Archive for October 19th, 2015

2-Alarm brush fire in Hawthorn Woods. 10-18-15

Oct 19

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Brush Fire, Fire Scene photos | Comments off

This from Larry Shapiro:

The Lake Zurich Fire Department responded to a field of cattails burning Sunday in Hawthorn Woods. The field was surrounded by homes and access to opposite sides of the field was several blocks away. They requested a MABAS Box Alarm for assistance and later upgraded to the 2nd Alarm due to the large area and access issues. The address used for the incident was 8 Westwind Court.

I arrived after the 2nd Alarm companies to find the fire was already out. Here are the few images that I took at the scene.

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

Tags: 2-alarm brush fire in Hawthorn Woods, Cary FD tanker, Cary FD tender, Cary Fire Department, Cary Fire Protection District, fire scene with tanker operations, Lake Zurich Fire Department, Larry Shapiro

Zion ambulance strikes pedestrian

Oct 19

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Excerpts from the ChicagoTribune.com:

A Beach Park man who apparently ran out in front of an ambulance early Sunday morning is in serious condition at a Libertyville hospital.

The Lake County sheriff’s office said in a statement the pedestrian was in the area of Sheridan and Beach roads in Beach Park around 1:30 a.m. when he suddenly ran out in front of the northbound Zion Fire Department ambulance. Paramedics immediately attended to the patient.

The ambulance was on its way back from dropping off a patient at a hospital when the incident occurred. The preliminary investigation indicates the pedestrian ran into the path of the ambulance that did not have its emergency lights and sirens activated.

No charges have been filed at this time pending toxicology results, said the sheriff’s report. The sheriff’s Technical Crash Investigation Unit is conducting the investigation.

thanks Dan

Tags: pedestrian struck by ambulance in Zion, Zion Fire Department

Lake County Indiana MABAS update

Oct 19

Posted by Admin in Fire Service News | 8 Comments

This from Dennis McGuire, Jr.

Starting in October, Lake County, Indiana fire departments and police departments will all be dispatched by one center. Motorola Solutions, Inc. and AT&T have been working on this for a year. Not all of the fire departments went online at once, but at the end of October all departments will be under the new center. I believe the center is located in Crown Point, Indiana. The numbering system is as follows:

00 = Stations

01-09= Officers

10-19= Engines

20-29= Trucks

30-39= Rescues

40-49= Tankers

50-59= Specialty Units

60-69= Ambulances

70-79= Brush trucks

80-99= Individual department members

The following is a partial list of the departments and their assigned number(s):

1200-Cedar Lake

1500-Crown Point

1800 to 2100-Dyer

2200-Munster

2500-East Chicago

3100 to 3300-Griffith

4100 to 4800-Hammond

5100 to 5200-Highland

5300 to 5600-Hobart

5800-Lake Dale

5900-Lake Hills

6100-Lake Ridge

6300 to 6400-Lake Station

6600 to 6800-Lowell

6900-New Chicago

7000 to 7400-Merriville

7500 to 7700-St. John

7800 to 800-Schererville

8200-Schnieder

8300-Shelby

8400-Whiting

8500 to 9900-Gary

Dennis