Posts Tagged Rockdale Fire Protection District

3-Alarm fire in Rockdale, 6-3-22 (more)

 

Excerpts from abc7chicago.com:

Police in Rockdale shared bodycam video of a massive fire that destroyed most of the Longhorn Trucking facility last Friday.

Thick smoke can be seen and explosions can be heard in the background. The blaze engulfed a warehouse and a number of semi trucks parked around the buildings. The fire appeared to be largely contained and extinguished shortly after 5:30 p.m., though firefighters remained on scene fighting hotspots.

The cause of the blaze was still unknown Wednesday.

 

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3-Alarm fire in Rockdale, 6-3-22

This from Tyler Tobolt:

Here are photos from the Rockdale 3rd Alarm + Interdivisional Requests
More photos in are HERE:

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Tri State – USFiR Photography

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Tri State – USFiR Photography

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Tri State – USFiR Photography

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Tri State – USFiR Photography

Excerpts from nbcchicago.com:

Firefighters responded to 132 S. Harris Dr. in Rockdale before 4 p.m. on Friday for a fire. The building houses Polar Service Center, a commercial parts and repair and facility. More than 100 semis were on the property at the time, many of them catching fire.

When Rockdale first responders police officers and firefighters arrived on scene, a portion of the building was already engulfed in flames, and they entered the building and rescued those still inside.

The official cause of the fire hasn’t been determined, but authorities said a semi parked near the building caught fire and eventually the flames spread to the building.

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New engine for Rockdale FPD (more)

From the Interstate Emergency Vehicles Facebook page:

Rockdale Fire Protection District’s new SMEAL / UST stainless steel rescue pumper. Heading home to Illinois. — at Smeal Fire Apparatus Co.

new fire engine for the Rockdale Fire Protection District

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new fire engine for the Rockdale Fire Protection District

Interstate Emergency Vehicles photo

new fire engine for the Rockdale Fire Protection District

Interstate Emergency Vehicles photo

new fire engine for the Rockdale Fire Protection District

Interstate Emergency Vehicles photo

new fire engine for the Rockdale Fire Protection District

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New engine for Rockdale FPD

From the Interstate Emergency Vehicle Facebook page:

Rockdale Fire Protection District, Rockdale, IL new rescue pumper

fire truck being built

Stainless Steel rescue body, street side — at US Tanker Fire Apparatus. Interstate Emergency Vehicles photo

new fire truck chassis

Spartan Metro Star Chassis — at US Tanker Fire Apparatus. Interstate Emergency Vehicles photo

fire truck being built

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New tanker for Rockdale

Dennis McGuire, Jr. found this new tanker for Rockdale on the US Tanker website. The Patriot Series tanker has 2,100 gallons of water and a 1,000-GPM pump.

Rockdale Fire Protection District new tanker

New US Tanker on a Kenworth chassis for the Rockdale FPD. US Tanker photo

Download drawings for this unit HERE.

 

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