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    5.0(3 reviews)
    4.7 miThe Loop

    About two years ago, my apartment building at the corner of Irving Park and Southport caught on…read morefire. In retrospect, I think the now defunct JoyBlue was trying to collect insurance, which i understand because it sucked, but a heads-up would have been nice. The building lacked smoke detectors, which is a problem in itself, but when you're passed out drunk, it's really a problem. I awoke when I heard one of my cats choking for air. By the time, I got up, tried to dress myself, and attempted to grab some cats, I realized it was not just someone burning bacon. The lights were on, but I could not see and I could not breathe. After trying the front door, I crawled blindly towards the back door. I'm a pretty calm person, but after I saw the flames out the second door, I thought I was toast. That's when I heard the fire department yelling. They were wonderful. They carried us down three flights of stairs. They didn't give me shit for having kittens rolled up in a shirt. They promptly told the friend that was staying over to shut the hell up when she started whining like a baby about her purse. They didn't stare or mention the fact that I was nearly naked, just grabbed me a blanket. They were genuinely concerned about what pets were left inside and found them. They apologized for breaking my things while trying to break out the windows. And after the fire was out, without asking, they made a special trip back in to try and find some salvageable shoes for me to wear. But after all this, I think my favorite part, was the ribbing they gave the rookie for mistakingly saving my mannequin.

    On November 1 around 6 a.m., some cool person decided to set the big old garbage can in the alley…read moreon fire. Unfortunately, this can was in between our garage and our neighbors. Fortunately, despite my post-Halloween, half-drunken/half-asleep state, I heard the loud 'boom', investigated, and discovered my garage was on fire. Happy November. After trying to unkink my hose with little luck, while simultaneously screaming my head off, I called 9-1-1 and was met with an operator who wasn't listening so well. In any case, after repeating myself several times, the fire department arrived. I'd guess it was a minute and a half, TOPS, after finishing the 9-1-1 call. I think I spent more time on the call than I did waiting for CFD to show up. The fire was put out with MINIMAL damage to ours or the neighbors' garage (some melted gutters, siding and a tiny hole in the wall). No exploding cars or major calamity. So, major props to CFD (the station just north of Wabansia on Pulaski) for getting to our house lickety split. Thanks!!!

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    5.7 miCragin

    a few years ago when I rented the 2nd flr apt of a 2-flat (a half mile or so from this CFD station)…read morei returned from work on a cold december day to find my carbon monoxide alarm blaring. i bought myself a very good model (a Holmes), runs on wall outlet power, and it had never emitted the slightest peep for nearly 5 yrs continuous running. even though its alarm sounded I didn't smell a thing, nor did anything look strange in or around my apt. I called 911 about it, the operator didn't waste time, and the fire trucks arrived in two minutes tops. all the firemen were friendly, they confirmed my CO condition, and went over the whole building. the people on the 1st flr apparently had disconnected their own alarm since they were unaware. the firemen told me both what they were doing and why too. this instilled confidence and in the end they discovered the source was a malfunctioning gas furnace down in the basement--not in the apartments! windows were opened to clear the CO accumulation and the bad furnace shut-down (until repair) i mention this primarily to compliment the CFD on a quick and thorough rescue effort (just think if any of us had gone to sleep there that night if the call wasn't made, a role I was glad to've played). also it's obvious from all this how insidious CO gas is--it traveled upwards unnoticed and wasn't detected until 2 floors up (the 2 apts did NOT share a common heating unit). the landlord had it repaired next day

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