[BARC-List] Fwd: [satlist] Chicago Loop Fire {01}

[Michael Ardai]

SALVATION ARMY IMMEDIATELY ON SCENE AFTER FIRE BREAKS OUT IN LASALLE 
BANK BUILDING IN CHICAGO LOOP

        The Salvation Army was immediately on the scene after a fire 
broke out on the 29th floor of the LaSalle Bank high-rise building 
located in the Chicago Loop yesterday evening. No fatalities were 
reported but 34 people, including 22 firefighters, were hospitalized as 
a result of the fire which took firefighters nearly six hours to get 
under control.

        Two Salvation Army canteens and a pastoral care team were 
on-site shortly after the blaze broke out and remained well into Tuesday 
morning. Salvation Army emergency disaster services (EDS) personnel were 
immediately asked to help setup and assist with hydration and rehab in 
the primary triage center in the building’s lobby. An additional EDS 
team was asked to assist in the triage center on the 26th floor of the 
building. Chicago Fire Department Commissioner Cortez Trotter personally 
thanked The Salvation Army for their efforts to assist fire survivors, 
their families and the emergency responders.

        “The EDS teams did an exemplary job. We helped hundreds of 
firefighters and fire survivors last night,” said Major Pat McPherson, 
emergency disaster services director for The Salvation Army in the 
greater Chicago area.

        Salvation Army officers (pastors), volunteers, staff, EDS 
personnel and people from The Salvation Army’s Harbor Light Center, 
Adult Rehabilitation Center and College for Officer Training (seminary) 
all took part in this tremendous effort.