This from John Tulipano:
A few images from the Box Alarm at 118 W. Madison Avenue in Wheaton, IL (2/24/15). Fire was in a 2-1/2 story, balloon-frame, 25X50 with fire in the basement running the rafters.
Feb 25
Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire Service Photos | 11 Comments
This from John Tulipano:
A few images from the Box Alarm at 118 W. Madison Avenue in Wheaton, IL (2/24/15). Fire was in a 2-1/2 story, balloon-frame, 25X50 with fire in the basement running the rafters.
Tags: battalion chief officer at command post, Carol Stream Fire Department Deputy Chief Robert Hoff, fire scene photos, firemen making entry to building, house fire in Wheaton, John Tulipano, Wheaton Fire Department
Feb 24
Posted by Admin in Fire Department News, New Apparatus Order | 16 Comments
From Ron Wolkoff:
- Wheaton Fire Department, ordered a Pierce pumper; Impel FR PUC cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 450-hp engine; 1,500-gpm single-stage pump; UPF Poly 750-gallon tank; Harrison 6-kW generator. Delivery in May 2015
- Northbrook Fire Department, ordered a Pierce pumper; Impel cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 400-hp engine; 1,500-gpm single-stage pump; UPF Poly 500-gallon tank; Will-Burt Chief light tower; Harrison 6-kW generator. Delivery in May 2015
- Mount Prospect Fire Department, ordered a Pierce pumper; Quantum cab and chassis; Detroit DD13 450-hp engine; Waterous CSU 1,500-gpm pump; UPF Poly 750-gallon tank. Delivery in January 2015
- Evanston Fire Department, ordered a Pierce, 100-foot tractor drawn aerial; Arrow XT cab and chassis; Detroit DD13 500-hp engine; Harrison 8-kW generator. Delivery in August 2015
- East Dundee and Countryside Fire Protection District, ordered an Alexis pumper; Spartan Metro Star cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 450-hp engine; Waterous CX 1,500-gpm pump; Pro Poly 500-gallon polypropylene tank; Smart Power Liberator 10-kW electrical/5-kW hydraulic generator/rescue power system for rescue tools. Delivery in May 2015
- Rockford Fire Department, ordered two Pierce pumpers; Saber PUC cabs and chassis; Cummins ISL9 450-hp engines; PUC 1,500-gpm single-stage pumps; UPF Poly 750-gallon tanks. 30-gallon foam cells; Akron eductor 3096-95 Class A foam systems. Delivery in January 2015
- Itasca Fire Protection District, ordered a Pierce pumper; Velocity cab and chassis; Detroit DD13 500-hp engine; Waterous S100 1,500-gpm pump; UPF Poly 750-gallon tank; Harrison 10-kW generator. Delivery in February 2015
- Chicago Ridge Fire Department, ordered an E-ONE 78’Quint; chassis
- Huntley Fire Protection District, ordered a Pierce pumper; