Archive for June 2nd, 2016

Cary Fire Protection District news

Excerpts from the NWHerald.com:

The Cary Fire Protection District was dispatched about 9:35 a.m. on Tuesday (6/1/16) to the 100 block of Hickory Nut Grove Lane for a report of a vehicle that had struck a boulder about 100 feet from the roadway, leaving the driver trapped inside the vehicle.

Firefighters had to cut off the roof, remove a door, and peel away the windshield before pulling a man from the car. It took more than 40 minutes to remove the driver from the mangled car because of the extensive damage, Lt. Michael Douglass said.

Cary firefighters called Flight for Life who took the patient to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville in serious condition.

 

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Sycamore Fire Department receives grant

Excerpts from the DailyChronicle.com:

The Sycamore Fire Department has been awarded new CPR equipment and a fire alarm system, thanks to funds from a federal grant and Homeland Security program.

City officials learned late last month that they would be awarded a $52,700 grant to buy two new CPR chest-compression devices that will be carried by each of the fire department’s front-line ambulances.

“The chest-compression devices will allow responding paramedics to effectively and continuously perform chest compressions during the resuscitation of cardiac arrest patients in the prehospital setting,” Fire Chief Peter Polarek said in the news release.

Ninety-five percent of the total estimated cost of the compression tools will be covered through the award. The city is responsible for paying 5 percent of the cost, or $2,600.

Sycamore Station No. 1 also will receive a new fire alarm system through the Department of Homeland Security’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant program.

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As seen around … Oak Park

This from Dan McInerney

E-ONE tower ladder

Dan McInerney photo

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New engine for Waukegan

This from Larry Shapiro:

New 2016 Seagrave Marauder II engine for Waukegan E1 1500/750 TM will go into service in the coming weeks.

2016 Seagrave Marauder II fire engine

Larry Shapiro photo

2016 Seagrave Marauder II fire engine

Larry Shapiro photo

2016 Seagrave Marauder II fire engine

Larry Shapiro photo

Seagrave law tag on fire truck

Seagrave fire trucks in the station

Larry Shapiro photo

more photos at shapirophotography.net

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