Posts Tagged Gurnee Fire Department

New ambulance for Gurnee

Apr 28

Posted by Admin in Fire Department News, New Apparatus Order | 6 Comments

From the Fire Service Inc. FaceBook page:

Congratulations and Thank You to Chief John Kavanagh and the members of the Village of Gurnee Fire Department on the purchase of their new Road Rescue Type I ambulance. This heavy duty unit is being built on a 2022 Ford F550 4×2 chassis, and will come complete with a Whelen Freedom IV series lightbar, Complete “M” Series LED warning light package, including all LED interior. This new Road Rescue, UltraMedic ambulance will come with their patented Whisper Quiet Interior and all aluminum cabinetry. It will also contain a Stryker Power Load System. Gurnee has been a longtime Fire Service Inc. customer. We appreciate the support and continued business from this tremendous customer.

drawing of Road Rescue Type I ambulance exterior

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Gurnee Fire Department news

Jan 20

Posted by Admin in Fire Department History | Comments off

Excerpts from the DailyHerald.com:

Former Gurnee Fire Chief Samuel J. Dada, who was so revered that village leaders named a street after him, died Friday at the age of 91. He started with the department in 1948 when it was a volunteer outfit with three trucks run out of McClure’s Garage and Towing. Six years later, he was Gurnee’s fire chief, a position he held for 35 years.

Beyond his service with the fire department, Dada also was the village superintendent of public works and a building commissioner for a time.

Dada, who had moved to Arkansas, would return for the annual Gurnee Days celebration every year and would spend time talking to old-timers and sharing tales of old Gurnee.

According to a history of the department written by Dada in 1978, the village’s first fire hydrant was installed at Warren High School and was used both for filling the department’s water tanks and for hauling water to residents’ cisterns. He wrote that the department first hired dispatchers in 1958. Before then, daytime calls were answered at McClure’s Garage and nighttime calls went to the homes of firefighters. In 1972, the volunteer fire department disbanded and a professional department was established.

Dada and his wife of 62 years, Corrine, had five children, 15 grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren.

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2-Alarm fire in Waukegan, 12-25-20 (more)

Dec 25

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire Scene photos | 7 Comments

Photos by Eric Haak of the 2-Alarm fire in Waukegan, 12-25-20

Seagrave Marauder Aerialscope at work covered with ice

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Deerfield Firefighter encrusted with ice at winter fire

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Civil unrest in Kenosha, WI 8-25-20 (more)

Aug 26

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire Scene photos | 2 Comments

Images from Tim Olk from the rioting in Kenosha

storefront engulfed by flames during Kenosha riots

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Gurnee Fire Department news

Aug 25

Posted by Admin in Fire Department News | 1 Comment

Excerpts from the Dailyherald.com:

At a meeting Monday, Gurnee trustees will consider an agreement with FGM Architects Inc. to plan a third fire station on village-owned land on the south side of village. The plan is for the new station to be built behind the Triangle Office Building at 731 Route 21 near the intersection with Manchester Drive.

The village manager said a third station has been in discussion for years and would improve response times when firefighters are dealing with multiple or back-to-back emergencies.

Firefighters at the new station would primarily cover the Route 120 and 21 corridors. The village would not need new trucks, ambulances, or personnel.

Village staff met with three architectural firms on May 8 to decide which one to work with. Officials chose FGM Architects because the firm has completed numerous fire station projects in the area and has a branch specifically dedicated to public service buildings. The company’s fee would be set at 8.75 percent of the station’s budget. The specific dollar amount would be updated throughout the process.

The multiyear capital plan includes $500,000 this year, with placeholders of about $3.38 million in fiscal years 2020 and 2021.

Based on the current timeline, construction would start in the summer of 2021, with completion of the station by fall of 2022. The village board will meet at village hall, 325 N. O’Plaine Road, at 7 p.m. Monday.

thanks Ron

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New truck for Gurnee

Jul 6

Posted by Admin in Fire Department News, Fire truck being built | 3 Comments

Production photos of a new truck being built by E-ONE for the Gurnee FD so#142514

fire truck being built for the Gurnee FD

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New engine for Gurnee (more)

May 28

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire Department News, Fire Truck photos | 4 Comments

This from Jeff Rudolph:

Gurnee’s new Engine 1322, 2019 E-One, had to be placed into service for a few days due to 2 engines needing repairs this week.

Jeff R

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Working fire in Gurnee, 5-27-19

May 27

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This from Jeff Rudolph:

05/27/19

36000 blk of Deer View ct. in Gurnee. Appears to have been an outside fire that burned the vinyl siding and extended slightly into the garage and house.

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Fatal explosion and fire in Waukegan, 5-3-19

May 4

Posted by Admin in Fire Department News | 2 Comments

Excerpts from the ChicagoTribune.com:

Four employees of a Waukegan chemical plant were hospitalized and another three were reported missing following an explosion late Friday that was heard and felt across Lake County around 9:45 p.m.

Waukegan Fire Marshal Steve Lenzi reported that first arriving crews were quickly overwhelmed by flames at the AB Specialty Silicones plant at 3790 Sunset Ave., which is on the city’s far northwest side near its border with Gurnee.

Fire personnel from Waukegan plus departments in Lake and Cook counties including hazardous materials crews and structural collapse technicians were involved with both fighting the fire and searching for the missing employees.