I took in a fire this afternoon in Niles (IL) and arrived after the fire had been extinguished. That left me with a few options for images … the overall scene, apparatus, the aftermath, and environmental portraits. I actually chose…
Category: Fire scene photography
Here’s a brief fire scene video from a garage fire that I took in last night in Prospect Heights (IL). It was a large garage that was fully-involved before the fire department arrived.
Today I took in a fire in Glencoe (IL). The fire was on the roof of a theatre under construction, and looked more intense than it really was. Evidently, pallets of styrofoam were burning on the roof which produced an…
I took in a fire in Chicago during the middle of the night, and there wasn’t much to see by the time I arrived. I did though have what I feel is an interesting Chicago fire scene image, and I decided…
Here’s my video showing a mansion being destroyed by fire in Barrington Hills (IL) on Saturday, 4/18/15. I also created a brief video with the clips of fire trucks responding to the scene
I took in a fire today in Barrington Hills (IL). A huge mansion was destroyed after the resident was burning some leaves too close to the house on a windy day. The embers spread first to a tree and then the house.…
A very brief video segment as a vacant dwelling burns in Detroit
I followed a huge header in the sky today which took me to a wildland prescribed burn in a nearby forest preserve. Firefighters with the Forest Preserve District of Cook County were conducting the burn for several reasons. Depending on the…
It is not at all uncommon to find female firefighters working at fire scenes in the cities and suburbs doing any of the jobs required. Whether it’s a chief officer, a company officer, a firefighter, or pump operator, the work…
Sometimes work is just too fun for words … like the times that I ask to have a house set on fire for photos … and I get it! The image here is from several years ago and featured the…