Archive for October 15th, 2013

Multiple fatalities at Glenview crash 10-15-13

Oct 15

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Glenview Police and Fire Departments were called early this afternoon for an accident involving a garbage truck and an SUV which occurred at the intersection of Harlem Avenue and Harrison Street. The garbage truck, from the Village of Skokie, was fully loaded when it struck the other vehicle that reportedly crossed in it’s path. As the truck, which had a large plow assembly on the front, pushed the car along the parkway, the car rolled over and onto the roof. The truck came to rest on top of the car, and a fire ensued involving the cab of the truck and the car.

~~An undetermined number~~ Three occupants were trapped in the car, all of whom perished. The truck driver was able to free himself from the truck and was apparently unharmed.

Glenview Engine 6 arrived on the scene and hit the fire with tank water through the deck gun and then a hand line was used to fully extinguish the fire and lay down a layer of foam.

An area resident who attempted to assist with a fire extinguisher was driven back by the intense heat.

Tray Cashman, who lives down the street, captured this video of Engine 6 arriving and hitting the fire.

Larry Shapiro photo

garbage truck crash kills several in Glenview

Larry Shapiro photo

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Chicago 2-11 Alarm fire, 10-15-13

Oct 15

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This from Josh Boyajian:

EFAO dispatched a Still and Box alarm for a fire with people trapped @ 6730 s Emerald. E54 arrived and found a 2.5 sty wood frame fully involved. It communitcated to two other structures on the north and south side of the main fire building. After the fire was out, CFD found two victims in the main fire building including a 1 year old. I arrived approximatly 15 minutes into the fire. Here are my pictures.

Josh Boyajian photo

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Frankfort house fire 10-15-13

Oct 15

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This from Tom Clifton:

Frankfort full still on box 721 this morning at 20616 persimmon ct. Heavy fire in the rear on arrival. 

Tom Clifton

Tom Clifton photo

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North Chicago FD updates

Oct 15

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The Lake County News-Sun has an article about the North Chicago Fire Department receiving approval for a new ambulance.

Dell Urban, the first full-time female career fire chief in Lake County, was formally appointed to the post in August 2012. … the council voted this week to unanimously approve requests, including a new ambulance and an increase in the department’s number of lieutenants from six to seven … When Urban, 44, took over the department which hired her in 1991 as its first female firefighter paramedic, her crew numbered 25. By next month, sworn officers will total 34.

Urban on Monday, Oct. 7, asked [for] and received a reversal on a 2011 council decision to decrease by one the number of department lieutenants which, she said, caused an imbalance of command staff on work shifts. “Now we’ll have a shift commander, lieutenant and nine paramedic/firefighters on each shift,” she said.

The increase in personnel came after the department, under Urban, landed $832,741 in Federal Emergency Management Agency funds to hire six trained “front-line” firefighters. The grant pays the first two years of salary for the new hires.

Urban is also psyched about the approval for the purchase of a new, $140,000 [ambulance], a replacement for one of the department’s three.

The council also approved, … a tentative intergovernmental agreement that will allow the department to bill for mutual aid ambulance calls. The agreement, which must also be approved by participating departments in Gurnee, Waukegan, Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, Winthrop Harbor, Zion, and the Newport and Beach Park fire protection districts, will allow for billing at the home community’s rate. In North Chicago, that’s $400 for basic first aid service and $900 … for advanced life support

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