Chicago Fire Fighters Union - Local 2

Chicago Fire Fighters Union - Local 2 Official Page of the Chicago Firefighters Union - Local 2 Stewards Charity - 501(c) - This charity helps our members in their time of need.
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Chicago Fire Fighters Union - Local 2
440 W. 43rd Street
Chicago, IL 60609

CFFU Burn Foundation, Inc. - 501(c) - This charity helps burn research, care and treatment. If you would like to make a donation, please make the check payable to CFFU Burn Foundation, and send to:

Chicago Fire Fighters

Union Local No. 2
440 W. 43rd St. Chicago, IL 60609


Official page of the Chicago Firefighters Union - Local 2. Posts do not necessarily reflect the views of the CFD or Local 2.

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August 27, 1973 - LODD
Firefighter John E. McKevitt, 52 - ( Badge # 3293 ) Engine Co. 7
Chicago Fire Department. Chicago, IL
Firefighter McKevitt died at Anthony Hospital after suffering a heart attack in quarters.

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In Memoriam: August 23, 1914 - LODD
Lieutenant William H. Shannon of Eng. Co. 119
Chicago Fire Department. Chicago, IL
Lieutenant William H. Shannon died in the line of duty near the Engine 119 firehouse on Avondale Avenue. A member of the fire department for twenty-six years, Shannon was electrocuted during a storm when he tried to retrieve from the street an electrical wire that he believed was no longer charged. Firefighters attempted to revive him with a resuscitating machine, but their efforts were unsuccessful.

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In Memoriam: August 23, 1936 - LODD
Fireman Fred Witarowsky, 50 - Eng. Co. 109
Chicago Fire Department. Chicago, IL
Firefighter Fred Witarowsky died in the line of duty while responding to a rubbish fire at the intersection of 28th Street and Trumbull Avenue. Witarowsky was thrown from his fire engine when it collided with a streetcar at the intersection of 25th Street and Trumbull Avenue. The fire engine approached the intersection from the north on Trumbull Avenue, and the streetcar was traveling west on 25th Street, and the streetcar driver later stated that he never heard the fire engine’s siren. The engine swiped the front of the streetcar, then swerved onto the curb and struck the brick wall of a store. Witarowsky, a twenty year veteran of the department, died immediately, and three firefighters suffered serious injuries.

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In Memoriam: August 23, 1963 - LODD
Fireman Thomas McKnight ( Badge # 2685), Engine Co. 37
Chicago Fire Department. Chicago, IL
Firefighter Thomas McKnight drowned while serving on the fire boat Joseph Medill. McKnight was knocked overboard while he and other firefighters were spraying streams of colored water into the air during a lakefront parade celebrating Venetian Night. Other crewmembers were unsure of how McKnight ended up in the water, but investigations suggested that he was knocked unconscious by a broken hose connection.

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