Found at osageambulances.com:
Type I Super Warrior F550 Ambulances sold to McHenry Township Fire Protection District in McHenry, IL
Congratulations McHenry Township Fire Protection District on the recent delivery of your three Type 1 Super Warrior F550 ambulances.
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thanks Martin
Excerpts from shawlocal.com:
The McHenry Township Fire Protection District expects 7,400 calls for service in 2022, a 7.6% increase over 2021. Those higher numbers are on top of a 21% increase in overall ambulance calls over the past two years.
And much like the private sector, the fire service is seeing fewer applicants for open positions, longer lead times for equipment, and supply chain slowdowns. Fewer people wanting to become firefighters is part of the reason why, earlier this year, the fire district chose to begin adding full-time firefighters for the first time. The board of trustees voted in December to begin transitioning away from a mostly part-time staff, approving 12 full-time firefighter/paramedics.
In May, they approved another 12 full-time firefighters. They join other full-time office personnel, lieutenants, battalion chiefs, and 90 part-time firefighters rounding out the roster to cover each of the district’s five stations around the clock.
How to replace and staff its ambulances is the next question for the fire district, which covers Bull Valley, Johnsburg, Holiday Hills, Lakemoor, McCullom Lake, McHenry, Ringwood, portions of Wonder Lake and Island Lake, and unincorporated McHenry County.
The fire district requested and received a $361,000 grant from Advance McHenry County to purchase a sixth ambulance to help cover increased calls for service. Five others are on order, part of a seven-year rotation for the vehicles. Two may come in October, ahead of the previous date they had been given, and one in March 2023. Another two, ordered in July, won’t arrive until 2024. When the department does order the grant-funded ambulance, it expects an 18-month to two-year lead time.
Currently, the fire district has seven ambulances. Five active units are at the district’s fire stations and two are kept on standby – for special events and festivals, high call volumes and if one of the other five breaks down.
More ambulance calls are coming with longer transport times. The time it takes to transport a patient to a hospital and return can take from 30 minutes to more than an hour.The district has taken other steps to help reduce those calls.
Falls, lift assists, and mental health evaluations are about a third of the total medical call volume. The district is doing educational programs on avoiding falls plus working with McHenry County social workers, giving input on how to reduce mental health ambulance calls.
COVID-19 changed the call volume, as well.
When the pandemic first hit in March 2020, ambulance calls dropped because patients didn’t want to go to the hospital. By the summer that changed. People who had delayed getting care started needing help. Since March 13, 2020, the district transported 769 people with COVID-19.
thanks Rob
From Jimmy Bolf:
Johnsburg 2nd Alarm Sonar Box
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Jimmy Bolf photo
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This from Tri State – USFiR Photography:
McHenry requested a box alarm for a heavily involved single-story frame (12/3/21) around 7:30pm on Thomas Ct in Holiday Hills. Crews made an aggressive interior attack then had to back out to go defensive due to heavy involvement in the attic.
Tri State – USFiR Photography
Tri State – USFiR Photography
Tri State – USFiR Photography
Excerpts from Chicago.cbslocal.com:
Two 14-year-old boys stood charged Monday in a huge fire that destroyed a building that once housed the Just for Fun Roller Rink in McHenry. The roller rink went out of business last fall, and the building had been vacant since.
This past Thursday night, the vacant building at 914 N. Front St. (Illinois Route 31) caught fire and the flames quickly spread out of control.
In investigating the fire, police collected evidence and interviewed several people – learning two teenagers had been trespassing in the vacant building. One of the teens deliberately lit an item on fire, and the fire spread out of control from there. Police said that a passerby saw the teens fleeing the scene.
One 14-year-old boy from McHenry was charged with one count of criminal trespass to property – a misdemeanor – while the other was charged with one count each of arson, burglary, and criminal damage to property- all felonies. After being processed by McHenry police, the boys were released to their parents.
Anyone with information about the fire is asked to contact the McHenry Police Criminal Investigation Division at (815) 363-2599. Those wishing to remain anonymous may call the McHenry police tip line at (815) 363-2124.
Excerpts from the NorthwestHerald.com:
Firefighters were called to the 300 block of North Boulevard in Lakemoor just before 7 p.m. Thursday for a structure fire at a ranch-style home, where smoke and fire was seen coming from the rear of the building. Within 15 minutes of the McHenry Township FPD’s response, the blaze was under control after an aggressive fire attack. No one was injured in the fire that led to $100,000 in damages and left the house uninhabitable.
After an investigation, fire personnel determined the cause was the homeowner’s debris fire in a nearby fire pit, which had spread to the home.
The Nunda Rural Fire District, Wauconda Fire District, and the McHenry County Sheriff’s Department also responded to the scene.
Excerpts from nbcchicago.com:
At around 4:45 p.m.on Thursday (1/16/20), a truck was heading westbound on West Elm Street in MeHenry when it slammed into a vehicle in the drive-thru of a Starbucks before hitting the corner of the building. Five people suffered injuries as a result of the crash, one was in critical condition. One of the victims was pinned under the truck after it crashed into the building.
The McHenry Police Department Major Crash Assistance Team continue to investigate the crash.
A house at 3904 N Pitzen Road in Johnsburg was destroyed by fire Sunday (1/6/19). The incident was elevated to a 4-Alarm fire by the McHenry Township FPD.
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Tim Olk photo
Tim Olk photo
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Excerpts from the northwestherald.com:
The McHenry Township Fire Protection District recently honored firefighters, officers, paramedics, and Board of Trustee members for a total combined 600 years of volunteer or part-time service to the 60,000 residents in the 56-square-mile fire district. Additionally, the recently sworn-in members were honored for achieving goals toward earning firefighting, EMT, and paramedic certifications.
“This annual event allows us the opportunity to gather together as a group to recognize and honor the many years of service of our dedicated personnel here at the McHenry Township Fire Protection District,” Chief Tony Huemann said. “This year we had members recognized for five years and up to 50 years of service to the organization – not many companies can boast of that length of service or commitment by their personnel. We continually have many each year who reach those high number of years of service.”
More than 170 MTFPD members, community dignitaries, and family members gathered to congratulate those recognized for their years of service.
Those members honored included Lt. Mike Kempster, 20 years; Diana St. Clair, 25 years; Bill Comstock, 30 years; Leora Foreman, 35 years; Capt. Dave Karls, 35 years; Mark Diedrich, 40 years; Trustee Chris Bennett, 50 years; and Capt. Joe Foreman, 39 years of service and Officer of the Year award.
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