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The Chicago fire seems like one of those moments when people say, ” there’s now way that will happen,” and it happens. The Great Conflagration noted that Chicago was not new to fires, proving that firemen of the city were experienced and had knowledge of preventing and stopping a fire. It seems then that the city was not prepared for a fire of that caliber. Interestingly, the reaction from people that saw the fire in Chicago from a distance would be the same as it would today. I remember hearing of the Yorba Linda fires a few years ago and it was close enough to my house for me to see it and yet, there was no panic in the household but only concern. We had faith in our fire department to be able to contain and stop the fire just like how the Chicagoans did in the city. Thankfully in our technological age, fireman have more than adequate means of suppressing a fire. It’s also interesting to note when the Chicago fire reached the Court House Tower, they eventually just released all the prisoners they had in the building. Compared to today, would we have done the same or differently? I can wager that all the prisoners were let free and not many of them were taken back. Hopefully today if a disaster of that caliber of the Chicago fire happened, they would be much more security regarding jails. However, I very much hold true in the saying, “its easier said than done,” reason being at that moment when the fire reached the tower, they must have believed at the moment that releasing the prisoners was the best idea. I agree with ngojosephs take on A.T Andreas quote that human intervention was detrimental to the city built by humans themselves which creates a bit of irony.
