A tree on a structure lets water in with every rainfall — we remove, tarp and secure in one visit, 24/7
When a tree strikes your Cicero home or business, the clock starts immediately — and it works against you. A punctured roof is an open invitation for water: even a brief Illinois rain shower can dump gallons into your attic, saturate insulation, soak through drywall, and begin the 24–48 hour mold growth clock. What starts as a tree removal job becomes a full-scale water and mold remediation project if action is delayed even a few hours.
Beyond water damage, secondary collapse is a serious and overlooked danger. A tree that appears to have "settled" into a roof is still subject to shifting — additional weight from wind or continued settling can cause further structural failure without warning. Limbs that cracked but did not fully detach are called "hangers" or "widow makers" by arborists for good reason: they can drop at any time, injuring anyone below.
If the tree has contacted or brought down utility lines, treat every wire as live and deadly. Keep your family and pets well back — at least 30 feet — and do not attempt to move the tree yourself. We coordinate directly with ComEd and other utilities before any work near downed lines begins.
Your homeowners insurance policy contains a mitigation duty clause: you are expected to take prompt, reasonable action to prevent additional damage after a covered event. Waiting days to act can result in your carrier reducing or denying coverage for water damage that occurred after the initial loss. Acting fast is not just smart — it protects your insurance claim.
A blocked driveway is also a safety emergency. First responders, ambulances, and fire trucks need clear access to your property. Do not assume you can wait until business hours. Call Allied Emergency Services right now at (800) 792-0212 — our Cicero emergency crews are ready 24/7.
Cicero, Illinois is one of the most densely populated municipalities in the entire state — a tightly packed 5.8-square-mile community directly west of Chicago's city limits in Cook County. With over 80,000 residents packed into a compact urban grid, the stakes of a tree emergency are higher here than almost anywhere in the region. Properties are close together, lots are narrow, and a single fallen tree can simultaneously damage a home, a vehicle, a garage, a fence, and encroach onto a neighbor's property all at once. Our crews know this territory and come prepared for the complexity of urban Cicero tree removal.
Cicero's streets — running through neighborhoods like the historic East Cicero corridor along Cermak Road (22nd Street), the residential blocks surrounding Morton Park and Hawthorne Park, and the dense housing near Cicero Avenue and 16th Street — are lined with mature silver maples, cottonwoods, American elms, and green ash trees. Many of these trees are decades old and large enough to cause catastrophic structural damage when they fail. Cicero Community High School, Our Lady of Czestochowa Church, and the commercial stretches along Roosevelt Road are all landmarks our crews navigate around regularly during storm responses.
Cicero's flat topography within the broader Chicago metropolitan area means it sits directly in the path of storm systems that push northeast across the Illinois prairie. The community receives an average of 36 inches of precipitation annually, including significant severe weather from late April through September. Derecho events, mesoscale convective systems, and isolated supercell thunderstorms all bring damaging straight-line winds — often exceeding 60 to 80 mph — that are responsible for the vast majority of emergency tree removals in the area. The community's older housing stock, much of it built in the early to mid-20th century, features rooflines and structures that were never designed to withstand a direct tree impact.
From a single limb on a fence to a 60-foot oak through a living room roof, Allied handles every type of tree emergency in Cicero with professional equipment, trained crews, and full restoration capability.
When a severe storm sweeps through Cicero, entire trees can uproot, split at the trunk, or snap off mid-trunk and land on roofs, vehicles, fences, and neighboring properties. Our crews respond immediately to assess the safest removal approach — whether that means rigging and sectional dismantling, stump extraction, or using a crane for large elevated sections. We handle root ball extraction for uprooted trees and leave the site level and safe.
A tree through your roof is one of the most time-critical emergencies a Cicero homeowner can face. Allied Emergency Services responds with a full crew that handles the complete situation in a single visit: safe tree removal, structural assessment, emergency roof tarping with heavy-duty poly secured to wood battens and screws, and board-up of any open wall penetrations or broken windows. We do not leave until your structure is weathertight and your insurance documentation is complete.
Not every tree emergency involves a completely fallen tree. Partially failed trees, split trunks under tension, and hanging widow-maker limbs are among the most dangerous situations our crews encounter — precisely because they look stable but are not. Our certified arborists and rigging specialists assess structural integrity, identify hidden tension points, and use crane and bucket truck equipment to safely remove hazardous sections without causing additional damage to structures below. This is not work for a homeowner with a chainsaw and a ladder.
