Posts Tagged Crystal Lake Fire Department

3-Alarm fire in Crystal Lake, 11-3-15

Nov 3

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Excerpts from WGNTV.com:

One person was injured in a fire at a single-family home in unincorporated Crystal Lake

Just after 6:30 a.m., firefighters arrived on the scene at 6015 Blue Court and found a fully-involved fire.

One resident was treated and transported with undisclosed injuries. No firefighter injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Damage to the residence and its contents are estimated to be $300,000.

Early shot of the fire scene.

From Tim Olk at the scene of the 3-Alarm fire in Crystal Lake at 6015 Blue Court (11-3-15).

Tim Olk photo

Tim Olk photo

Tags: Crystal Lake Fire Department, fire scene aftermath, house fire in Crystal Lake, Tim Olk

New are ambulance deliveries

Jul 9

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Ron Wolkoff found these ambulance deliveries on the Foster Coach FaceBook page:

Crystal Lake F450/Horton

Elwood E450/Horton

Norwood ParkE450/Horton

Plainfield F550/Horton

Thornton F450/Horton

Troy F550/Horton

Brand new Ford F450 chassis on a custom Horton conversion for Crystal Lake. Foster Coach Sales photo

Brand new Ford F550 chassis on a custom Horton conversion for the Troy FPD. Foster Coach Sales photo

Brand new Ford F450 chassis on a custom Horton conversion for Thornton. Foster Coach Sales photo

Brand new Ford F550 chassis on a custom Horton conversion. for Plainfield. Foster Coach Sales photo

Brand new Ford E450 chassis on a custom Horton conversion for the Norwood Park FPD. Foster Coach Sales photo

Brand new International 4300 chassis on a custom Horton conversion for Elwood. Foster Coach Sales photo

Tags: ambulance photos, Crystal Lake Fire Department, Elwood Fire Protection District, Foster Coach Sales, new ambulance deliveries, Norwood Park Fire Protection District, Plainfield Fire Department, Thornton FIre Department, Troy Fire Protection District

New in-house alert system for Crystal Lake

Jun 2

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Excerpts from the DailyHerald.com:

The Crystal Lake City Council unanimously approved buying a new firehouse alert system for all three of the city’s stations …

The new alert system has been something the Crystal Lake Foreign Fire Insurance Tax Board … has been working on for two years, Fire Rescue Chief Paul DeRaedt said.

The system … may reduce the department’s response times by getting the firefighters out the door quicker. Information about the [call] will come in as the dispatcher is taking the call, appearing on a screen and notifying the firefighters that they should start to head for their vehicles.

In the future, the alerts also may be limited to [the] one station that needs to respond instead of all three, as is currently the case…

Low bidder APS Firehouse Alerting of Westminister, Maryland, was awarded the contract at just less than $130,000, according to city documents.

Tags: APS Firehouse Alerting, Crystal Lake Fire Department, Crystal Lake Foreign Fire Insurance Tax Board, Fire Rescue Chief Paul DeRaedt

Prescribed burn causes damage to Crystal Lake homes

Apr 15

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Excerpts from the ChicagoTribune.com:

The Crystal Lake Fire Rescue Department reported that 11 residences along Wheatland Drive sustained melted siding due to … radiant heat from a [prescribed burn] for land management purposes. Prescribed fires are often set in prairies, wetlands and other natural areas to burn off invasive plants and allow ecological regeneration.

Deputy Fire Chief Chris Olsen confirmed that the company that conducted the burn was McGinty Bros. Inc., based in Long Grove, and that the company had been contracted by the homeowners association of the Harvest Run subdivision, where the damaged homes are located.

Olsen said McGinty had the proper permits issued by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to do the work [and that] … it is common this time of year to see prescribed burns. Rarely do they get out of control and require assistance from the fire department to put out, he said. The fire department said it prevented further damage to nearby homes while putting out the fire. No injuries were reported.

[local resident] Rick Dowell, said he watched the fire being started in the wetlands near his property at about noon. After a short while, however, he said the flames shot higher than his barn and the workers in the wetlands appeared to become flustered. “I saw the workers running to put it out, they seemed a little panicked.

Tags: Crystal Lake Fire Department, Deputy Fire Chief Chris Olsen, prescribed burn damages nearby homes

As seen around … Crystal Lake

Jan 16

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This from Tyler Tobolt:

Here are a few photos of the two newest ambulances for Crystal Lake FD (Ambulances 351 and 354), Also a photo of Algonquin – Lake in the Hills FPD Tower Ladder 181 at the scene of a box alarm apartment fire in Crystal Lake on 1/14/15.

Thanks Tyler Tobolt.

