Archive for January 19th, 2015

NFFF video about firefighter cancer

Jan 19

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This from Dave Statter:

Check out this message about firefighter cancer from Byran Frieders. Frieders, a battalion chief in San Gabriel, California and president of the Firefighter Cancer Support Network, makes the case that fire officers must provide the leadership that will help prevent cancer among firefighters. Frieders spoke at the National Fallen Firefighters Occupational Cancer in the Fire Service Strategy Meeting in Washington, DC January 13-15, 2015. Let us know if you have any questions.

Tags: Byran Frieders, cancer in the fire service, Dave Statter, Firefighter Cancer Support Network, National Fallen Firefighters Occupational Cancer in the Fire Service Strategy Meeting, NFFF video

Berwyn Box Alarm, 1-18-15

Jan 19

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Box Alarm for the house fire at 3828 Grove Avenue in Berwyn Sunday, 1/18/15.

Tim Olk photo

Tim Olk photo

Tim Olk photo

Tim Olk photo

firemen at house with rear wooden staircase

Tim Olk photo

Tim Olk photo

Tim Olk photo

Tim Olk photo

Tim Olk photo

Tags: Berwyn Fire Department, fire scene photos, firefighters venting the roof, house fire in Berwyn, Tim Olk

Two rescued from car on the ice in Chicago, 1-19-15

Jan 19

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Excerpts from a Chicago Tribune article about an unusual ice rescue overnight in Chicago:

Two people were seriously injured when their Lexus veered off Lake Shore Drive and flipped over on a frozen lagoon in Lincoln Park early Monday morning.

Police were called to the 2200 block of North Lake Shore Drive around 1:45 a.m., after getting reports of a car crashing into the Diversey Harbor lagoon in Lincoln Park. Rescue crews found the sedan flipped over on the ice-covered lagoon. The police department’s marine unit ran two lines of rope across the lagoon as a small team worked to free a man and a woman trapped inside the car.

The team used sleds to move the two to waiting ambulances. As they worked, police and paramedics watched from the banks of the lagoon.

Both people were taken to hospitals in serious-to-critical condition.

The article includes photos and a video.

Tags: Chicago Fire Department, two rescued from overturned car on the ice

New Oak Park tower ladder toy in the works

Jan 19

Posted by Admin in Collectors of fire memorabilia, Fire Department News | 22 Comments

This from Dan McInerney:

Fire Replicas came out today and took 300 or so photos of the rig for an upcoming model. It will be a 1:50 scale, presentation quality model that will have a display case. We are told the amount of detail will be impressive. The prototype will debut at FDIC at the Fire Replicas booth. More to come as the project progresses……

Oak Park FD T631

From Fire Replicas:

VILLAGE OF OAK PARK FIRE DEPARTMENT T631 SCALE MODEL

Scale: 1:50

Production Quantity: 250

Multi-materials including High Def Resin, photo etch metal, wire, stainless steel, rubber and other composites.

Each model is serialized for authenticity.

Mounted inside high quality, custom display case featuring etched stainless steel I.D. nameplate.

Functionality includes rolling rubber tires

Village of Oak Park Fire Department T631 is a E-One Cyclone II X 95′ Aerial Platform, serving the Village of Oak Park in the Chicago, IL area.