Posts Tagged Geneva Fire Department

Large barn fire near Batavia 1-9-12

Jan 10

Posted by bgshap in Fire, Fire Service News | Comments off

The Kane County Chronicle has an article about a fire on Monday that:

…caused more than $400,000 in damage to a barn at Stokes Excavating at 35W160 Butterfield Road in unincorporated Batavia.

Batavia and North Aurora firefighters responded to the blaze along with other area fire departments, including Aurora, Geneva and Fermilab.

Firefighters arrived on the scene at 10:29 a.m., and had the fire under control by 12:30 p.m. The fire forced the closure of Butterfield Road between Hart/Mitchell Road and Pinecreek Drive in North Aurora.

The complete article with a video and photo can be found HERE.

Tags: Batavia Fire Department, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory fire department, Fermilab Fire Department, Geneva Fire Department, North Aurora Fire Department, North Aurora Fire Protection District

New area orders from Pierce

Nov 14

Posted by bgshap in Fire Service News, New Apparatus Order | 5 Comments

Bill Friedrich informs us of the following units that are currently on order from Pierce for area departments.

Geneva FD – engine on an Impel chassis
Beecher FPD – engine on an Arrow XT chassis
Arlington Heights FD – engine on a Quantum chassis
Channahon FPD – engine on a Quantum chassis
Norwood Park FPD – engine on an Impel chassis
Pleasantview FPD – 100′ aerial on a Velocity chassis
Schaumburg FD – engine on an Impel chassis
Schaumburg FD – 100′ aerial ladder on a Velocity chassis

Tags: Arlington Heights Fire Department, Bill Friedrich, Channahon Fire Protection District, Geneva Fire Department, Norwood Park FIre Department, Pierce Arrow XT, Pierce Impel pumper, Pierce Manufacturing, Pierce Quantum, Pierce Velocity aerial ladder, Pleasantview Fire Protection District, Schaumburg Fire Department

New area apparatus orders from Pierce

Oct 23

Posted by bgshap in Fire Department News, New Apparatus Order, Reader submission | 1 Comment

The following information comes to us from Keith Grzadziel, a full-time Firefighter/Paramedic with the Bridgeview Fire Department.

Berwyn Fire Department has ordered a Pierce PUC, 100′ medium duty aerial quint, with a Velocity cab/chassis. It will have a 1,500-gpm pump, 300-gallon tank, and powered by a Cummins ISX 500hp

Geneva Fire Department has ordered a Pierce rescue pumper with an Impel cab/chassis, a 1,500-gpm pump, 500 gallons of water and a Cummins ISL 450hp

Bristol-Kendall FPD has two – Pierce CAFS pumpers on order with Saber cab/chassis, 1,250-gpm pumps, 1,000-gallon tanks and also Cummins ISL 450hp engines

Tags: Berwyn Fire Department, Bristol-Kendall Fire Protection District, CAFS pumper, Compressed Air Foam System, Cummins ISL engine, Geneva Fire Department, Keith Grzadziel, new fire truck orders, Pierce Impel pumper, Pierce Manufacturing, Pierce Saber pumper, Pierce Velocity aerial ladder

St. Charles 2nd Alarm 6/1/11

Jun 5

Posted by bgshap in Apparatus on-scene, Fire, Fire Service News, Reader submission | 2 Comments

The St. Charles Fire Department worked a 2nd Alarm fire on Wednesday at Salerno’s on the Fox restaurant. The Sun-Times has an article HERE and the Tribune has an article HERE.

No injuries were reported in the fire at Salerno’s on the Fox, 320 N. 2nd Street.

Fire Chief Patrick Mullen said the fire was reported at 5:24 p.m. and that smoke could be seen coming from the back of the one-story restaurant.

“It looks like the area of origin was around the gas meters,” Mullen said. “It’s a blow-torch.”

Firefighters from 10 area departments continuously poured water on stubborn flames fed by a ruptured natural gas line.

John Tulipano went to the scene and submitted several images of the apparatus that responded.

St Charles Engine 103 was on a hydrant down the street. John Tulipano photo

Geneva was one of the departments that responded to the fire. Truck 206, a Pierce Snorkel is staged down the block. John Tulipano photo

Geneva also sent Engine 208, a Pierce Enforcer. John Tulipano photo

Elburn & Countryside Engine 302, a Spartan/Alexis top-mount was also parked in staging. John Tulipano photo

Batavia Truck 1, a Pierce Dash tower ladder was not put to work. John Tulipano photo

Batavia also sent Engine 2, a 2009 Pierce Arrow XT. John Tulipano photo

The new Fox River & Countryside Fire/Rescue Department responded with Engine 1823, a 1992 Spartan/Alexis 1,250-GPM engine (X-North Park,IL). John Tulipano photo

John has additional images HERE.

Tags: Alexis, Batavia Fire Department, Fox River & Countryside Fire/Rescue District, Geneva Fire Department, John Tulipano, North Park Fire Department, Pierce, Pierce Arrow XT, salerno's on the Fox restaurant fire, Snorkel, Spartan Metro Star, St Charles Fire Department