After emergency removal, the work is not done until the site is completely clean and safe. Allied provides professional stump grinding to eliminate trip hazards, prevent insect infestation, stop regrowth from the root system, and restore your lawn's appearance. Our industrial grinding equipment handles stumps of any diameter — including the large-caliper hardwood stumps common in Cicero's older residential neighborhoods. All wood chips are raked out, debris is bagged and hauled, and the area is left ready for topsoil and grass seed.
Cicero and the greater Cook County area sit squarely in the severe weather belt that makes Illinois one of the nation's most storm-active states. Understanding the regional storm patterns helps homeowners prepare — and recognize when professional emergency response is essential.
The spring months represent Cicero's highest-risk period for catastrophic wind events. As cold Arctic air masses collide with warm, moist Gulf air pushing north across the Illinois prairie, powerful squall lines and supercell thunderstorms develop rapidly. Wind gusts in excess of 70 mph are not uncommon during these events, and isolated tornadoes can touch down with little warning. The dense urban canopy in Cicero — heavily stressed by winter freeze-thaw cycles — is particularly vulnerable to failure during spring storms. Uprooted trees and snapped trunks are the dominant emergency type during this season.
Derecho storms — long-lived, fast-moving lines of severe thunderstorms with straight-line winds — are a recurring hazard for the Chicago metropolitan area including Cicero. A single derecho can affect hundreds of square miles in a matter of hours, simultaneously generating tree fall emergencies across dozens of communities. Wind speeds in derechos can reach 80 to 100 mph over a sustained track, and the event often occurs at night when homeowners are unprepared. The summer of 2023 saw multiple derecho events that created widespread tree damage across Chicagoland, including dozens of calls in Cook County communities. Allied maintains surge capacity for these multi-community events and triages calls by structural risk.
While Illinois is far from the Gulf Coast, tropical storm remnants and tropical moisture feeds regularly push into the Midwest from late summer through early fall. These systems bring prolonged heavy rainfall — sometimes 3 to 5 inches over 24 to 48 hours — that saturates soil and dramatically reduces root anchorage for even healthy trees. Trees that survived the spring and summer wind events without issue often uproot during these saturated-soil conditions because their root systems simply cannot grip waterlogged ground. Post-rainfall tree fall is common in Cicero during August and September even without high wind speeds.
Ice storms represent a unique and devastating form of tree damage in the Cicero area. When freezing rain coats branches with even a quarter-inch of ice, the weight loading on a mature tree can exceed one ton. Large limbs snap under this weight and fall onto roofs, cars, sidewalks, and driveways. Entire trees can topple under heavy ice loads, and the damage often occurs during the overnight hours. Ice storm emergencies require specialized removal because frozen wood is harder to cut and frozen ground limits equipment traction. Allied's crews are equipped and trained for winter emergency response year-round.
It is important to recognize that tree fall is not exclusively a storm event. Trees weakened by disease, root damage from construction, drought stress, or pest damage (such as Emerald Ash Borer, which has killed millions of ash trees throughout Illinois including Cook County) can fail during relatively mild wind events — even 30 to 40 mph gusts. Cicero's ash tree population has been significantly impacted by EAB over the past 15 years, leaving many dead or dying ash trees throughout the community that pose a year-round structural hazard to nearby homes and vehicles.
Every year, homeowners are seriously injured or killed attempting to chainsaw storm-damaged trees off their properties. This is not hyperbole — the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission reports thousands of chainsaw-related injuries annually, and storm-damaged tree removal is among the most dangerous scenarios a non-professional can attempt. Here is why the risk is so extreme, and why Allied Emergency Services is the right call.
A storm-damaged tree is nothing like a standing tree you decide to cut down. When a trunk snaps or a tree falls and comes to rest against a structure or the ground, the wood is under enormous stored tension — like a compressed spring. When a chainsaw cuts into the wrong location, the wood can split, kick, or snap back with tremendous force, launching the saw, the log, or both into the operator at lethal speed. Professional arborists are trained in tension analysis and use strategic cuts, wedges, rigging, and winches to control exactly how the wood moves when it releases. A homeowner with a chainsaw has none of this knowledge or equipment.