Algonquin Lake-in-the-Hills Tower 181. Tyler Tobolt photo

Crystal Lake Ambulance 351. Tyler Tobolt photo

Crystal Lake Ambulance 354. Tyler Tobolt photo

Tags: Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District, ambulance photos, Crystal Lake Fire Department, fire truck photo, Tyler Tobolt

3-Alarm fire in Crystal Lake, 11-21-14

Nov 25

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This from Tyler Tobolt:

Around 10:40pm November 21st, the Crystal Lake Fire Department was dispatched to 5116 Mt. Thabor Rd for the reported fully engulfed barn fire. Crystal Lake FD responded with Engines 341, 343, 344, Ambulances351, 353, 354 Battalion 330, Chief 303, Chief 305, and Tender 371 with automatic aid from Algonquin with a chief and a tower ladder plus a McHenry engine as RIT.

Shortly thereafter Ambulance 353 arrived reporting a fully engulfed pole barn with an exposure and requested MABAS box 5-371 to the 2nd alarm level. The following apparatus was due to the scene; engines from Huntley and Barrington Countryside, tenders from Woodstock, Wauconda, Wonder Lake, Fox River Grove, and McHenry. A Barrington truck was due, a squad from Cary with a cascade system, EMS units from Carpentersville, West Dundee, and East Dundee, chiefs from McHenry (RIT), Woodstock and Huntley. Special equipment due included Rehab South, an Algonquin Safety Officer, a Cary Safety Officer, AMA 56, a Huntley Safety Officer and the Salvation Army Canteen.

Change of quarters to Fire Station 1 was a Lake Zurich engine and Pingree Grove ambulance. About an hour and a half into the incident command upgraded to the 3rd alarm level bringing in the Lake Zurich engine, tenders from Richmond, Marengo, and Union plus a Cary chief, Rehab North, Air 5 and Fox Lake engine for change of quarters. After the 3rd alarm, command requested three extra engine companies which came from Hampshire, Rutland Dundee and South Elgin.

These photos were taken from a subdivision just west of the scene.

Thanks Tyler Tobolt.

Tyler Tobolt photo

Tags: barn fire claims many horses in Crystal Lake, Crystal Lake Fire Department, Tyler Tobolt

As seen around … Crystal Lake

Oct 13

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This from Tyler Tobolt:

I went to the Crystal Lake open house today and here are some rig photos.

New Ambulance 351

Battalion 330

Brush 361

Squad 359

Tender 371 and

Tower 381

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Tags: ambulance photo, Crystal Lake Fire Department, fire truck photos, Tyler Tobolt

New fire chief in Crystal Lake

Aug 12

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The Northwest Herald has an article about a new fire chief in Crystal Lake and ratification of anew contract for firefighters:

Crystal Lake city officials ratified a new four-year collective bargaining agreement with the city’s fire department on the same day it officially swore in a new chief.

Moments after longtime Crystal Lake firefighter Paul DeRaedt was sworn in Tuesday as the new chief, the city council approved a four-year deal with the department that includes a roughly 7 percent increase to salaries over the life of the deal.

Salary ranges for firefighter/paramedics will range from $60,249 a year to $88,899 a year in 2014-15 before increasing to a floor of $64,591 and a ceiling of $95,306 in 2018. Lieutenants will see their maximum earning power increase from $101,990 in 2014 to $109,341 in 2018. The increase to each level occurs every six months. The agreement also included many of the previous provisions about the 24-hour work shift, education reimbursements, no strike clauses and overtime policies.

DeRaedt takes over for James Moore, who announced his retirement in June. Moore had served as chief of the fire department since 2005 with DeRaedt in the deputy role for eight of those years.

thanks Dennis

Tags: Crystal Lake Fire Chief James Moore, Crystal Lake Fire Department, new contract for Crystal Lake firefighters, new fire chief in Crystal Lake, Paul DeRaedt

Algonquin House Fire, 8-5-14

Aug 6

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This from Tyler Tobolt:

Algonquin – Lake in the Hills FPD had a working house fire last evening around 7:45pm / 8:00pm – Prior to the arrival of ALITH FPD, Lake in the Hills PD rescued one victim from the house … unknown condition. Engine 142 arrived with smoke showing and lead out – Crystal Lake, Fox River Grove, and Huntley were automatic aid to the scene.

Tyler Tobolt photo

Tyler Tobolt photo

Tags: Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire District, Crystal Lake Fire Department, E-ONE tower ladder, Ferrara tower ladder at fire scene, fire truck photos, house fire aftermath, house fire in Lake in the Hills, Tyler Tobolt

Crystal Lake house fire 3-22-14

Mar 22

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This from Tyler Tobolt:

Crystal Lake Box Alarm on box #5-342 for the house fire at 62 Barberry Drive. Engine 344 arrived with a small single-story home with heavy fire showing from the C Side. Engine 344 dropped a 2 1/2. Tower 381 backed down to set up and McHenry Engine 44 supplied water to them from the hydrant down the street. Multiple lines were dropped and operating . Defensive attack on the fire due to a collapse in the roof and small explosions.