More images from Tim Olk from the 3-11 Alarm fire at 2030 W. 111th Street. Previous posts are HERE and HERE.
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Archive for November 24th, 2012
This from Eric Haak from the 3-11 alarm fire:
I got there just after the box. I am sending you 9 shots. Below is a timeline of the fire. Photo credits to Eric Haak.
At 1424hrs Saturday, Engine 120 reported smoke from the 5th floor of a 5-story condominium. At 14:34, the 21st Battalion requested a Still and Box alarm followed by a 2-11 alarm at 1442hrs. At 1444hrs, a Mayday Alert and an EMS Plan I were called for by the 21st Battalion. At 1449hrs, the Mayday alert was secured. At 1459hrs the fire was elevated to a 3-11 alarm and around this time, companies were evacuated from the structure and the attack was made defensively from this point on.
Picture #1 – just before the 2-11 was pulled. Picture #2 – taken as the Mayday alert was called. Picture #3 – RIT team of Truck 40 preparing to enter the building on the Mayday alert. Picture #4 – companies operating in the courtyard. Picture #5 – A DDC works the fireground. Picture #6 – Companies play water through windows from the courtyard. Picture #7 – TL34 operates in the driveway southwest of the fire building. Picture #8 – Multiple lines being used. Picture #9 – Self explanatory
Just before the 2-11 was pulled. Eric Haak photo.
As the Mayday alert was called. Eric Haak photo
Truck 40 RIT preparing to enter the building. Eric Haak photo
Companies operating in the courtyard. Eric Haak photo
Deputy District Chief works the fireground. Eric Haak photo
Companies operating hose lines. Eric Haak photo
Tower Ladder 34 operated in the driveway to the southwest of the fire. Eric Haak photo
Multiple lines working the fire. Eric Haak photo
Heavy smoke pushes out of the top floor. Eric Haak photo
This from Martin Nowak:
Around 1 P.M today in Bridgeview at 83rd and Harlem a two car collision resulted in a rollover. The mini van had 2 people trapped. Bridgeview FD removed them and transported them to local hospitals. The driver of the black Chevy suv was arrested for unknown charges.
Martin Nowak photo
Martin Nowak photo
Martin Nowak photo
Martin Nowak photo
Martin Nowak photo
Tim Olk is on the scene of a 3-11 Alarm fire on Chicago’s southside and sent in this quick image showing fire on the 4th and 5th floors of an apartment building:
The Chicago Tribune reports:
Firefighters were battling a 3-11 alarm blaze in a five-story condominium building in the Morgan Park neighborhood this afternoon.
The fire began in the building at 2030 W. 111th St. a little before 2:30 p.m. It was raised to a 2-11 alarm about 2:45 p.m. and to a 3-11 alarm about 3 p.m. An EMS Plan 1, which sends six ambulances to the scene, also was called for the fire.
Fire officials called a Mayday alert for a lost or trapped firefighter, but the alert was “secured,” according to the Chicago Fire Department’s media office.
Firefighters attacking fire on the 4th and 5th floors of a building at 2030 W. 111th Street. Tim Olk photo
The Tribune article is HERE.
The Lake County News-Sun has an article that talks outlines the possibility of merging EMS with the Fire Department in Antioch.
Antioch officials have renewed a contract for another 90 days with the Antioch Rescue Squad in order to continue to monitor the ambulance provider to confirm the organization is following recommendations issued by the Illinois Department of Public Health.
ARS officials are working to resolve their internal problems discovered by a state investigation into accusations of unprofessional conduct, breaches of confidentiality, improper use of medications and IV fluids, patient mistreatment and paramedics working while under the influence of alcohol that were partly blamed on a lack of leadership in the non-profit organization.
“I don’t want to go for any period of time without a contract,” said village Trustee Ted Poulos, of the first 90-day contract that expired Nov. 20. “If there is a break in the contract we won’t have any oversight of their operations.”
Village Administrator James Keim authored a 14-page document titled “Village of Antioch EMS Delivery Report,”… “A lot is changing right now and the organization is evolving. I talked to a lot of people associated with ARS and I have a respect and admiration for what they do,” said Keim. The bottom line of his report is a recommendation to combine rescue and fire services.
“If we did that we would meet the level of paramedic services of our neighboring six communities,” including Fox Lake, Grayslake, Lake Villa, Newport, Round Lake and Salem, Wis.
Keim’s research shows that ARS has 21 paramedics and 14 EMTs on its roster. The fire department has 32 paramedics and 12 EMTS. If the departments were combined it would mean 53 paramedics and 26 EMTs available to serve Antioch-area residents, above the average of 40 paramedics and 21 EMTs of the six surveyed EMS departments that operate under the umbrella of their fire departments.
The First Fire Protection District, which serves the township, also renewed a 90-day contract with ARS. During the next 90 days officials from the fire protection district and village will discuss the coordination of rescue services and the option of combining rescue and fire services.
“There are several ways to combine emergency services, but I recommend that it be done under a single command. I am not recommending the demise of ARS, but instead reaching a middle ground on the best way to provide services going forward,” said Keim.
The village and fire district share oversight of the fire department under Fire Chief John Nixon, who said he supports extending the ARS contract although his staff could gear up quickly to take over rescue services.
The complete article is HERE.
thanks Jeff
Manteno orders ambulance
Nov 24
This from Ron Wolkoff:
Manteno has ordered a 2013 Road Rescue Ultramedic Type 1 This is their 1st Road Rescue and will be delivered in 180 days Ron
