Posts Tagged Dixon Rural Fire Department

Plane Crashes onto Frozen Rock River, 1-20-18

Jan 22

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This from Dave Weaver:

1/20/18 GRAND DETOUR – Plane Crashes onto Frozen Rock River after Downing Power Line; Fox Lake FPD Airboat Responds to Assist Dixon Rural FPD on Interdivisional Box Alarm – Video by Dave Weaver
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DETAILS: At 12:36 PM on Saturday, January 20, a pilot struck a power line before crash landing onto the frozen Rock River in Grand Detour, IL near the border of Lee and Ogle counties, north of Dixon. The Dixon Rural Fire Prot. Dist., which is in MABAS Division 18 (Ogle County) requested the specialized assistance of an airboat from the Fox Lake Fire Prot. Dist. The Fox Lake FPD is in MABAS Division 4 (Lake County). The airboat crew helped ComEd workers assess the damaged power line which was entangled with the aircraft. The airboat crew also helped with the recovery of the damaged aircraft which was tugged to shore by cable. Because of the unique nature of Fox Lake’s airboat, and their crews’ familiarity with ice incidents, their specialized asset and operational skills helped bring this incident to a safe, efficient conclusion.

Tags: crash scene video, Dave Weaver / Radioman911, Dixon Rural Fire Department, Fox Lake Fire Protection District, plane crash video, Plane Crashes onto Frozen Rock Rive

Of interest … Dixon Fire Department (more)

Nov 23

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This from Dave Weaver:

11/21/17 LOST NATION, IL – Dixon Rural FPD 6-Fatality 2nd Alarm House Fire 204 Miami Dr. – Video by Dave Weave

Tags: 6-Fatality 2nd Alarm House Fire, Dave Weaver / Radioman911, Dixon Rural Fire Department, entire family perishes in house fire, fire scene video, gle County Sheriff Brian VanVickle, Ogle County Sheriff's Office, six dead after Dixon house fire

Of interest … Dixon Fire Department

Nov 21

Posted by Admin in Fire Service News | 1 Comment

Excerpts from wifr.com:

The Ogle County Sheriff’s Office says six people were killed in a house fire just after midnight in rural Dixon. The initial call came in as a report of smoke in the basement. Multiple agencies responded to the fully engulfed house in the 200 block of North Miami Drive where all six occupants in the house died. The Illinois Fire Marshal and Illinois State Police are helping in the investigation.

update: Ogle County Sheriff Brian VanVickle says the six people killed overnight in a house fire in rural Dixon included two parents, four children, a cat and a dog. Autopsies began around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. Ogle County Coroner Louis Finch says the bodies were so badly burned he will rely on dental records to identify the victims. Captain Isaac Dimming of the Dixon Rural Fire Department said significant flames kept firefighters from entering the home. The bodies of the six victims weren’t discovered until the fire was brought under control.

update: Ogle County Sheriff Brian VanVickle released the names of the family killed in a rural Dixon fire Tuesday morning. Investigators say at 12:01 a.m. they got a call from 17-year-old Ethan Shaw who said he was trapped in his basement bedroom which was filling with smoke.

Several departments arrived on scene to the home fully engulfed in flames. When the fire was out, the six victims were found inside. The sheriff’s office says those victims were 39-year-old Timothy Shaw, 37-year-old Melissa Shaw, 17-year-old Ethan Shaw, 15-year-old LeAnne Shaw, 12-year-old Hailey Shaw, and 11-year-old Dylan Shaw.

Investigators say the Shaw family died of smoke inhalation, the cause of the fire has not been determined.

Tags: Captain Isaac Dimming, Dixon Rural Fire Department, Dylan Shaw, entire family perishes in house fire, Ethan Shaw, gle County Sheriff Brian VanVickle, Hailey Shaw, LeAnne Shaw, Melissa Shaw, Ogle County Sheriff's Office, six dead after Dixon house fire, Timothy Shaw

5-Alarm ++ fire in Peru (IL) – update

Jan 3

Posted by bgshap in Apparatus on-scene, Fire, Fire Service News, Reader submission | 1 Comment

Tim Olk took a drive on Monday to visit the fire scene in Peru, IL. When he went down there, they were over 30 hours into the fire and had requested a 4th Alarm for tankers to the scene. Tim found fires still burning and producing large amounts of smoke throughout many areas of the complex. He took a large amount of photos during the time he was on-scene which will be online in the coming hours. Here are a few samples of what he found in Peru. Earlier coverage of the fire can be found HERE.

Massive fire in Peru IL Western Clock Company

A Pierce tower ladder from the Mendota Fire Department works an elevated master stream into one building in the Westclox complex in Peru, IL. Tim Olk photo

Another Pierce tower ladder, this one belonging to the Peru Fire Department, works at an adjacent building. Tim Olk photo

Firefighters direct a hand line into one of the buildings in an effort to extinguish some of the fire that still burns more than day after the fire broke out. Tim Olk photo

A section of the former clock company that has been totally destroyed. Tim Olk photo

An engine from LaSalle pumps water from the porta-tanks that are constantly refilled by one of the many tankers on the scene. Tim Olk photo

A tanker from the Oglesby Fire District takes a turn at the porta-tanks. Tim Olk photo

The water supply officer prepares to send this tanker from the Standard Fire Protection District to dump it's water. Tim Olk photo

A Darley engine from the Dixon Rural Fire District pumps at the fire scene. Tim Olk photo

Firefighters were kept at a distance during the height of the fire due to the intense heat and are just now able to move in and hit all of the remaining fires. Here they douse a dumpster in a loading dock area near several burned trailers. Tim Olk photo