From the Pierce Flickr page:
Rockford, IL, 38297-1
thanks Martin
Mar 4
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From the Pierce Flickr page:
Rockford, IL, 38297-1
thanks Martin
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Mar 3
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From the Pierce Flickr page:
Rockford, IL,38297-2
thanks Martin
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Feb 21
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Found at govdeals.com:
2016 Ford F-450 SD Wheeled Coach ambulance
$50.00 USD
Location: Rockford, Illinois, USA
VIN/Serial 1FDUF4HT9GEA45226
Miles 117488
Lot# 5608-242
2016 Ford F-450 SD CONVENTIONAL CAB, 6.7L V8 OHV 16V DIESEL. 172″ body 74″ interior height.
Liquid Spring rear suspension. Stryker power load unit. Power load serviced yearly by Stryker. COT NOT INCLUDED. Unit serviced every 3,000 miles roughly. Last service was 7/13/23 at 115623 miles. Brakes were last replaced at 112,807 miles. All records are onsite for inspection. All tires are within DOT limits. Unit has current state safety inspection. Unit was in reserve status for past several years and is being sold due to new units arriving.
thanks Martin
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Jan 22
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Excerpts from rrstar.com:
When a major storm, catastrophic fire or disaster strikes, Rockford Fire Department personnel roll carts of computers, phones, and other equipment into a classroom at fire headquarters.
About 30 minutes later, the classroom is transformed into an emergency operations center where the response of dozens, if not hundreds, of emergency personnel can be coordinated.
Using a $1 million grant secured more than a year ago, plans are to build a dedicated and permanent emergency operations center on the first floor of Rockford Fire Department headquarters, at 204 S. First St.
The emergency operations center is used to assist and enhance the work of emergency dispatchers working in the fire department’s 911 center. Call takers in the center routinely field 27 calls an hour on average.
The Rockford City Council is considering a contract not to exceed $80,000 to acquire architecture and engineering for the project.
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Excerpts from mystateline.com:
13 recruits walked the stage at the Rockford Fire Department Recruit Academy Graduation Ceremony. For many of the recruits, this process has taken more than 2 and half years since they applied. There are thorough background checks met with lots of interviewing and test-taking for the recruits.
Rockford is the regional recruitment center and nearby departments are able to send candidates.
11 of the recruits will be joining Rockford. Sterling and Dixon-Rural Fire Departments each had a graduate of their own.
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Dec 10
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Found at Fire Service, Inc. on Facebook:
Wheeled Coach is currently featuring Rockford Fire Department’s Type 1, F-550, 4×4 172″ extended modular body. This unit includes our CoolBar HVAC ducted system, Pioneer scene lighting, Smithworks IV warmer, Per4Max seatbelt safety system, custom exterior compartments for gear and SCBA storage and a Stryker Power Load System.
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Excerpts from FirefighterNation.com:
Firefighter Miguel Holland, 49, of Rockford faces charges of aggravated driving under the influence and reckless homicide after a fatal fire truck crash on March 6 at Whitman and North Church streets that involved a Rockford fire engine and a Ford Focus. The driver of the Ford, Marta Esquivias, 57, died at the hospital from injuries sustained in the wreck.
At the time of the crash, Holland told investigators that the fire engine was traveling about 35 miles-per-hour in the 30 mile-per-hour zone when the Focus entered the intersection, and he tried to avoid the collision but could not. He told investigators he had not used any product containing tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in over a week.
Winnebago County State’s Attorney J. Hanley said a speed deceleration report generated by the Pierce fire engine showed the apparatus was traveling at 47 miles-per-hour when the brakes were applied just before the crash. He said Holland submitted a blood and urine sample that showed THC levels of 19.0 +/- 4.0 ng/mL – above the legal limit of 10 for operating a motor vehicle. Holland faces up to 33 years in prison on the three charges.
thanks Dennis
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Excerpts from rrstar.com:
U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth on Saturday visited Rockford Fire Department headquarters where a $1 million Congressional earmark she backed will help pay to establish a permanent emergency operations center. Funding for the emergency operations center was chosen from among more than 600 applicants vying for a portion of $88 million.
Money for the emergency operations center is expected to arrive in Rockford within months.
For now, computers, keyboards and monitors line the outskirts of a room at Rockford Fire Department headquarters that is meant to be a classroom. Cables, communications equipment and more computers can be retrieved from storage cabinets and carted into the space when an emergency arises.
It takes 30-45 minutes to turn the classroom into an operations center that augments the city’s 911 Center — where call takers routinely field 27 emergency calls an hour and took about 240,000 calls for service in 2022. The emergency operations center can take some of the load of directing responses off the 911 Center during a catastrophic or large-scale emergency.
During previous emergencies, Rockford staff have manned a Winnebago County emergency response center located at the Criminal Justice Center.
Plans are to convert training areas and opens space on the first floor of Rockford Fire Department headquarters, 204 S. First St., into the dedicated city of Rockford emergency operations center.
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Excerpts from mystateline.com:
A is in serious condition after being rescued by firefighters from a house fire on Lapey Street Sunday night.
Sunday night at 11:04 p.m., Rockford firefighters arrived on the scene, at 3021 Lapey Street, to find heavy fire coming from the first-floor window of the house. A six-year-old child was reported trapped inside. Firefighters performed a search and rescue and found the child at 11:16 p.m. The child was taken to the hospital and is currently listed in serious condition.
Four dogs were also removed from the home and turned over to the Rockford Police Department.
The building suffered heavy damage and has since been condemned.
The cause of the fire is under investigation. The damage was estimated at $40,000.
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Excerpts from wrex.com:
The Rockford Fire Department received an automatic fire alarm in the Winnebago County Court Building Complex in the 400 block of Elm St. at around 10:45 p.m. Saturday. As the first firefighters got to the scene, they did not find any smoke coming out from the building. Crews later found smoke in the basement of the building, where firefighters found a large fire in a storage room. The fire started in an area that did not have access to the building’s sprinkler system. Firefighters encountered high heat and heavy smoke as they were battling the blaze.
One firefighter who was injured, was taken to the hospital and later released.
Damage caused by the blaze is estimated at $225,000.
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