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Area apparatus orders

Mar 19

Posted by Admin in Fire Department News, New Apparatus Order | 10 Comments

Crete Township – Alexis pumper with a Spartan Metro Star cab and chassis; 1,500/1,000/30. Delivery in August.

Lombard – Pierce Impel pumper; 1,500/750. Delivery in August.

Midlothian – Pierce Enforcer pumper; 1,500/750. Delivery in June.

Morris – Pierce Velocity 100′ tower ladder. Delivery in November.

St Charles – Pierce Dash CF PUC pumper; 1,500/750. Delivery in October.

Wonder Lake – Pierce Enforcer pumper; 1,250/1,000. Delivery in May.

East Chicago, IN – Pierce Arrow XT 100′ tower ladder; 2,000/300. Delivery in December.

East Chicago, IN – Pierce Saber pumper; 1,500/750. Delivery in July.

Downers Grove, IL – Ferrara Igniter MVP pumper; 1,500/500. Delivery in February.

thanks Josh

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Lombard orders new engine and ambulance

Feb 4

Posted by Admin in Fire Department News, New Apparatus Order | 1 Comment

1001-1 1001-2 1001-3

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thanks Tim

Tags: Lombard Fire Department, Lombard orders new Horton ambulance, Lombard orders new Pierce Impel fire engine

Lombard firefighters receive award

Oct 14

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Excerpts from The VillageofLombard.org:

Lombard Firefighters Receive Elmhurst Memorial Hospital Run of the Year Award

On September 23, Elmhurst Memorial Hospital presented the Run of the Year award to Lombard Firefighter Paramedics; Lt. Frank Gallione, Tim Hogan, and Adam Kruckenberg, for their professional efforts in saving the life of a college student.

Elmhurst firefighters responded to an early morning fire call in February of 2015, and requested a change of quarters for Lombard firefighters, requiring them to cover Elmhurst’s Fire Station 2. At 4:30 a.m., Lombard firefighters responded to the call of an unconscious person found outside in frigid temperatures at an Elmhurst residence.

The victim, a 20-year old male college student, was exposed to -10°F temperatures with a wind chill of -25°F for an extended period of time and was found frozen to a driveway. The 9-1-1 call was made by a homeowner who discovered the victim after going outside to warm up his car. Lombard firefighters were able to remove the individual from the surface of the driveway and provided aid which include administering warm intravenous fluids to help increase the body temperature. The victim suffered hypothermia and frostbite spending two days in intensive care before making a full recovery.

The rescue was a involved mutual-aid from surrounding communities and included paramedic assistance and transportation to the hospital in an Oakbrook Terrace FPD ambulance.

Tags: Adam Kruckenberg, Elmhurst Memorial Hospital Run o f the Year award, Lombard Fire Department, Lombard firefighters receive lifesaving award, Lt. Frank Gallione, Tim Hogan

Lombard firefighters receive award

Jul 20

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Excerpts from MySuburbanLife.com:

Everything happened so fast for Joanna Koppang that she wasn’t able to properly thank the six Lombard firefighters who safely delivered her daughter in an ambulance across from the Lombard Metra station in January, but the Wheaton resident got her chance to do just that on June 18, when she presented the men with a Stork Award.

Koppang and her family awarded the men with the pink stork pin at a Lombard Village Board meeting June 18. Recipients included firefighters Tim Hillesheim, John Studnicka, Dale Farris, Joe Kaforski, Galen Cardott and Lt. Tony Sally.

This was the first time Studnicka delivered a baby, but he said he wasn’t nervous. “Everyone felt comfortable doing it because we have training on labor and birth at least once a year,” he said. “Everything went well; the baby was healthy. So we couldn’t ask for anything different.”

Koppang was at her job in Chicago on Jan. 7 when she started to feel some slight contractions. She decided to take the train home and told her husband to meet her at the Wheaton train station to take her to the hospital in Winfield. But the baby had other plans.

“My water broke near the Elmhurst stop, and my contractions were getting stronger and closer together,” she said. “I was so embarrassed. The train conductor called 911 and told them to be waiting for me at the Lombard stop.”

She was able to get off the train and into the back of the ambulance just in the nick of time.

Once her daughter, her second child, was born without complications, they were able to bypass the emergency room and go straight to the mom and baby unit at Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove.

