Archive for July 13th, 2018

Chicago Fire Department news

Excerpts from the ChicagoSunTimes.com:

A $156,360-a-year deputy district chief has been demoted and faces a lengthy suspension along with a paramedic-in-charge for their participation in, yet another timekeeping scam in the Chicago Fire Department.

Sources identified the demoted deputy district chief as Edgar Ignacio Silvestrini, who was in charge of the fire department’s emergency medical services section. He is accused of looking the other way while the paramedic-in-charge under his command left early with regularity to attend medical education classes on city time without clocking out appropriately.

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Chicago Fire Department news

Excerpts from the ChicagoTribune.com:

A Chicago Fire Department paramedic was injured Thursday afternoon when a man threw a brick at an ambulance about 12:45 p.m. near the intersection of 65th Place and Stony Island Avenue.

The ambulance was on its way to a call when a man hurled a brick through a window. There was no patient in the ambulance.

The ambulance was staffed by a commander and a paramedic candidate. It’s not clear which was injured. Both were taken by another ambulance to the hospital to be evaluated. One had minor cuts.

It’s not clear what prompted the man to throw a brick at the ambulance. He’s not in custody.

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2-Alarm fire in Streamwood, 7-12-18

Streamwood Fire Department went to a 2nd Alarm for a house fire yesterday (7/12/18) at 304 Huntington Drive.

aftermath of house fire

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aftermath of house fire

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Firefighters render aid to a dog rescued from a house fire

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Firefighters render aid to a dog rescued from a house fire

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Working fire in Lincolnshire, 7-11-18

The Lincolnshire-Riverwoods FPD and automatic aid companies were sent to 600 Knightsbridge Parkway Thursday morning (7/12/18) for a fire. Units arrived to heavy smoke from a trash compactor and the response was upgraded to a working fire.

Firefighters at the scene of a trash compactor fire

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Countryside FPD ladder tower

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Mundelein FD fire truck

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Firefighters at the scene of a trash compactor fire

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Firefighters at the scene of a trash compactor fire

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Firefighters at the scene of a trash compactor fire

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