Archive for May 24th, 2013

New fire chief in Waukegan

The Lake County News-Sun has an article introdcing a new fire chief for the Waukegan Fire Department.

Two weeks after taking office and immediately naming a new police chief and city attorney, Mayor Wayne Motley brought change to the fire chief’s post on Monday, May 20, by accepting the resignation of Dan Young and replacing him with Ricco Farrell.

Farrell, a 30-year veteran who most recently served as battalion chief, became Waukegan’s first African-American fire chief when he was sworn in during Monday night’s City Council meeting.

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Antioch Rescue Squad update

Firegeezer.com has an article about the Antioch Rescue Squad and their negotiations with the Village of Antioch to continue providing emergency medical services to area residents.

Troubled Rescue Squad Slips Another Notch

THE ANTIOCH RESCUE SQUAD (ARS) based in the Village of Antioch in Lake County, Illinois, has had plenty of problems over the past year, just about all of them their fault.  And now they have helped create another one.

The ARS has been serving the Antioch Township for 72 years and is still an all-volunteer outfit covering the village as well as all the unincorporated areas of the township.  Their current contract with the village is due to expire soon and they approached the Village Board with a proposal to extend the current contract for another year.  On Monday night the board rejected the proposal and told the squad that they would agree to a 6-month extension instead.  For some reason, the squad was unhappy with that deal and told the village that they would not agree and their association with the village would be terminated on July 1.

The board, seemingly angered by the squad’s cavalier attitude responded with notice that their affiliation would end on June 1 instead.  Then the took immediate moves to line up a replacement service for the community.  This may include cooperating with the fire department to take control over the new operation.  The rescue squad will continue to serve the rest of the township.

The complete article with a summation of the various actions leading up to the current situation is HERE.

We posted previous articles HERE, HERE, and HERE.

Antioch Rescue Squad

Antioch Rescue Squad

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Chicago 2-11 Alarm at 1433 S Kenneth 5-23-13 (pt 2)

This from Dan McInerney:

Some photos from this morning’s 2-11 at 1433 S. Kenneth. I got there late after the fire had been pretty much put out. Fire was in a 3sty, vacant apartment building, marked with the ominous red “X”. Fire was mostly throughout the 3rd floor. A tower ladder, 5-5-2’s Snorkel, a mulitversal and a few handlines were used. Both TL14 and E99 had mechanical issues – E117 coming in on the 2-11 was tasked with replacing E99, and TL5 was sent for TL14. Attached are a couple of scene shots and a few rig shots.
The first 3 show the Snorkel and multiversal on the north side of the fire building
vacant building fire at 1433 S Kenneth in Chicago 5-23-13

Chicago Squad 2A deployed in the alley. Dan McInerney photo

vacant building fire at 1433 S Kenneth in Chicago 5-23-13

A view from the alley showing two sides of the building. Dan McInerney photo

vacant building fire at 1433 S Kenneth in Chicago 5-23-13

Multi-versal being used on the north side of the building. Dan McInerney photo

Chicago FD mobile command unit

Command Van 2-7-1. Dan McInerney photo

Chicago FD Air Mask Unit 645

Air Mask Unit 6-4-5. Dan McInerney photo

Chicago FD Engine 38

Engine 38 was the Still Alarm engine to the fire. Dan McInerney photo

Spartan fire engine in Chicago

Chicago Engine 99. Dan McInerney photo

vacant building fire at 1433 S Kenneth in Chicago 5-23-13

Truck 48 was the Still Alarm truck. Dan McInerney photo

vacant building fire at 1433 S Kenneth in Chicago 5-23-13

Tower ladder with Snorkel in the background. Dan McInerney photo

vacant building fire at 1433 S Kenneth in Chicago 5-23-13

Elevated master streams douse remaining hot spots on the third floor. Dan McInerney photo

vacant building fire at 1433 S Kenneth in Chicago 5-23-13

View from the rear shows tower ladder and squad at work. Dan McInerney photo

vacant building fire at 1433 S Kenneth in Chicago 5-23-13

Squad 2’s Snorkel at work/ Dan McInerney photo

vacant building fire at 1433 S Kenneth in Chicago 5-23-13

Spare tower ladder at work. Dan McInerney photo

 

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