This from Mike Summa for #TBT:
For TBT-This was the Robbins Fire Dept.’s Engine 2943, a 1973 Seagrave 1250/500 (X York Center)Mike Summa
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Archive for April, 2022
This from Mark Nixon:
Warrensburg, IL Fire Protection District had a 2nd alarm structure fire on Monday that completely destroyed an entire apartment complex of 12 units.
What some of you may not know is that this is/was also the residence of Warrensburg Fire Department’s Assistant Chief Lloyd Buckley.
Asst. Chief Buckley has served the Warrensburg and surrounding communities in the fire service for well over 20 years. He is the LAST person to ask for help and has purposefully been excluded off of this specific email.
His family has set up a GoFundMe account to help him out. He lost absolutely everything except for his private vehicle, which was at the firehouse while he responded from work to the Monday morning alarm.
Here is the link for Ass’t Chief Lloyd Buckley’s GoFundMe page
Thank you,
Mark Nixon, Asst. Chief
Harristown FPD
New engine for Hampshire FPD
Apr 27
From Tyler Tobolt:
New Hampshire Engine 1411 – 2022 Pierce Enforcer PUC 1500/1000
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thanks Martin
Excerpts from nbcchicago.com:
A man has been charged with stealing a Chicago Fire Department ambulance Monday in the Chinatown neighborhood and leading police on a chase that lasted more than two hours.
According to police, Benjamin K. Herrington, 46, entered the ambulance around 4:40 p.m. as it sat empty, parked on the street outside a fire station in the 200 block of West Cermak Road.
Herrington then allegedly took the ambulance on a more than 70-mile ride before being taken into custody in a dramatic pursuit that lasted nearly two hours and shut down both sides of Interstate 55 in Livingston County.
Illinois State Police remained in pursuit of the vehicle before it blew a tire and ultimately was stopped just short of exit 217 in Dwight.
Herrington, from Chicago, was charged with fleeing from police, resisting arrest and possession of a stolen vehicle, Illinois State Police said.
He was treated at a hospital and taken to Grundy County Jail, where’s he’s awaiting transfer to Cook County. Chicago police are the lead investigating agency.
thanks Rob
Excerpts from abc7chicago.com:
The Greater Round Lake Fire Protection District was dispatched to the 100 block of West Providence Lane in Round Lake for a report of a structure fire at 9:48 a.m. on Saturday morning after a neighbor saw dark colored smoke coming from the roof.
Firefighters entered the structure, a two-story duplex residence, and found a female occupant on the second floor. She was transported to Advocate Condell Medical Center, where she later died. Two dogs were rescued from the residence and one survived.
The fire appeared to originate on the first floor in the kitchen area. The Greater Round Lake Fire Prevention Bureau, in conjunction with the Round Lake Police Department and the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal, is investigating the cause of the fire.
Excerpts from wcia.com:
After a four-year pause, the Mattoon Fire Department is once again running an ambulance service as ambulances were placed back in service at 7 a.m. on Wednesday. The City of Mattoon originally took the service away to save money, but in November, the fire department won a legal challenge that forced the city to reinstate the service.
The department will run ambulance calls in a rotation with a private service. Mattoon Fire Captain Bart Owen said it will help bring more money to the department.
“It offsets the cost of the fire department for the city. So we provide a service with the same amount of employees,” Owen said. “There is a little bit of cost with the purchase of ambulances and stuff but for the money they generate, it offsets those costs.”
The department used to hire firefighters on as EMTs and train them to be paramedics. Now the city is requiring new firefighters to be certified paramedics when they join the team.
From the Foster Coach Sales website:
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thanks Martin
From Crossroads Ambulance Sales and Service, LLC on Facebook
Another Medwerks Ambulance Remount opportunity from Alexis Fire Equipment Company! This time it’s a Hazel Crest Fire & Rescue unit getting the full treatment. Thank you!
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Chicago FD ambulance stolen
Apr 25
Excerpts from wgntv.com:
At around 4:40 p.m., police said a CFD ambulance was stolen by an unknown man in the 200 block of West Cermak. Police said the ambulance was parked on the street and there was no patient inside.
SkyCam9 observed the stolen ambulance driving on the outbound Stevenson at speeds up to 80 miles per hour. At around 5:55 p.m., the left rear wheel was blown out. The driver was taken into custody near Dwight, Illinois.
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