Archive for July 29th, 2013

Area fire trucks for sale

Kevin Griffin found these links to area fire trucks for sale or sold:

this link for an Addison Pierce Arrow engine

this link for an aerial from Westmont

this link for a Leyden ambulance

this link for an X-Tinley Park tower ladder

Previous post with other links is HERE.

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EMS Box Alarm for Deck Collapse in Tinley Park 7-27-13

This from Dylan Konchan:

Tinley Park | EMS Box Alarm | 167th St & Beverly Ave | Deck Collapse with mutiple injuries EMS Box on box#200, Trace Ambulance, Orland, Oak Forest, and Thornton where there with ambulances and trucks.

 

Orland Fire Protection District

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Orland Fire Protection District

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Tinley Park Fire Department

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Trace Ambulance Co

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WGNTV has a brief article with video HERE.

More than a dozen people were injured last night when a deck collapsed at a home in south suburban Tinley Park.It happened at a house in the 16700 block of Beverly Avenue at about 9:15pm Saturday.Neighbors say a birthday party was being held at the home and there were about 35 people on the deck when it broke away from the house and collapsed.Tinley Park Fire Department officials say 14 people were transported to local hospitals.They say the deck pulled away from the rear of the house and fell down.    Adults and children were on the deck at the time.   A neighbor says there was a lot of screaming and chaos.  He saw several people with bleeding injuries but no one was trapped in the accident.

 

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