Archive for March 28th, 2017

Man dies after electrocution in Addison, 3-28-17

Mar 28

Posted by Admin in Rescue scene photos, Technical Rescue | 3 Comments

This from John Tulipano:

Firefighters from Addison and Lombard worked to free a victim who was trapped in a tree after being electrocuted in the area of Villa Avenue and Myrick today (3/28/17).

John Tulipano

Excerpts from abc7Chicago.com:

A 51-year-old man died and another was critically injured Tuesday afternoon after they were shocked by power lines while trimming trees in an Addison backyard.

Jose Fulgencio-Hueramo, of Melrose Park, was pronounced shortly before noon at Glen Oaks Hospital in Glendale Heights.

At about 11 a.m., Fulgencio-Hueramo and another person were cutting limbs in a backyard near Villa Avenue and Myrick Avenue in Addison where both individuals made contact with the power lines.

One person was thrown from the ladder adjacent to the tree and landed on the ground. The second person was secured in the tree. When ComEd turned off power to the lines, firefighters got them down from the tree. One was airlifted to Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove.

“They were able to cut the power to the power lines, and at that point firefighters from Lombard and Addison went up there and were able to extricate the gentleman from the tree at that time,” said Joe Leone, the Addison fire chief.

Police said the victims appear to not be with a private tree-cutting service.

It was immediately unclear how the individuals got tangled in the power lines.

firefighters remove stokes basket from fire truck

John Tulipano photo

John Tulipano photo

firefighters remove patient in tower ladder platform

John Tulipano photo

firefighter cuts vegetation along wooden fence

John Tulipano photo

John Tulipano photo

Tags: Addison Fire Department, John Tulipano, Jose Fulgencio-Hueramo, Lombard Fire Department, Superior Air Med, Superior medevac, tree trimmers electrocuted in Addison, worker dies after being electrocuted while trimming trees

Harlem Roscoe Fire Protection District news

Mar 28

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Excerpts from wifr.com:

A Roscoe family gets the surprise of a lifetime from their local fire department. While the family thought firefighters were responding to an emergency nearby, firefighters were really there to deliver some cash.

Every year, the Harlem-Roscoe Firefighter’s Association awards an area high school senior with $10,000 for their college education. This year’s winner is Hsing-Hao Louh. He was picked out of 30 applicants. All were required to fill out an application, submit a resume and several letters of recommendation before undergoing an interview process with the association’s board.

“It’s really exciting,” says Louh. “It feels great. It’s a huge privilege and they’ve provided me a great opportunity to continue my education to the best of my abilities and I’ll definitely study for myself, my future and them as well.”

Louh may attend Georgia Institute of Technology but is still waiting to hear from Duke and Berkeley. He wants to study bio-medical engineering.

thanks Dan

Tags: fire district awards scholarship, Harlem-Roscoe Firefighter's Association, Hsing-Hao Louh

Car fire in Buffalo Grove, 3-27-17

Mar 28

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This from Larry Shapiro:

Here is a quick video and some photos of Buffalo Grove firefighters hitting a car fire on Harvard Lane 3/27/17.

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

Tags: Buffalo Grove Fire Department, car destroyed by fire, car fire, car fire video, Larry Shapiro, shapirophotography.net

Still & Box Alarm fire in Chicago, 3-26-17 (more)

Mar 28

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire Scene photos | 2 Comments

This from Steve Redick:

Sunday evening, a massive industrial complex vacant and in disrepair. A rubbish type fire deep in the building produced smoke conditions that made interior operations very dangerous. This job took a few hours and required the use of search lines as well as TICs. Not much to see from the outside but some varying smoke conditions.