Archive for March 12th, 2023

Chicago Fire Department news

Excerpts from nbcchicago.com:

After hearing emotional testimony from Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza, an Illinois House committee unanimously approved legislation Thursday that would grant Chicago police officers and firefighters full benefits if they become disabled from COVID-19.

Mendoza’s brother, a Chicago police detective who lost his kidneys due to a coronavirus infection in late 2020, was denied duty disability benefits that would have provided him with 75% of his salary and provided free health care. Instead, he was granted only ordinary benefits, which paid him 50% of his salary and no health insurance.

The City of Chicago Police Pension Board decided that Sgt. Joaquin Mendoza didn’t prove he’d gotten the disease through a particular act of duty though the board’s own doctor said he likely was infected on the job. In February 2022, the pension board voted 4-3 to deny the sergeant a duty disability pension.

According to his attorneys, the board later also rejected a duty disability pension for another officer whose lungs were damaged by the coronavirus — and least 18 other officers have similar requests pending.

Mendoza’s former boss who was an Area 5 detectives commander, had testified before the pension board that the sergeant contracted the virus on the job and deserved a duty disability. Additionally, a former chief of detectives who was a member of the police pension board during Mayor Richard M. Daley’s administration, claims that he heard from sources that “the order came down from City Hall that no one is to get a duty disability for COVID.”

The House committee voted 9-0 in favor of the measure, which goes now to the full House.

Under previous legislation, cops and firefighters who die because of COVID are presumed to have contracted the illness as a result of an act of duty, entitling them to full benefits. But that law didn’t extend to those who survive the disease.

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CFD sells surplus engine

Found at publicsurplus.com:

Current Price $1,600.00 (Reserve not met yet) Help window
Time Left 5 days 4 hours
High Bidder
 
# of Bids
Auction Started Mar 10, 2023 4:00:25 PM MST
Auction Ends Mar 17, 2023 2:30:00 PM MDT

Note: This auction might extend Help window

 

Year:  1992  
Make:  EMERGENCY ONE  
Model:  PUMPER-TeleBoom  
Mileage:  73,276 | HOURS 29,592  
VIN:  4ENDAAA85N1009836  
Running Condition:  UNKNOWN  
Engine:  DIESEL  
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NOTE: NO KEY; NEEDS REPLACEMENT TIRES, LEFT REAR CAB AND REAR COMPARTMENT DOOR LATCH, LEFT STEP, REAR HANDLES, OIL PAN AND GASKET, FRONT BUMPER, EXHAUST SYSTEM, REAR BOX TO FRAME TIE DOWN AND HANDLES, FRONT LEAF SPRINGS, REAR BRAKE HOSES,  UPHOLSTERY, FRONT AND REAR BUMPER FRAME MOUNTS; DRIVER SIDE REAR DOOR JAMMED(May be missing unidentified parts; Other items pictured are not included in auction; operating condition not known; other unidentified issues may be present).
Condition:  POOR
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Name that fire …

Can you identify this fire?

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Larry Shapiro photo

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Chicago Fire Department news

Excerpts from fox32chicago.com:

An Illinois Senate bill could help Chicago firefighters get promotions more easily and frequently by standardizing the process.

Unlike other departments statewide, Chicago’s force is exempted from the Fire Department Promotion Act, which oversees the process to ensure that is fair and free of bias.

The Chicago Firefighters Union Local 2 is in support of the bill and says the promotional exam is held irregularly, and sometimes happens only once a decade. This means some members may only get one chance at a promotion during a 20-year career.

Senate Bill 1707 passed the Senate Labor Committee Wednesday and now heads to the full Senate for consideration.

thanks Scott

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