Archive for May 13th, 2018

Palatine Fire Department news

Excerpts from the Journal-Topics.com:

The Palatine Fire Department will get a new engine, command vehicle, and diving equipment after the Palatine Village Council unanimously approved the three purchases during Monday’s (April 2) council meeting.

Station 84 currently has a 2006 engine and a 2000 reserve engine. The department wants to buy a new one and move the 2006 engine into reserve service. Three companies submitted bids. While E-One submitted the lowest bid, their proposal didn’t meet several technical specifications the village asked for and the department recommended giving the contract to Pierce, the second-lowest bidder. At $606,125, the fire department will still spend less than the $644,000 the village budgeted for the purchase.

The cost of buying the new command car and making necessary modifications would add up to exactly what the village was planning to spend: $60,000.

The council also agreed to buy a service supply system for the fire department’s rescue divers. The system takes the air from the surface and supplies it to a diver through a long hose. While the divers aren’t usually expected to spend more than 10-15 minutes under water, having unlimited supply comes in handy if they get tangled up under the surface. And, if the hose fails, the divers can fall back on an emergency air tank that has 15 minutes of air. The new system will be able to accommodate six divers in total.

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Garage fire in River Forest, 5-12-18

Photos from Tim Olk of a garage fire in River Forest on Keystone 5/12/18

Firefighters fight garage fire

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Firefighters fight garage fire

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Firefighters fight garage fire

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Firefighters fight garage fire

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Firefighters fight garage fire

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Firefighters fight garage fire

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Forest Park FD Truck 403

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River Forest FD Engine 222

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Aurora Fire Museum news

Excerpts from the ChicagoTribune.com:

Charles Goodwin knew he was returning to Aurora to help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Aurora Regional Fire Museum he helped start, but the 95-year-old retired captain, who joined the fire department in 1957 and was the museum’s first curator, had no idea that part of the celebration included a ceremony renaming a room after him and his late wife Georgia.

Museum Executive Director Brian Failing announced a number of upcoming projects in honor of the museum’s 50th anniversary that included restoring the 1942 LaFrance fire engine to working condition and displaying it in the area where this ceremony was taking place. Other exhibits opening this year include a history of the building and the architect who designed it and a full encompass of the story of the Aurora Fire Department.

From the minute he entered the museum Wednesday morning, the still-spry nonegenarin was greeted by generations of firefighters, former chiefs, many community leaders, and his friends from the decades spent living and working in Aurora.

In 1966 Fire Chief Erwin Bauman asked Goodwin to start researching and archiving the history of the department so it would not be lost. Goodwin said his wife Georgia, who passed away eight years ago to the day of this ceremony, spent lots of time over at the library, sitting in a dark room reading microfilm from all the newspapers since 1836.

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Area apparatus orders

  • Carol Stream Fire Protection District; Alexis pumper with a Spartan Gladiator cab and chassis 1,500/750. Delivery in November.
  • Elk Grove Village Fire Department; Pierce Enforcer 107-foot Ascendant aerial ladder quint 2,000/500/30. Delivery inDecember.
  • Pleasantview Fire Protection District; Pierce Impel 107-foot Ascendant aerial ladder quint 1,500/500-gallon. Delivery in November.
  • Rolling Meadows; Pierce Velocity 107-foot Ascendant aerial ladder quint 1,500-gpm pump. Delivery in November.

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