“The doctor checked us both, and we were fine, so after that, it was a normal, standard recovery,” she said. “They were so professional and did a fantastic job. I’m so grateful they were there waiting or else my husband would’ve delivered the baby.”

thanks Dan

Tags: Dale Farris, Galen Cardott, Joanna Koppang, Joe Kaforski, John Studnicka, Lombard Fire Department, Lt. Tony Sally, Stork Award, Tim Hillesheim

Box alarm in Lombard, 3/6/15 (more)

Mar 11

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This from John Tulipano:

Some still images from Lombard Box alarm Friday (3-6-15) at 250 W. Cortland.

All images have been uploaded to my website

John

John Tulipano photo

John Tulipano photo

fireman at fire scene with PPE using radio

John Tulipano photo

John Tulipano photo

John Tulipano photo

Excerpts from MySuburbanLife.com:

The Lombard Fire Department received a report of a fire at 250 Cortland Ave. at about 9:15 a.m. (3/6/15) Lombard police officers were the first to arrive on the scene and confirmed there was a fire inside the building and smoke coming from the back of the building, Assistant Lombard Fire Chief Jerry Howell said. When Lombard fire crews arrived, they upgraded the incident to a special alarm fire, bringing in assistance from neighboring communities.

The fire appeared to be concentrated in one range at Article II. It took firefighters about 20 to 30 minutes to completely extinguish the fire and ventilate the building by cutting holes in its roof, Howell said.

Tags: Assistant Lombard Fire Chief Jerry Howell, fire at the Article 2 Gun Range in Lombard, fire scene photos, John Tulipano, Lombard Fire Department, photos of firemen working

Box alarm in Lombard, 3/6/15

Mar 7

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This from John Tulipano:

Lombard had a Box Alarm at the Article 2 Gun Range, 250 W. Cortland Avenue on Friday morning, 2/6/15.

Tags: fire at the Article 2 Gun Range in Lombard, fire scene video, John Tulipano, Lombard Fire Department

Lombard is added to the site

Jul 17

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The Lombard Fire Department in MABAS Division 12 has been added to the site. Lombard is a career department covering just under 11 square miles from two stations. Their fleet consists of Pierce apparatus and Horton ambulances. They are currently celebrating 100 years of service.

Lombard FD apparatus

Tags: fire truck photos, Lombard Fire Department, MABAS Division 12

Lombard adopts DuComm numbering

Jun 1

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This from Andy Russell:

Lombard has officially switched over to the DuComm/Dupage County numbering system. This leaves only Elmhurst left on The DuComm Fire East Channel that hasn’t switched yet.

Station 45 (Station 1) 50 E St. Charles Rd

(Districts 45X)

E45 Engine

M45 Medic

M47 Medic (3^rd Medic when staffed)

C45 Chief

A45 Assistant Chief

B45 Battalion Chief

B46 Battalion Chief

B47 Battalion Chief

E47 Engine (reserve)

T47 Tower (reserve)

W45 Boat

U45 Car

U47 Car

Station 44 (Station 2) 2020 S Highland Ave

(Districts 44X)

E44 Engine

T44 Tower Ladder

M44 Medic

B44 Duty Battalion Chief

M46 Medic (reserve)

Tags: Andy Russell, DUCOMM numbering system, DuPage County fire departments renumber stations and apparatus, Lombard Fire Department, new numbering for Lombard

York Center and Lombard renumbering

Aug 1

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This from Chris Ranck:

YORK CENTER has changed their unit numbers to 77 due to ducom renumbering , Lombard is supposed to switch their numbers 47,48,49 .

Pervious posts with DuComm renumbering:

Tags: Chris Ranck, DuCOMM renumbers Lombard FD, DuCOMM renumbers York Center FPD, Lombard Fire Department, York Center Fire Protection District

Lombard Special Alarm 3-25-13

Mar 26

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This from Steve Redick:

This is a place I very seldom get out to … I was halfway close so I took a ride. They were planning for something big I guess, but it was over when I arrived. I suspect some kind of machinery fire. I did manage to get some decent rig shots, and I experimented with a little fill flash too. I have never really seen the 2-piece Carol Stream Squad … kinda neat. The shots of the Lombard engine hooked up to the hydrant will make a good entry in my Suburban Rigs at Work Volume 2 someday …