefighter was transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center for minor burns and smoke inhalation and another slipped on ice and hurt his knee. He was transported to South Shore Hospital.
"The cold weather always impedes our progress," Flynn said. "There were water problems in the beginning. Conditions like this always take a little longer for everything."
Four other people were displaced from neighboring homes that were exposed to the fire, Flynn said. Nobody else was injured.
Posted by: Are you seeing the future now? | January 22, 2012 11:00 PM