New Ambulance 34 in Highland Park
Highland Park Dive Squad 34 and Boat 34
May 24
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New Ambulance 34 in Highland Park
Highland Park Dive Squad 34 and Boat 34
Tags: ambulance picture, dive rescue unit, fire department boat, Highland Park Fire Chief Patrick Tanner, Highland Park Fire Department, Highland Park Fire Department Ambulance 34 from Horton, Larry Shapiro, Rescue Vehicles of Iowa, shapirophotography.net
Jan 2
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Deerfield Fire responded to a car into a pond last night in the 500 block of Lake-Cook Road. The first arriving police officer was able to step onto the car’s roof, break out the window and assist the driver in getting out of the car. The office sustained cuts to his hand freeing the driver. Apparently, units on the scene were unclear about whether or not there were any other occupants in the car based on what the driver was able to tell them, so a request for divers was initiated.
Highland Park, Northbrook, Lake Forest and Lincolnshire responded with divers who ascertained that there where no other occupants inside the car. The divers hooked the car for the towing company to make the removal.
Tim Olk responded to the incident and submitted several images of the scene.
Tim has a gallery with more images HERE.
Tags: car in the water in Deerfield, car pulled from the water, car submerged in a pond, Dave's Towing company, Deerfield Fire Department, Deerfield-Bannockburn Fire Protection District, Dive, dive rescue, dive rescue unit, dive team, Highland Park Fire Department, Lake Forest Fire Department, Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Fire Protection District, Northbrook Fire Department, Northbrook Fire Department divers, Tim Olk
Dec 30
Posted by bgshap in Fire Department News, New Delivery | Comments off
The Lincolnshire Riverwoods FPD has several apparatus news items;
Tags: dive rescue unit, Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Fire Protection District, Lincolnshire-Riverwoods FPD, Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Truck 53, Pierce Arrow XT quint
Jul 7
Posted by bgshap in Apparatus on-scene, Fire Department News, Fire Service News | 2 Comments
Shortly after 3PM on Weddnesday, Prospect Heights received a 9-1-1 call from a motorist who claimed to see two children in a pond near the Prospect Heights Public Works building in the 500 block of Piper Lane. Police arrived and found an unattended bicycle and no children in the area. Prospect Heights divers and firefighters responded, and upon seeing no children in the area requested a response from all on-duty MABAS Division 3 divers and neighboring mutual-aid divers so that the murky pond could be checked in the event that their were missing children.
Divers responded from Wheeling, Long Grove, Deerfield, Northbrook, Wilmette, North Maine, Glenview, Lincolnshire-Riverwoods, Highwood, and Winnetka. Ambulances on the scene were from Arlington Heights and Mount Prospect.
Larry Shapiro and Tim Olk were at the scene and Larry submitted several images.
Several divers went into the water as did a boat with side-scan Kongsberg sonar capable of mapping the pond floor. There was some question as to exactly what was seen by the 9-1-1 caller, and after searching the pond for an hour and examining several images mapped by the sonar, the searches were terminated.
A gallery with more images can be viewed HERE.
Tags: dive rescue, dive rescue unit, dive team, fire department divers, Larry Shapiro, MABAS Division 3, MABAS Division 3 Divers, Northbrook Dive Rescue 10, Northbrook Fire Department divers, Prospect Heights Fire Department, side scan sonar, Tim Olk, Wheeling Fire Department, Wheeling Fire Department divers
Jul 6
Posted by bgshap in Fire Service News, Site News, updated listing | Comments off
Karl Klotz submitted photos to update Highland Park Station 34. He submitted an updated shot of the engine and an image of the Dive Unit which had been missing from the site.
Now that theses updates have been made to Station 34, there has been a temporary reassignment of units. Truck 33, the 1995 Sutphen 104′ mid-mount quint has been relocated for a trial period to Station 34 on the north end of town. Engine 34 switched with the truck and is operating out of Station 33.
Tags: dive rescue unit, Highland Park Fire Department, Karl Klotz, Pierce Enforcer, Sutphen mid-mount quint
Jun 7
Posted by bgshap in Fire Department News, updated listing | Comments off
The pages representing the Fox River Grove Fire Protection District in MABAS Division 5 have been updated to include their newest ambulance, the Dive Rescue Unit, and an updated image of their station.
Most if not all of the ambulances in McHenry County carry a unit number which designates the department, and the specific unit number. This generally means that the unit number itself won’t be very high since few departments have more than three stations. This newest ambulance though for Fox River Grove carries a unique number with a special meaning. The number 657 which is adorned with a halo and the wings of an angel, is dedicated to the seven children (Jeffrey J. Clark, Susanna Guzman, Michael B. Hoffman, Stephanie Fulham, Joseph A. Kalte, Shawn P. Robinson and Tiffany Schneider) who tragically lost their lives when a school bus was hit by a commuter train at the rail crossing half a block from the fire station in 1995.
Tags: 7 children Fox River Grove High School students killed in 1995, dive rescue unit, Fox River Grove Fire Protection District, Fox River Grove train accident 1995, Horton ambulance, Larry Shapiro
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