Large logs do not stay where you put them. A trunk section that has been cut free can roll unexpectedly, especially on sloped surfaces or when root systems shift as weight is redistributed. Even on flat ground, a 300-pound log section can roll and crush a foot, a leg, or a person in an instant. Allied crews use rigging systems — ropes, pulleys, redirect anchors, and mechanical advantage systems — to control exactly where each section lands, keeping personnel clear of all fall zones.
Attempting to access a tree on your roof via ladder puts you on an unstable, potentially structurally compromised surface. Roof decking that has been punctured by a tree trunk may look solid but can give way without warning. Allied uses bucket trucks, aerial lifts, and crane equipment to access elevated work positions safely — keeping our crews off damaged roof surfaces whenever possible and preventing additional structural damage from foot traffic.
If the tree has contacted power lines, you simply cannot proceed without utility clearance. Allied Emergency Services has established relationships and communication protocols with ComEd and other regional utilities. We initiate that coordination call immediately upon dispatch and do not begin work until lines are confirmed safe. This is a non-negotiable safety protocol — not something a homeowner can replicate.
Professional removal is not just about safety — it is about protecting your financial recovery. Allied documents every stage of the removal with time-stamped photographs and written reports that provide your insurance adjuster with a clear record of the pre-removal condition, the scope of structural damage, and the work performed. This documentation is critical to supporting the full scope of your insurance repair claim. A homeowner who hires a cheap bucket truck operator, or worse attempts DIY removal, often destroys the very evidence their adjuster needs to approve full coverage.
Allied Emergency Services completes the entire emergency response in a single mobilization. Tree removal, emergency tarping, board-up of openings, and full damage documentation all happen before our crew leaves your property. This one-visit approach minimizes your out-of-pocket exposure, gets your structure weathertight immediately, and positions you perfectly for the full restoration process to follow. Call (800) 792-0212 now — professional help is one phone call away.
Allied Emergency Services is your licensed restoration contractor throughout the entire repair process. Here is how we work alongside your homeowners insurance from emergency response through final restoration.
The moment you call, we dispatch. Our crew arrives in Cicero within approximately one hour, assesses the scene for safety hazards (downed lines, structural instability, secondary fall risk), and immediately begins tree removal. Simultaneously, we begin securing the structure — tarping the roof and boarding openings to stop water intrusion cold. Your property is stabilized before rain, wind, or additional damage can compound the loss.
Every job begins and ends with comprehensive photographic and written documentation. We capture time-stamped images of the tree position, structural penetration points, interior damage visible through openings, and the condition of roofing materials, sheathing, and framing members. Our written damage report details the scope of visible damage and flags areas that require further investigation during restoration. This documentation package is prepared specifically to support your insurance adjuster's review of the claim.
Once you have opened your claim with your insurance carrier, Allied works alongside your assigned adjuster throughout the inspection process. We walk the adjuster through our documentation, answer scope-of-work questions, and ensure all damaged components — including any hidden damage discovered during the repair process — are properly identified and included in the repair scope. We are restoration contractors who document and repair damage. We do not negotiate, adjust, or settle insurance claims on your behalf — that relationship is between you and your insurer.
With your insurance claim approved and repair scope defined, our licensed restoration crews begin rebuilding. Roof decking, rafters, sheathing, roofing materials, gutters, siding, windows, doors, and interior elements — we handle every component of the repair. Using manufacturer-approved materials and installation techniques, we restore your Cicero property to pre-loss condition or better. For IL-licensed roofing work, our license number is #104.019029, and all work meets or exceeds Illinois building code requirements.
Before we close out any job, we conduct a thorough final walkthrough with you present. We inspect every repaired area, confirm that all agreed-upon scope items are complete, and address any concerns you identify. We do not consider the job done until you are fully satisfied with the restoration. Our work comes with a written workmanship warranty, and our customer service team remains available if any issues arise after project completion. Your property deserves to be restored right — and that is exactly what Allied delivers.
Reviews represent typical customer experiences.
"A massive cottonwood came down on our garage roof during the storms last summer. We called Allied at 11 PM and they had a crew at our Cicero home by midnight. They had the tree off, the roof tarped, and the whole garage area cleaned up before sunrise. I was absolutely amazed. Our insurance adjuster even commented on how thorough their damage documentation was."
