Martin Nowak found links and images from manufacturer websites for two new aerials delivered in the vast Chicago area:
Archive for March, 2012
Joliet Opens New Station 3
Mar 21
Tom Clifton informed us of the following:
The new Joliet station 3 off Laraway Rd. on the Chicagoland Speedway property is in service. The Captain of Comapny 3 officially put the old station out of service at approx 07:15 this morning as they made their move.
A previous post HERE shows a drawing of the new station.
The Herald News has an article HERE which includes:
Fire Chief Joe Formhals and Mayor Tom Giarrante uncoupled [a hose] Monday afternoon at a ceremony to dedicate Fire Station 3.
On Wednedsay morning the new facility, which is on the Chicagoland Speedway property off Laraway Road, will replace the 40-year-old station at 319 Grover St.
FEMA sponsored approximately $1.2 million and Centerpoint Properties, which will be serviced by Station 3, donated $100,000 for construction on the land donated by the racetrack.
Schaumburg orders ambulance
Mar 21
The Schaumburg Fire Department has placed an order for a new ambulance for Station 54. This will be a Medtec Type I on a Navistar 4300 chassis to match the ambulances at 51, 52, and 53.
Homewood Acres sneak peek
Mar 20
from Keith Grzadziel
here’s a pic of Homewood Acres’ “new” Engine 1934. It’s the former Burbank Engine 208. Sorry about the pic, it was inside.
Dan McInerney submitted the following:
This came in at about 0945 this morning. I followed companies from quarters. A one-story wood-frame garage, 22×20, with a small fire in the ceiling area was knocked down with one 1.75” line, followed by some quick overhaul. Companies on-scene were RFOR E222, T221, ELPK E947, FOPK E402, OKPK T631 and C620, along with various chiefs from River Forest and Elmwood Park. River Forest T221 as you know is Oak Park’s old T631, and the 1981 Seagrave 100′ was modified by River Forest to hold a few hundred feet of 4-inch hose enabling them to forward lay a supply line to E222.This first set shows the garage before the line was charged and the garage opened
The North Chicago Fire Department responded to a reported fire in a commercial auto-body facility last night and arrived to find heavy fire in a one-story commercial building with exposures on both sides. The alarm was upgraded to a MABAS Box Alarm which brought mutual aid companies to the scene. Not long after, a structural collapse of the original building occurred as fire spread to both exposures.
There were several special calls initiated which increased the units on the scene. Several hours later the alarm was elevated to a 2nd Alarm although the actual number of companies on the scene made the alarm in essence much greater.
Engines that were pumping came from North Chicago, Waukegan, Newport Township, Knollwood, Abbott Labs, and Lake Forest. Additional engine companies responded from the Great Lakes Naval Base, Winthrop Harbor, Lake Villa, and a second unit from Newport Township. There were five elevated master streams in operation including tower ladders from North Chicago and Round Lake, in addition to Highland Park, Zion, and Lincolnshire-Riverwoods ladders. A Grayslake ladder and Arlington Heights tower were not put to use. Arlington Heights though receives the prize for coming the farthest … 32 miles.
Lake Bluff, Gurnee, and Deerfield had squads at the scene and chief officers responded from Waukegan, Newport Township, Wauconda, and Lake Forest. There were two North Chicago ambulances on the scene plus medic units for rehab from Libertyville and the Antioch Rescue Squad.
The fire was directly across the street from Abbott Labs and their fire department was able to supply water from the Abbott property reservoir to allow greater defensive operations than the North Chicago city water supply would allow.
There were no reported injuries associated with the fire and the alarm was struck-out late in the evening. Companies were released from the scene after midnight as an excavator was brought in to knock down the remnants of an unsafe building.
Shaun Unell and Larry Shapiro both were at the scene and have submitted images. More photos can be viewed HERE.
A video will be available soon.
North Chicago had a fire in three buildings in the 1000 block of Sheridan Road on Sunday evening. More information will follow later in the day.
The Journal & Topics Newspapers has an article HERE about a house fire this week in Des Plaines on Grove Street.
… the house [was] on the 200 block of Grove Avenue. When they arrived within minutes, they found a two-story single-family frame residence totally on fire. No one was living inside the residence at the time, said Fire Chief Alan Wax.
Thanks Art.