Archive for May 17th, 2018

Springfield Fire Department news

Excerpts from newschannle20.com:

During Fiscal Year 2018, Springfield city employees were paid $6.5 million in overtime pay. That’s an increase of over $1 million from 2017.

Of the FY 2018 overtime, $2.6 million came out of the city’s corporate fund, which is their general fund. The city is currently facing a $2.5 million structural deficit in that corporate fund.

In FY 2018, the Springfield Police Department paid out $1.6 million in overtime. Much of that was budgeted to cover items guaranteed in union contracts. To cut costs, the department is delaying hiring a new class of officers until January.

The Springfield Fire Department paid about $650,000 worth of overtime in FY 2018. Again, union contracts drove much of that. “Most of our overtime line, actually almost half, is really just budgeted holiday pay,” Springfield Fire Chief Allen Reyne said.

The state taking more tax dollars from the city, rising police and fire pension costs and less sales tax dollars coming in are also contributing to the deficit.

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Vintage news clippings

This from Drew Smith for #TBT:

Found this in old files.

vintage news clipping from the north suburbs

vintage news clipping from the north suburbs

vintage news clipping from the north suburbs

vintage news clipping from the north suburbs

click on each clipping for a larger file

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Evergreen Park FD history

From Bill Friedrich for #TBT

Evergreen Park Truck 32 – 1956 Pirsch 750/250 65′ mid-mount aerial

1956 Pirsch 65' mid-mount aerial quint

Evergreen Park Truck 32 – 1956 Pirsch 750/250 65′ mid-mount aerial. Bill Friedich photo

1956 Pirsch 65' mid-mount aerial quint

Evergreen Park Truck 32 – 1956 Pirsch 750/250 65′ mid-mount aerial. Bill Friedrich photo

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Aurora Fire Department news

This from Dave Weaver:

5/16/18 AURORA – Aurora Fire Dept. Medic 1 Involved in T-Bone Crash with Minivan, 9 Injured, Mostly Children Galena Blvd. and West St. – Video by Dave Weaver

 

Excerpts from the ChicagoTribune.com:

At least 11 people were taken to area hospitals Wednesday afternoon after a minivan and an Aurora Fire Department ambulance collided at Galena Boulevard and West Street.

Aurora police said the ambulance, which had a patient inside, had its lights and sirens activated and was heading west on Galena. It T-boned the minivan, which was traveling south on West.

In the minivan along with the driver was a 27-year-old female passenger, 1-year-old twin boys, and other children 4, 6, 12, and 13 years old. One of the 1-year-old boys and the 12-year-old are being transferred to a Chicago hospital for serious head wounds.

The two Aurora Fire Department paramedics and the patient in the ambulance were treated for non-life threatening injuries.

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