Oct 26
From legacy fire apparatus Facebook:
Another Cicero pumper! Congratulations to the Town of Cicero Fire Department on the purchase of their 2nd Sutphen pumper. Thank you for your trust in Sutphen and in Legacy. Demo 531, initially.
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Excerpts from abc7chicago.com:
A fire broke out after midnight in the 3100-block of South 53rd Street in Cicero on Monday. An 82-year-old woman was rescued from the fire, but a 62-year-old man believed to be her son died in the fire.
The victim was watching TV in the front room and officials said it appears the fire started in the basement right under that room. The man has been identified to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office as Dale Forst.
The family has five cats, with three of them accounted for and two still missing. The cause of the fire is under investigation but is believed to be accidental, possibly involving a candle.
This from Chi-Town Fire Photos:
Last night, Cicero received numerous calls for a structure fire @ 35th Street & 55th Ct. Cicero Engine 3, which is stationed two blocks from this, arrived to find heavy fire showing from the rear of a 2.5-sty, wood frame, with a garage and a coach house going also. Chief F12 boxed it on arrival. Engine 3 led out 3 lines right away, while Engine 1 led out a 2.5″ to the alley and knocked the main bulk of the fire. Stickney & Lyons engines dropped 2.5” lines into the gangways to protect the exposures. In all, there were 6 lines working and Truck 1’s aerial master stream. Addresses affected were 3501, 3503, & 3505 S 55th Court. Crews made a great stop to what was an already well advanced fire.
Chi-Town Fire Photos
Chi-Town Fire Photos
Aug 13
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thanks Josh & Martin
Excerpts from abc7chicago.com:
A Cicero firefighter was injured Friday morning while battling a fire that broke out in a two-story house in the 5400 block of 30th Place at 5:45 a.m.
Firefighters were entering the house when the first floor collapsed, causing a firefighter to fall into the basement. The firefighter, identified by officials as 30-year-old Patrick Phillips, was transported to Loyola Hospital with second degree burns to his neck and first degree burns to his back and chest. Phillips joined the department about a year ago and is expected to make a full recovery.
No other injuries have been reported at this time.
This from Chi-Town Fire Photos:
Here are some shots of a little job in Cicero Monday afternoon at 5030 w 14th Street. Engine 1 & Truck 2 made quick work of what looked to be a fire in the exterior wall of a 1 sty strip mall.
Chi-Town Fire Photos
Aug 19
From the Pierce Flickr page:
Cicero Fire Department – Pumper
Delivery Date: July 30, 2021
Job Number: 34505
CHASSIS Impel® BODY Pumper ACTUAL OVERALL HEIGHT 9′ 7″ ENGINE Cummins L9 HORSEPOWER 400 hp FRONT SUSPENSION TAK-4® Independent Front Suspension REAR SUSPENSION Spring ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Command Zone™ FOAM SYSTEM Husky™ 3 PUMP Waterous mid-ship PUMP GPM 1500-gpm TANK Water TANK SIZE 750 gallons
Pierce composite
thanks Matthew
Mar 15
From Cicero Firefighters Union Local 717 @Local717 on Facebook:
Get well wishes going out to Cicero Firefighter Ted Polashek who was injured fighting a fire in Cicero Saturday:
He was hospitalized suffering from what is being described as a serious case of smoke inhalation while fighting a fire at a two-story home at 2112 61st Court that was called in at 3:45 PM and caused serious damage to the property. It was quickly extinguished and no members of the family living in the home were injured.
But Cicero officials said that Firefighter Ted Polashek, 44, was seriously injured when he inhaled heated smoke. He was taken to MacNeal Hospital and later transferred to Lutheran General Hospital Saturday night where he was being intubated.
Polashek, a 20-plus year veteran firefighter, was working on ventilating the roof during the home fire when he was overcome by the smoke and super-heated gases.
Excerpts from wttw.com:
Suburban Cicero has seen one of the highest COVID-19 infection rates in Cook County, reporting 844 confirmed cases Monday with 18 deaths.
“I think it’s due to the demographics of the town, so many people in such a close proximity, so many people living in a three-flat and things like that,” said Cicero Fire Chief Dominick Buscemi, who is part of the town’s emergency committee handling the pandemic response.
A huge chunk of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Cicero have occurred at one nursing home, City View Multicare Center on Cermak Road. The facility has seen over 200 confirmed cases, with eight deaths. Its handling of the coronavirus has drawn the ire of local officials, and the facility is now under investigation by the Illinois Department of Public Health.
“We’re trying to get a handle on it, we’re trying to figure out what’s happening [there],” Buscemi said. “At the onset of the pandemic, I don’t think they were taking the precautions they needed to take. I don’t think that the PPE (personal protective equipment) was being work by the staff members. I don’t think residents were being secluded.”
Buscemi says the town has served the nursing home with several citations so far.
Cicero has also issued five executive orders targeting COVID-19 on top of statewide measures. In mid-April, it mandated that masks be worn by everyone going into public buildings, like grocery stores.
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