Archive for April 6th, 2017

DU-COMM news

Excerpts from the DailyHerald.com:

DuPage Public Safety Communications (DU-COMM) has outgrown its facility in Glendale Heights and plans to create a new communications center that will occupy 33,454 square feet of renovated space and new construction at the former DuPage Juvenile Detention Facility at 420 County Farm Road in Winfield. They broke ground Monday and construction is expected to start within a few weeks and be completed by fall 2018. The plan calls for renovating existing space in the former youth home and a roughly 13,400-square-foot addition.

drawing of new communications center for DU-COMM

DuPage Public Safety Communications

The $15.87 million project is possible because of an intergovernmental agreement DU-COMM reached with the county and the DuPage Emergency Telephone System Board (ETSB).

The ETSB is contributing $4 million to the project, and DU-COMM is using $4.3 million from its cash reserves. DuPage is financing the remaining $7.5 million that DU-COMM will repay during a 25-year lease agreement with the county.

“The portion of the building that will house DU-COMM is going to be built to last,” said county board member Sean Noonan, vice chairman of the board’s public works committee. He said it will be designed to resist 250-mph winds, have added lightning protection and meet standards for the construction of storm shelters.

There are already offices in the building for the DuPage Emergency Telephone System Board and the county’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.

DU-COMM started operations on the county campus in 1975 before moving to its current location in 1995.

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Semi crash in Wheeling, 4-6-17

Wheeling firefighters spent much of the day standing by at the scene of a semi-tanker crash on the perimeter roadway around Heritage Park. The incident was assigned to 224 S. Wolf Road where the truck to a wrong turn into the park.

Wheeling fire truck with disable semi tractor

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disabled and damaged semi tractor and tanker with hazardous load

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Firefighter drags large diameter hose

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Oak Park Fire Department news

Excerpts from oak-park.us:

When a fire strikes a home, most everyone on the block knows about the it. The Oak Park Fire Department plans to harness this natural neighborhood interest and raise awareness about the importance of smoke detectors through a new program made possible by a $2,000 grant from FM Global, one of the world’s largest commercial property insurers.

As part of the new program, when a house fire occurs in Oak Park, fire department personnel will blanket surrounding homes on the block with information about the incident and reminders to check the batteries in smoke detectors. Funding from the grant also will help the fire department provide a limited number of smoke detectors free of charge.

The public education material distributed after a fire occurs will include instructions for residents in need of a smoke detector to contact the Oak Park Fire Department, which will provide and install one. Fire department personnel will track the location of smoke detectors provided through the program and follow up with regular maintenance reminders.

Residents interested in acquiring a smoke detector from the Oak Park Fire Department can contact the department’s public education division at 708.358.5600 or fireprevention@oak-park.us.

Because fire continues to be the leading cause of property damage worldwide, during the past 40 years FM Global has contributed millions of dollars in fire prevention grants to fire service organizations around the globe. Locally, the company has awarded grants to a number of Illinois-based organizations.

To learn more about FM Global’s Fire Prevention Grant Program, or to apply for a grant, visit www.fmglobal.com/grants.

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New aerial for Schiller Park (more)

Updated production photos from E-ONE of the new aerial ladder for Schiller Park so#140906

fire truck being built

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fire truck being built

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fire truck being built

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