Archive for August 29th, 2018

St Charles Fire Department news

Excerpts from the DailyHerald.com:

The St. Charles Fire Department has retained Accredited Agency status with the Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI) for once again meeting the criteria established through the CFAI’s voluntary self-assessment and accreditation program.

The St. Charles Fire Department is one of only 250 agencies to achieve Internationally Accredited Agency status with the CFAI and the Center for Public Safety Excellence Inc. The department was first accredited in 2013.

CFAI is dedicated to assisting fire and emergency service agencies throughout the world achieve excellence through self-assessment and accreditation to continually improve and enhance services to their communities.

The CFAI process is voluntary, and provides an agency with an improvement model to assess its service delivery and performance internally. The agency then works with a team of peers from other agencies to evaluate its completed self-assessment.

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New engine for the Beach Park FD

Production photos of a new engine being built for the Beach Park FD at E-ONE so 142121

Fire engine being built for the Beach Park FD by E-ONE so 142121

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Fire engine being built for the Beach Park FD by E-ONE so 142121

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Fire engine being built for the Beach Park FD by E-ONE so 142121

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New ambulance for Leyden Fire Protection District (more)

From the Fire Service, Inc. Facebook page:

Congratulations to Chief Kory Ryan, and EMSC Josh Hintz and the Leyden Fire Protection District, IL on taking delivery of their new 2018 Wheeled Coach Type III ambulance. This is their second Wheeled Coach Type III. Leyden has duplicated the previous based upon the last 5 years of durability the Wheeled Coach has provided them.
This unit has the Cool Bar HVAC system, Whelen LED warning and interior lighting and interior accommodations designed for their operational efficiency.
We look forward to our continued relationship with Leyden and are grateful for their continued business.

Leyden Township Fire District Medic 130

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new ambulance interior

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Leyden Township Fire District Medic 130

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Leyden Township Fire District Medic 130

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Fatal 2-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, 8-26-18 (more)

Excerpts from CLTV.com:

Officials said a ninth child has died after a fire in Little Village on Sunday, as investigators try to determine a cause for the fire that happened around 4 a.m. Sunday during a sleepover in a second-floor unit of a coach house in the 2200 block of South Sacramento Avenue, where older siblings were watching over the younger ones.

The children killed ranged in ages from 3 months to 16 years old. Three of the victims have been identified as Ariel Garcia, 5, Xavier Contreras, 11, and Nathan Contreras, 13. Cesar Contreras, 14, was identified as the ninth victim.

Chicago’s Bomb and Arson Squad, the Office of Fire Investigations and the ATF are looking into the cause and have ruled out electrical and will most likely rule out arson. Officials are looking at fireworks remains that were on the back porch and smoking material including cigarettes. The building failed four of seven inspections in the last three years.

On Monday, firefighters handed out smoke detectors for free to everyone on the block where the tragedy happened.

“When we lose one life, its too many lives,” said Chicago Fire Department Deputy Chief Annette Nance Holt. “So today, it’s even more critical because we lost eight people to a fire and that’s unheard of in the city of Chicago. We haven’t lost this many people, I can’t even count back to when we lost this many lives, and these are young people.”

A memorial for the children with crosses, stuffed animals and balloons is growing  near the scene of the tragedy. A GoFundMe has been set-up to help the family cover burial costs.

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