Posts Tagged Portage Fire Department

New aerial for the Portage, IN Fire Department

Dec 14

Posted by Admin in Fire Department News, New Apparatus Order | No Comments

The Portage Fire Department in Indiana recently ordered this Rosenbauer King Cobra Articulating Platform! Portage is right on Lake Michigan about 40 miles southeast of Chicago, and this will be their first Rosenbauer! THANK YOU Chief Chris Crail, the Board of Directors, and the firefighters for choosing Sentinel Emergency Solutions and Rosenbauer to build your next fire apparatus!

Features include:

EXT aluminum body with lifetime transferable warranty

Commander chassis 70″ cab with 8″ raised roof

EZ Climb access ladder

Auto leveling

LCS electrical system

Light Up sign board

Wireless remote control

Hot-dipped galvanized painted outriggers and aerial sections

Engine: Cummins X15 liter engine with 605 horsepower

Transmission: Allison 4000 EVS

Suspension: Parabolic

Emergency Lighting: Whelen

Pump: Hale QMAX XS 2000-GPM pump

Tank: UPF 400 gallons

EMS compartment

Heated windshield

Camera viewing system

Customized grill

Akron electric valves

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thanks Martin

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Crash with entrapment near Portage, IN 12-20-23

Jan 2

Posted by Admin in Crash scene photos | Comments off

From Professional Fire Fighters Union of Indiana on Facebook:

Portage Firefighters Local 3151 members rescued a man who had been trapped in his vehicle for six days after he was found by two fishermen. The patient was driving westbound on I-94 when his vehicle left the roadway and went down an embankment. The truck rolled several times and landed upright. It was six days before the accident was discovered by two individuals who were walking the area looking for potential locations to fish.

When Portage Fire Department members arrived on the scene, they administered advanced life support interventions and began to extricate the patient from his vehicle. The extrication took 83 minutes. The patient was transported by air ambulance to a regional hospital. Exceptional job by all Local 3151 members on the scene. Our thoughts and support are with this patient as he continues to receive care.

Portage FD photo

Portage FD photo

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Portage FD photo

Portage FD photo

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1-Alarm fire in Portage, IN 5-28-17

May 29

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

This from Eric Haak:

This was a 1st alarm fire in Portage, Indiana on Saturday afternoon (5/28). I was a little late arriving and, although it doesn’t look like much, one elderly victim was transported from the scene. Conditions for rig shots were unfortunately not optimal but thought I would submit some images regardless.

Eric Haak photo

Eric Haak photo

Eric Haak photo

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MABAS Illinois assists MABAS Wisconsin

Oct 3

Posted by Admin in Fire Service News | 1 Comment

This from a reader:

The cover story of the below shows the MABAS Division 8 MVU going to Portage WI, a run of just over 100 miles. MVU 8 is housed by the Boone County Rural FPD #2 in Belvidere, IL. These MABAS-WI newsletters can be found near the bottom of this page http://www.mabaswisconsin.org/

From the MABAS Wisconsin newsletter