This from Tyler Tobolt:
Algonquin – LITH FPD responded to a working fire in a two-story house that was currently under construction around 10am on 3/28/23 at 517 N Harrison Street. Algonquin-LITH, Crystal Lake & Huntley assisted on scene with Fox River Grove, Cary and Barrington Countryside at change of quarters.
Tyler Tobolt photo
Tyler Tobolt photo
Tyler Tobolt photo
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This from Tyler Tobolt:
Here are a few photos of the Algonquin 2nd alarm on 12/3/20 at 81 Riverdale Drive East
This from Tyler Tobolt:
Algonquin – LITH responded at 1030pm on the 29th for a house fire and arrived with the whole rear engulfed in flames and fire through the roof.Around 430am they were called back for fire through the roof again. More photos located here.
Tyler Tobolt photo
Tyler Tobolt photo
Tyler Tobolt photo
Tyler Tobolt photo
On Wednesday, July 29, 2020, at 10:23 p.m. the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District was dispatched for a structure fire at 910 Applewood Lane, in Algonquin. First crews arrived on the scene at 10:27 p.m. and found a two-story, single-family home with heavy fire coming from the rear exterior. Crews initiated an aggressive attack and the fire was under control at 10:42 p.m. Firefighters were informed by neighbors that the house was unoccupied and under renovation. No firefighters or civilians were injured.
The Algonquin – Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District was aided by the Algonquin Police Department, Cary Fire Protection District, Huntley Fire Protection District, Crystal Lake Fire Department, and Fox River Grove Fire Protection District.
The cause of the fire is currently being investigated. A damage estimate is not yet available.
Excerpts from the nwherald.com:
John Paul Kilanski, a firefighter/paramedic with the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District who died unexpectedly at his home over the weekend, is expected to received full honors for his public service and military experience. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army Reserves, where he served as a sergeant overseas during Operation Iraqi Freedom for 435 days in the 300th Military Police Unit.
The visitation will be from 2 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Willow Funeral Home, 1415 Algonquin Road. At 6 p.m. Sunday, uniformed military personnel and firefighters will hold a walk-through.
The funeral will begin at 11 a.m. Monday, and Kilanski will receive full fire department and military honors, said Kilanski’s brother, James Kilanski.
About 10:15 a.m., John Paul Kilanski’s casket will be loaded onto a fire engine, which will pass by Algonquin fire stations 1 and 3 before arriving at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church, 111 S. Hubbard St. in Algonquin.
A GoFundMe page, www.gofundme.com/honoring-johnpaul-kilanski, has been set up. The community has raised more than $3,000 to help with funeral expenses and his three children.
Excerpts from the nw-herald.com:
A 16-year veteran of the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District, Firefighter/Paramedic John-Paul Kilanski, 38, of Algonquin unexpectedly died Sunday while off-duty.
Family members are awaiting a coroner’s report. Kilanski leaves behind his wife, Jennifer, and sons Hunter, 8, Gunnar, 6, and Cannon, 4. He was a U.S. Army veteran having served overseas during Operation Iraqi Freedom. He also served as drill captain with the Associated Fire Fighters of Illinois Honor Guard and was a member of the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills department’s technical rescue team.
The visitation will be held from 2 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Willow Funeral Home, 1415 Algonquin Road, Algonquin, with a fireman’s walkthrough at 6 p.m. The funeral Mass is set for 11 a.m. Monday at St. Margaret Mary Church, 111 S. Hubbard St., Algonquin.
Photos from Steve Redick of apparatus at the scene of a house fire at 4005 Illinois Street in Crystal Lake within the Nunda Rural FPD 4/14/17. A Box Alarm for tenders was called to provide a water supply.
Steve Redick photo
Steve Redick photo
Steve Redick photo
Steve Redick photo
Steve Redick photo
Steve Redick photo
Steve Redick photo
Steve Redick photo
Steve Redick photo
Steve Redick photo
Steve Redick photo
Steve Redick photo
Steve Redick photo
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Excerpts from Mysuburbanlife.com:
To be proactive in training for [live-shooter] situations, about 150 members of the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District and the Algonquin and Lake in the Hills police departments participated in rescue task force training throughout the past week. It was the first time the three agencies from bordering communities trained together on such a large scale.
