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Off-Duty firefighter rescues woman from fire

Excerpts from the Chicago Tribune:

A passerby who called 911 and an off-duty firefighter who dragged a woman out of a burning building are being credited following a weekend apartment fire that left a Hampshire woman in critical condition and injured two firefighters.

…  the resident of the apartment … remained in critical condition Monday afternoon in Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood. Two firefighters sustained lesser injuries.

Lt. Eric Larson of the Hampshire Fire Protection District said the fire was phoned into 911 by a passerby about 10:17 p.m. Friday (2/6/15).

Even before the 911 center sent out an alarm, Deputy Chief Trevor Herrmann said, he happened to be near the fire …

Soon after the alarm went over the radio, Hampshire Police Officer Roy Maki arrived and went upstairs with Herrmann. Herrmann said they kicked open the apartment door. “You couldn’t see anything in there through the smoke but we heard groaning,” Herrmann said.

“Trevor crawled along the floor to stay below the smoke as much as he could, grabbed the woman and dragged her back to the doorway,” Fire Chief Bill Robinson said. “He had Officer Maki stay at the doorway and keep calling out to him so he could keep track of where the door was. It’s very easy to lose your bearings in a smoke-filled room.”

When the [the victim] was carried out, she had stopped breathing, the chief said. So Herrmann and two other firefighters performed CPR until she resumed breathing … [and] was taken to Presence Saint Joseph Hospital in Elgin, then transferred by helicopter to Loyola.

… Hampshire’s firefighters were assisted by the Pingree Grove, Burlington, Fox River & Countryside, Huntley, Marengo, Genoa-Kingston and Sycamore fire departments.

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Hampshire Fire District receives funds for equipment

The Courier-News has an article about new impact fees for the Hampshire Fire District:

The village board last week unanimously approved the release of impact fees to the Hampshire Fire Protection District up to $26,000.

In a letter to Village President Jeffrey Magnussen, Hampshire Fire Chief Bill Robinson requested $25,407.59 in impact fees in order to purchase two items. One of the items to be purchased is a light tower that would be mounted on the top of the fire district’s squad.

According to Robinson’s letter, “two of the three lights on our squad no longer function, and the company that manufactures them is out of business. Replacing them would be expensive and would not provide the type of light the tower would provide. The tower rises vertically above the scene and provides much more lighting. It does not blind the responders like our present lighting source. The tower is a demo unit that has been completely refurbished and still has the manufacturer’s warranty. The cost of the unit with installation is $10,561.25.”

The other item needed by the district is a 4-wheeled UTV (utility terrain vehicle), trailer, medical skid unit and supporting equipment.

Robinson’s letter stated: “This unit would be used to move personnel and equipment to remote locations within our district. We have over 40 water impoundments and locations that are used by equestrians, snowmobilers, railway and other remote areas that make it difficult to move equipment, first responders and patients in and out. The unit would be used for annual events such as Hampshire Coon Creek Country Days. We have also offered it to the village police department in the event that they would need such a resource.”

“We have secured two grants in the amount of $12,702 to help pay for the asset. The remaining dollars would be from impact fees in the amount of $14,846.34.”

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