Chicago Still Alarm 9740 Farragut April 17, 2013

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I was able to attend an unusual incident last night. There is a small area that belongs to Chicago, that lies along Foster ave west of River rd, adjacent to O'Hare Field. This is much closer to a couple of suburbs..Rosemont and Schiller park, yet it belongs to CFD. It isn't really a good run for either the Airport companies..nor engine 11.Sort of a no man's land. Rosemont responded to smoke in the area, as well as Schiller Park , Desplaines, and Park Ridge. CFD was notified as well. Arriving units found a well involved tour/party type bus inside an industrial building. Park Ridge, due on auto aide, used a deck gun to hit the bulk of the fire. Chicago companies arrived and worked in concert with all the suburban units. Another interesting aspect to this was the MVU (924) was used..this rig lives at O'Hare Field and most of us fire fan types have never actually had a chance to see the unit in operation. I also took a photo or 2 of the various municipality street signs at each end of the block. They used suburban style hydrants, but I think I heard the sprinkler connections on the fire building were Chicago threads. All in all a "once in a billion years" kinda deal.
Steve