Posts Tagged Warrenville Fire Protection District

Hazmat Box in Warrenville, 8-17-23 (more)

Excerpts from fox32chicago.com:

A dangerous chemical spill in the western suburbs prompted a HAZMAT response Thursday evening, when a toxic and deadly gas was accidentally concocted during routine pool maintenance.

Just before 5:30 p.m., the Warrenville Fire Department responded to The Westlyn apartment complex in the 28000 block of Diehl Road and the call was soon upgraded to a box alarm, prompting a response from HAZMAT technicians in surrounding communities.

Fire officials confirmed that chlorine and muriatic acid were spilled by accident. The dangerous combination creates chlorine gas.

Hazmat technicians made entry into the building to contain, neutralize, and remove the product from the building where they discovered a hazardous vapor cloud.

A spokesperson with the complex said that a maintenance team was restocking pool supplies when there was a mixture of chemicals that caused a reaction in a mechanical room.

It led to a massive emergency response and an hours-long evacuation.

Firefighters used a large portion of the parking lot during their response, as their setup outside was just as important as it was to get inside to contain the spill.

On their way out, the HAZMAT team followed a rigorous decontamination process.

Firefighters ventilated the building, and just after 7 p.m. residents were able to return to their apartments.

Four people were treated and released by paramedics for non-life threatening injuries.

Several surrounding fire departments responded to assist Warrenville firefighters, including Wheaton, Lisle-Woodridge, Downers Grove, Boilingbrook and Naperville.

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Hazmat Box in Warrenville, 8-17-23

This from Daniel Hynd:

Warrenville FPD responded to an apartment building on Diehl Rd on the evening of 8-17-23 for a chemical spill inside the pool area. Hazmat teams from Naperville, Lisle-Woodridge, Downers Grove, Bolingbrook, and Argonne National Lab were able to mitigate the spill within 2 hours.  

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Special Alarm in Warrenville, 5-29-23

This from Daniel Hynd:

Photos from Warrenville’s special alarm house fire at 2S430 Cherice Dr on 5-29-23 

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New engine for Warrenville FPD (more)

From the Pierce Flickr site:

Pierce, Warrenville, IL 34441-1

Warrenville FPD fire engine

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New engine for Warrenville FPD

From the Pierce Facebook page:

The Warrenville Fire Department is adding their first custom Pierce apparatus to their fleet. This #Enforcer pumper will be used as a paramedic unit and was built with EMS in mind. The slide-out compartment behind the cab is accessible from the inside and outside for easy access to gear and equipment. The 750-gallon water tank and pump panel heaters are new for the department and will help during the harsh winters in #WarrenvilleIL.

Job No: 34441

 

Warrenville FPD fire engine

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Warrenville FPD fire engine

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Warrenville FPD fire engine

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Warrenville FPD fire engine

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Warrenville Fire Protection District news

Excerpts from the DailyHerald.com:

Voters approved a property tax increase that will allow the Warrenville Fire Protection District to hire new firefighters, according to Tuesday’s unofficial election results. With 100% of precincts reporting, unofficial totals showed 1,189 (64%) votes in favor and 667 votes (36%) against a tax hike. The plan will increase the property taxes homeowners pay to the district by $33 per $100,000 of a home’s value. The median price of a home in the district is $245,100.

The tax increase will raise roughly $570,000 a year in additional revenue for the district that includes Warrenville and unincorporated areas near Wheaton and Naperville. District officials said that money will be used to hire more firefighters for the department, which has experienced a roughly 23 percent increase in emergency calls since 2014.

Currently, the department has six firefighters per shift. With the tax increase, the district will be able to increase its daily staffing to eight firefighters per shift.

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New ambulance for the Warrenville FPD

This from Daniel Hynd:

New Ambulance for Warrenville, 2018 AEV Traumahawk Type I Custom Ambulance
 
Seems to have been delivered within the past few months
Warrenville FPD Ambulance. M-11

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Warrenville FPD Ambulance. M-11

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Warrenville FPD Ambulance. M-11

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Warrenville FPD Ambulance. M-11

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Warrenville FPD Ambulance. M-11

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Warrenville Fire Protection District news

Excerpts from the Chicagotribune.com:

Edward Hospital’s EMS “Run of the Quarter” for January-March 2018 has been awarded to the Warrenville Fire Protection District, Medic 12, Red Shift, for their care in March of a 12-year-old girl who nearly drowned after apparently suffering a seizure while in a pool.

When paramedics arrived, the girl was awake and said the last thing she remembered was being pulled out of the pool. She was transported to the Edward Hospital Pediatric Emergency Department where she did well and later transferred to Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital for further treatment.

The Edward EMS Team reviews ambulance runs by pre-hospital providers and selects one to be recognized every three months based on the following criteria:

–Excellent communication from the field that resulted in the timely delivery of pertinent clinical information to the Edward Emergency Department staff
–Clear and thorough documentation
–Superior clinical assessment skills that resulted in accurate recognition of a clinical situation
–Behavior exceeding the call of duty in the field
–Superior partnership and teamwork with Edward Hospital

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Warrenville Fire Protection District news

From the Warrenville FPD website:

The Warrenville Fire Protection District has achieved an Insurance Services Office (ISO) Class 2 rating that could decrease homeowners’ insurance costs beginning July 1st. The Insurance Services Office (ISO) of Commercial Risk Services measures and grades city services on a five- year cycle. ISO is an international company, which insurance companies use when determining homeowners’ insurance rates. Fire departments are measured on a scale from 1 to 10, with 1 being the highest. The Warrenville Fire Protection District obtained an ISO Class 3 rating in 2012.

Warrenville Fire is one of 1,393 fire departments out of 44,672 fire departments across the country to receive an ISO Class 2 rating, which puts the fire district in the top 3.1 percent of the Nation.

The Insurance Service Office (ISO) is a division of Verisk Analytics, which analyzes a community’s fire suppression measures like its 911 call center, water supply, fire apparatus and equipment, fire prevention, community risk reduction, personnel, training, response times, and operations. Statistical data on insurance losses bears out the relationship between excellent fire protection — as measured by the Public Protection Classification (PPC program) — and low fire losses. PPC helps communities prepare to fight fires effectively. The purpose of an ISO public protection survey is to gather information to determine a Public Protection Classification 

The Warrenville Fire Protection District is a combination department consisting of 10 career, 42 paid-on-call, part-time, and contract firefighter/paramedics. The district currently has 61 members including support staff.

The District earned additional ISO credit by implementing a community risk reduction program through our fire prevention bureau that considers the specific needs of the community which includes a free smoke alarm program, Knox Box for Senior’s and fire safety educational program for the local school system. In the never-ending, always-changing world of emergency services, data is the key ingredient for a fact based decision-making process.

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Box Alarm in West Chicago, 3-10-18 (more)

More photos of the Box Alarm in West Chicago, 3-10-18 from Steve Redick

Carol Stream Fire District Squad 27

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Carol Stream Fire District Truck 28

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Carol Stream Fire District Truck 28

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West Chicago FDP Tanker 5

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Firefighters at house fire

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Carol Stream Fire District Truck 28

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St Charles Fire Department tanker

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Carol Stream Fire District Squad 27

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West Chicago FPD tower ladder

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Warrenville Fire Protection District tower ladder

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York Center FPD tanker

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Carol Stream Fire District Engine 29

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