Archive for July 31st, 2016

19th Annual Chicagoland Emergency Vehicle Show

Jul 31

Posted by Admin in Collectors of fire memorabilia, Reader submission | Comments off

Next weekend is the 19th Annual Chicagoland Emergency Vehicle Show! Follow the link below to our website to find out all the details and register for any or all of the 3-day event. It’s not too late to sign up to participate. Hope to see a big turnout at our new location in downtown Oswego, IL!

Friday 8/5: Lights & Sirens Procession kicks off from North Aurora at 6:30 PM – Enters Aurora city limits approx 6:45 PM – Enters Montgomery city limits approx 7:05 PM – Enters Oswego city limits approx 7:15 PM.

Saturday 8/6: Chicagoland Emergency Vehicle Show 10AM-4PM downtown Oswego (Show center at 59 Main St, Oswego, IL 60543)

Sunday 8/7: Emergency Vehicle Caravan from Oswego to Naperville at 9:30 AM. Static display at Naperville National Night Out Emergency Vehicle Show 10AM-2PM.

www.EmergencyVehicleShow.com

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7-Alarm fire in Gurnee, 7-28-16 (more)

Jul 31

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Video by Larry Shapiro of the 7-Alarm fire in Gurnee, 7-28-16

Tags: 2-Alarm fire in Gurnee, 7-Alarm fire at Gurnee propane facility, ambulance drives over fire hose, E-ONE fire trucks at fire scene, elevated master stream at fire, fire scene video, Great Lakes Naval Training Center Fire Department, Gurnee Fire Department, Lake County Quad 2 Foam Unit, Lake Forest Fire Department, Larry Shapiro, Oshkosh ARFF at fire, Pierce fire engine at fire scene, shapirophotography.net

As seen around … Berwyn

Jul 31

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Josh Boyajian spotted NIPAS EST Truck 1 the other day in Berwyn as federal and local police arrested multiple Latin King members throughout the city and suburbs.

Josh Boyajian photo

Tags: Josh Boyajian, NIPAS Emergency Services Team Truck 1, NIPAS EST, Pierce rescue squad for police team, Pierce Velocity heavy rescue unit

Still & Box Alarm fire in Chicago, 7-30-16

Jul 31

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire Scene photos | 1 Comment

This from Eric Haak:

At 4:45 on Saturday (7/30), the Main Fire Alarm Office gave the 18th Battalion a working fire response to the 1500 block of south Kostner. Engine 38 boxed the fire shortly after arrival and reported they had an exposure problem and a burn victim. I arrived with just a little fire left in the attic so the pictures are mostly of rig placement. The first couple of images are of Engine 95 stretching a line to the second floor in the rear. You can see in the third image that there was fire blowing out a couple of windows at the very front of side B, although one of the windows is not visible through the bushes. The Still & Box was struck out in about 20 minutes.