Archive for category Apparatus on-scene

Small plane slides off the runway at Chicago Executive Airport 4-2-20

Apr 3

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Wheeling and Prospect Heights firefighters and police were dispatched for a reported plane crash just before 7PM Thursday evening (4/2/20) at the Chicago Executive Airport. Units were advised by the tower that a small plane with one soul on board had landed but was resting in roughly two feet of water in a drainage ditch alongside the runway. Wheeling Battalion 24 found the pilot in good condition inside the plane and no hazards. Only units from the still district were held at the scene and all others were held up. The pilot self extricated from the plane and signs a medical release form at the scene. One fire company remained on the scene as a wrecker arrived to remove the plane, a Cessna Skyhawk, from the ditch.

Cessna Skyhawk in ditch alongside runway

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Wheeling police units on the runway at Chicago Executive Airport

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Rosenbauer America IHC/Timberwolf on airport runway

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Rosenbauer America IHC/Timberwolf in Wheeling

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Working fire in Winnetka, 3-20-20

Mar 21

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This from Max Weingardt:

Winnetka working Fire last night at 811 Elm

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Tags: Glencoe FD Engine 30, Glenview FD Truck 14, Highland Park FD Ambulance 32, Highland Park FD Engine 32, Max Weingardt, Northfield FD Squad 29, Winnetka FD Engine 28, Winnetka Fire Department

Apartment fire in Arlington Heights, 3-4-20

Mar 5

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Excerpts from fox32chicago.com:

One person was hospitalized with injuries that were not life-threatening after a fire Wednesday in Arlington Heights that started about 11:15 p.m. at 16 East Northwest Highway. At least one other person was rescued from the building.

This from Max Weingardt:

Arlington Heights code 4 at 16 E Northwest Hwy

apartment building fire at 16 E Northwest Hwy

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House fire in Park Ridge, 2-25-20

Feb 26

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This from Steve Redick:

Took this job in Tuesday afternoon. I arrived about 10 minutes in and it was all but over. It appears they had quite a volume of fire but were able to knock it down very quickly. If you notice the Niles engine and tower ladder were set up for master stream operations but not used. The first-in Park Ridge quint was heavily damaged in a previous fire and I believe the ladder is out of service. I think it’s running without the aerial being used.

Steve

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Working fire in Chicago, 2-23-20

Feb 25

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This from Tim Olk:

Chicago Fire Department Working Fire at 1320 N Pine, 2/23/20

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Multi-vehicle crash in Buffalo Grove 2-19-20

Feb 23

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Buffalo Grove police officers and firefighters were sent to Dundee Road and Golfview Terrace Wednesday evening (2/19/20) during rush hour for a multi-vehicle crash with extrication. Units arrived to find three cars with moderate to heavy damage but no entrapment. Paramedics from Buffalo Grove and Arlington Heights evaluated the drivers of ll three cars but no transports were made.

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Buffalo Grove Firefighters at crash scene

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Working fire in Northfield, 2-21-20

Feb 22

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Northfield firefighters were called to 2132 Middlefork Rd on Friday for fire in a house being renovated. First arriving units had fire on the wood-shingle roof.

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Apartment fire in Deerfield, 2-4-20

Feb 5

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Deerfield-Bannockburn firefighters were called to 401 Kelburn Road around noon on Tuesday (2/4/20) for more in the building. Engine 20 arrived and reported a fire in a 2nd floor apartment. They pulled a line to attack the fire which was held in check and extinguished with the help of the building’s sprinkler system. Mutual and automatic aid units were held up shortly after being dispatched.