"We had a split silver maple that was hanging over our back porch — half of it was still standing, half was resting against the house. Every tree service we called said they couldn't touch it without a crane. Allied showed up with the right equipment and had the whole thing down safely in a few hours. Professional team, no drama, property looked great when they left."
"After the derecho hit, there were trees down all over our block on the west side of Cicero. Allied was overwhelmed with calls but still managed to get to us within two hours, prioritized us because the tree was blocking our whole driveway. They cleared everything, ground the stump, and hauled everything away. One call, one crew, problem solved. Highly recommend them for any emergency."
When you call Allied Emergency Services, you set a clear, professional process in motion. Here is exactly what happens from your first call to a fully secured and restored property.
A live dispatcher answers 24/7, 365 days a year. No voicemail, no callback queue during business hours. We collect your address, a brief description of the situation, and any immediate safety concerns (people inside, downed lines, fire). Dispatch goes out within minutes of your call.
Our emergency crew — equipped with chainsaws, rigging equipment, tarps, OSB board-up materials, and documentation tools — arrives at your Cicero property. We confirm the address, introduce the crew lead, and perform an immediate 360-degree safety assessment before any work begins.
We identify downed or contacted utility lines, evaluate structural stability, locate secondary fall hazards, and establish a safe work perimeter. If utility coordination is needed, we make that call immediately and do not begin cutting until lines are cleared.
Using the appropriate equipment — chainsaw, rigging system, crane, or bucket truck — we remove the tree in controlled sections. Every cut is planned to prevent secondary damage to your structure and to control exactly where wood falls. Nothing is rushed; safety drives every decision.
With the tree removed, we immediately weatherize. Heavy-duty poly tarps are screwed down with wood battens over all roof penetrations. Open wall areas, broken windows, and damaged doors are boarded with OSB. Your structure is weathertight before rain can enter.
We photograph everything — before, during, and after. You receive a written summary of the damage observed and work performed. We walk you through next steps for your insurance claim and connect you with our restoration team for full property repair.
In most cases, our emergency crew can be on-site in Cicero within approximately 60 minutes of your call. Cicero's location directly adjacent to the Chicago city limits, with quick access from major corridors including Cermak Road, Cicero Avenue, and I-290, allows our crews to reach any address in the township rapidly. During major storm events affecting multiple communities simultaneously, we triage by severity — trees on occupied structures and blocked egress always receive priority dispatch. Call us immediately: (800) 792-0212.
Call 911 first if there are injuries or anyone is trapped. If no injuries, call Allied Emergency Services at (800) 792-0212 — we will dispatch immediately. After calling us, contact your homeowners insurance company to report the damage and open a claim. Do not attempt to move or cut the tree yourself. Keep family and pets away from the impact area. Do not re-enter rooms directly beneath or adjacent to the damage until the structure has been assessed by a professional.
When a tree falls and damages a covered structure on your property, most standard homeowners insurance policies cover the cost of removal and resulting structural repairs, subject to your deductible and policy limits. If the tree fell into your yard without damaging a structure, coverage for removal alone is more limited and varies by policy. Allied documents all damage thoroughly to support your claim. We are licensed restoration contractors who repair damage — we do not negotiate or settle insurance claims on your behalf.
Stay back at least 30 feet and keep everyone clear. Call 911 and then ComEd to report downed or contacted lines. Do not touch any wire, the tree, or any metal fencing or gutters connected to the structure. Allied coordinates directly with utilities before beginning any work near energized or potentially energized lines. We will not proceed until the utility company confirms the lines are safe. Call us at (800) 792-0212 and we will begin that coordination immediately while en route.
Allied Emergency Services handles everything in a single visit: tree removal, emergency roof tarping, and board-up of all open penetrations. You will not be handed off to a separate tarping company or left with an exposed roof while you track down a second contractor. This integrated one-visit approach is one of the most important advantages of working with a full-service restoration contractor versus a tree-only service.
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Allied Emergency Services covers all of Cicero, including every neighborhood and block from the Chicago border at Pulaski Road on the east to the Oak Park and Berwyn borders on the west and south. We serve the entire Greater Chicagoland region and beyond.
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