From the Merrionette Park Fire Department Facebook page:
For Immediate Release
May 20, 2021
The Merrionette Park Fire Department is pleased announce on May 20, 2021 at 7:00am, we upgraded our ambulance to Advanced Life Support. We will now have certified paramedics on shift twenty-four hours a day. This was a collaborative effort to enhance our services to the residents. I would like to thank Mayor Jose Nevarez and the Village Board of Trustees for their support of this program.
The Merrionette Park Fire Department started providing fire-based emergency medical services at a basic life support level in 1967 under Fire Chief Fred Eggert. In the last fifty-four years the Merrionette Park Fire Department has saved countless lives under the Basic Life Support System. Moving forward we will now be able to manage patients using advanced cardiac and respiratory techniques. We will also be able to administrate life saving medication and more efficiently manage the overall care of the patient. We look forward to serving our residents and neighbors with this new upgraded service.
Thomas J. Wendt
Fire Chief
Village of Merrionette Park
Merrionette Park FD photo
#1 by cmk420 on May 24, 2021 - 6:44 PM
Garden Homes has their own ambulance; from what I understand, it is only BLS; however, they do respond to their own calls. Merrionette Park & Garden Homes run together on a lot of calls, from what I have heard on the scanner, in either’s jurisdiction. I don’t know if their new paramedics are just single role or if they are FF/PM. Someone with a lot more knowledge of the situation might be able to answer this better.
#2 by Mike Mc on May 23, 2021 - 10:47 PM
Please forgive the unintended hostile tone. Just curious as to how this is going to work.
#3 by mike mc on May 23, 2021 - 7:14 PM
Are they FF/paramedics, just paramedics, or a some of each? Are some of them also members of the MPVFD? Will the have bunker gear and SCBA? If there is a fire, what’s the plan? They could be first on the scene for several minutes. If directed to do nothing until other companies arrive, and some of them are FF’s, does anyone really believe that’s what they will do, even if they are forbidden to have bunker gear with them? Will they respond into Garden Homes on ems runs? If not, are they really going to sit in quarters while someone has a heart attack or a child is choking only blocks from the fire station and they can tell by listening to the radio that help may be several minutes away? I trust these questions have been raised and dealt with.
#4 by Michael m on May 21, 2021 - 10:25 AM
That’s great news for the MPFD! Love the stripe!
#5 by Rob on May 21, 2021 - 9:23 AM
Any plans in replacing the 1997 Ihc/KME Engine?
#6 by Mike hellmuth on May 20, 2021 - 8:31 PM
Great job to the hero’s at MPFD!!!!!!!!!
#7 by Tim on May 20, 2021 - 7:49 PM
That’s awesome1 Good for you guys! Cool stripe too.
#8 by Wayne on May 20, 2021 - 6:18 PM
They renumbered 2682. In MABAS 22’s numbering system the 3rd digit indicates the level of care provided by the ambulance. 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 are BLS ambulances. 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 are ALS ambulances. So 2682 and 2662 were BLS, they renumbered this and the white ambulance to 2602 and 2612.
#9 by Chicagoland fire photos on May 20, 2021 - 4:43 PM
Is this just a renumbering of 2682 or did they buy the second ambulance from Lombard that they were planning to get