Published Sunday, November 3, 2024, 1700 hours PT

ILLINOIS — Scanner feed picked up on a Mayday, Mayday, Mayday, Firefighter down incident call during a 2-11 alarm structure fire in the 800 block of North Hamlin in Chicago on Sunday, November 3, 2024.

Media outlets are reporting that firefighters responded to a structure fire, a three-story with heavy fire on floors two and three with people trapped.

Firefighters reported the main body of the fire was knocked down and was listed at being under control at 1647 hours PT (West Coast time). It was unknown if they were currently conducting primary or secondary searches, but they were quickly in progress.

Hot spots remained inside the once fully engulfed structure but were starting to subside as firefighters worked to locate and put them out.

The member was reported to have been found and was said to have multiple unknown injuries was quickly assessed and whisked away in a Medic unit to Cooke County Hospital with an escort.

Remembering a recently injured CFD Firefighter

CFD FF John Anderson

The Yard Foundation Donation Site: https://www.theyardfoundation.org/mayday/john-anderson?fbclid=IwY2xjawGU-21leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHZFHVXm8xo2ToqOA6pGOHCzh69XCpvOQ7jMknZ0r9sM-69bMcOljq8dBew_aem_I7gvGRZt45y-9pEIxBNtSg

FF Anderson, a 24-year veteran of the Chicago Fire Department was severely injured on October 25, 2024, while engaging a working fire in the Burnside community. He suffered greatly from injuries he sustained while working during the incident, which resulted in permanent paralysis, leaving him with a long and difficult road to recovery.

His fellow firefighters from CFD, E82, T42 and A37 have established a fund to help with a massive amount of medical bills and an overwhelming financial hardship. Please consider helping FF Anderson by making a donation today. Your generous donations will help him with medical expenses, home modifications and living expenses.

About $140,817.76 from their $250,000.00 has been raised. With us working in the healthcare field, we know that this is just the tip of the iceberg and can never really cover all of his expenses. We appreciate each and every one of you and hope that someone can help spread this message to raise awareness and donations for this injured Firefighter.

Source/Photo Credit: CFD and The Yard Foundation

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