The training sessions took place over three days at the former Duralife building in Algonquin, and included classroom activities as well as practical training on equipment use, moving through the building where a threat has been located, and carrying wounded victims to safety. Owners donated the use of the building for training.
The relatively new technique practiced is called rapid deployment, where small groups of police officers and firefighters will enter an active scene, such as a school shooting, before the scene has been completely secured.
“Typically a fire department would stage, wait a bit away from the scene, until police were able to secure it and make it 100 percent safe for firefighter personnel,” Lake in the Hills Police Sgt. Lloyd Howen said. “Well, people are dying. People that can survive … need medical care right away.”
“Our whole mission of the rescue task force is to save as many lives as possible and get medical treatment to innocent victims as quickly as we can,” Howen said.
Typically, a rescue task force includes about two police officers and two firefighter/paramedics entering an active violence scene together. Police officers provide security while paramedics take care of the injured.
But working in groups requires the agencies to share their language and expertise with each other, which is where the training is important.
The fire department received a grant to help buy four ballistic vests and helmets for firefighters and police invested in medical equipment including portable transport units to carry wounded people from a scene.
This from Doug Hoyt:
Following up on the Alsip front-mount “bumper pumpers”, here are a few photos of some more Division 2 rigs from the early / mid 80’s. Algonquin-Lake In the Hills Tanker 174, a Pierce/International. Not sure of the year, but I’m reasonably sure the pump is a 750 gpm and the tank is a 3000 gal. I’ve also included a close-up of that pump. Thanks for the chance to share these!
Doug Hoyt…
Doug Hoyt photo
Algonquin-Lake In the Hills Tanker 174, a Pierce/International. Doug Hoyt photo
Excerpts from mysuburbanlife.com:
The Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District can start restoring services that have been cut and setting aside funds for long-term needs after an emergency and rescue tax was passed Tuesday, Fire Chief Peter Van Dorpe said. About 7,790 voters – or 54 percent – voted yes, and 6,593 voters – or 46 percent – voted no, according to unofficial results. The district, which serves about 40,000 residents in Algonquin and Lake in the Hills, is expecting the tax to generate about $800,000 a year.
The 0.1 percent tax will add about $65 on the property tax bill of the owner of a $200,000 house. District voters rejected the same referendum in the March primary by a margin of 53 percent to 47 percent.
About half of the funds gained from the tax are expected to go toward the department’s vehicle replacement fund. The department also plans on putting an ambulance back in service that has been out of commission for about two years, taking care of deferred building repairs, waiving fees insurance won’t cover for patients being transported to the hospital and planning to set aside money for a dive team.
Some residents have questioned why the district needed the tax when it had a little less than $200,000 surplus in fiscal 2016, Van Dorpe said.
He said the district’s 2016 budget was prepared before the March referendum results were in, and the department anticipated it would get the money needed to make repairs at its stations. When the referendum did not pass, the projects were deferred, so the money set aside for them never was used, he said. The surplus also did not provide enough funds for long-term planning, he said.
Algonquin-Lake in the Hills FPD photo
Excerpts from the NWHerald.com:
Two bikes, worth about $1,300 each, were donated to the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District by Lake in the Hills American Legion Post 1231, said Matt Berg, president of Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Firefighters Local 3985.
The bikes will be manned by off-duty personnel hired to staff community events, such as the Algonquin Founders’ Days parade or Lake in the Hills Triathlon and are equipped with medical supplies, including a defibrillator, oxygen, IV and bandaging for traumatic injures.
The department realized paramedic bikes would be an asset when it borrowed one from the Algonquin police to use at the Founders’ Days parade. Berg, who rode the bike, said he treated about a dozen patients during the event. He said this is the only fire department in the area to implement the program.
The bikes also allow the public to interact easier with paramedics, and they give residents the ability to have a closer look at who paramedics are and what they do.
Training for about 12 paramedics who are interested in using the bikes will start in the spring,
thanks Dan
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