Caught roselle engine 65 on a tow today. Have no idea where she is headed.
Tim
Archive for May, 2022
As seen around … Roselle
May 5
This from Mike Summa for #TBT:
For TBT-This was the Mokena FPD.’s Squad 1514, a 1975 Ford F/Pierce Rescue.Mike Summa
Mike Summa photo
Excerpts from wifr.com:
The City of Belvidere announced Captain Shawn Schadle as the next chief of the Belvidere Fire Department.
Chief Schadle will be sworn in at 10 a.m. Monday, May 16 at the Belvidere Community Building. The community is invited to join for the ceremony.
Schadle will succeed Chief Al Hyser as the 15th appointed fire chief in the department’s 136 year history.
The new chief started his career at the Belvidere Fire Department in June 2006, since rising through the ranks of lieutenant in 2015, to his current position of captain in 2018.
Schadle holds a master’s in business administration and finance from the University of Nebraska, a bachelor’s from Illinois Wesleyan University and is a certified Chief Fire Officer with the Office of the State Fire Marshall. During his time at the Belvidere Fire Department Captain Schadle has worked on many committees and projects for the betterment of the department, the safety of its members and to further provide excellent service to the citizens of Belvidere and those that visit here
Excerpts from foxillinois.com:
The Urbana mayor intends to appoint Kent “Demond” Dade to serve as the next fire chief for the Urbana Fire Department. Dade has served as the deputy fire chief since 2021. He will take over the duties of Fire Chief Charles Lauss, who retires on May 5.
Dade was previously with the City of Quincy Fire Department for more than 20 years, where he was promoted to Deputy Chief of Administration in 2019. He has also been an instructor at the Illinois Fire Service Institute (IFSI) for the past four years and is an Illinois Firefighting Medal of Honor Committee member, which is a position appointed by the Governor of Illinois.
In 2021 the Urbana Fire Department added the position of deputy fire chief to its leadership and Battalion Chief Kyle Hensch will be appointed to the vacancy left by Dade.
Hensch began working with the City of Urbana in 1998. He started as a firefighter and moved through the ranks of company officer/ lieutenant (2006 – 2013) and captain (2013 – 2014), before he was promoted to division chief in 2014. He currently serves as a battalion chief managing day-to-day shift operations, He is a licensed EMT-I, and holds a number of certifications related to fire service.
Excerpts from Fox32chicago.com:
A firefighter was injured as several homes and a car caught fire in two separate blazes Sunday night in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, prompting an arson investigation.
The first fire was reported around 8:52 p.m. at an apartment in the 4500 block of South Wood Street. Police said an accelerant was used to start the fire and it is being investigated as arson. No one was injured but two people were displaced.
Roughly an hour later, a two-alarm fire was reported at three homes and a vehicle in the 4300 block of South Honore Street. A firefighter suffered a minor injury and was taken to a local hospital, officials said. Fifteen residents were displaced.
The Chicago Fire Department has not said if they believe the two fires are connected.
2 11 4320 Honore now struck out. Three buildings and one automobile. 7 pic.twitter.com/SQJgjJxpRs
— Chicago Fire Media (@CFDMedia) May 2, 2022
2 11. For three buildings on fire 4300 block of Honore. pic.twitter.com/lt0do6bJca
— Chicago Fire Media (@CFDMedia) May 2, 2022
thanks Martin
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Excerpts from abc7chicago.com:
A 3-year-old girl who in an apartment fire Saturday morning in Bronzeville on the South Side, has been identified as Story I. Chamba. She died of burns and smoke inhalation after being pulled from the flames.
The cause of the fire has been ruled to be incendiary, possibly caused by cooking on the stove.
The 3-year-old and her 13-year-old brother were home alone when the fire broke out early Saturday morning in the 600-block of East 43rd Street.
Officials said the children’s mother had been at work and was returning home as the fire department arrived, and found flames shooting out of the second-floor apartment.
A third-floor resident woke up to the sound of fire alarms and the smell of smoke.
Firefighters beat back the flames and were able to force their way into the building in an effort to rescue anyone still inside. The little girl was rushed to a nearby hospital in critical condition but later died from her injuries. Her brother was not hurt.
Because someone died in the fire, firefighters returned to the neighborhood later in the afternoon to pass out smoke detectors and fire safety information.
No one else was hurt in the fire, probably because there were working smoke detectors inside the building at the time, officials said.
This from Larry Shapiro:
electric fire trucks at FDIC 2022
Larry Shapiro photo
Larry Shapiro photo
Larry Shapiro photo
Larry Shapiro photo
Larry Shapiro photo
Larry Shapiro photo
