Archive for August 15th, 2017

Sycamore Fire Department news

Excerpts from the daily-chronicle.com:

The Sycamore Fire Department will use a $135,228 federal grant to buy a mobile fire training prop and replacements for decades-old fire fighting equipment.

The Department of Homeland Security’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant program is covering 95 percent of the estimated cost for the gear, while the city of Sycamore will pay the remaining cost of about $6,761.

The mobile training prop includes a 12-by-20-foot roofing platform mounted on a 23-foot trailer, forcible entry door props, and an overhead door-cutting station.

New equipment will include a breathing air compressor, fill station and cascade system to replace the current 20-year-old unit.

The department also will buy replacements for an attack hose that’s more than 20 years old and a supply hose that’s more than 14 years old.

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Box alarm fire in Schaumburg, 8-12-17 (more)

Excerpts from the DailyHerald.com:

No one was injured in a blaze in the 200 block of Oak Knolls Court in Schaumburg that started around 3 a.m. Saturday, but flames quickly spread through other’s garages, lighting up vehicles and then flitting upward. Five vehicles burned. The building was left uninhabitable.

The four units in the townhouse building were badly damaged, while a firewall prevented the fire from spreading to another four units, which sustained only smoke damage.

“When the first units arrived, it was completely involved in fire. Then it started spreading up the outside walls into the eaves and attic,” Schaumburg Fire Capt. John Steele said. 

Smoke detectors were working and alerted residents of the two-story wood structure. Fire departments from nine different towns assisted.

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New ambulance for Highland Park

From the FosterCoachSales Facebook page:

Brand new custom Horton conversion on a Ford F450 chassis.

Highland Park FD Ambulance 32

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Highland Park FD Ambulance 32

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Highland Park FD Ambulance 32

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Highland Park FD Ambulance 32

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interior of new ambulance

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Gary Fire Department news

This from Dennis McGuire, Jr.:

Remains of Gary, Indiana Engine 1, 2000 Ferrara after a fire destroyed city garage at 9th and Jackson a few days ago. From Facebook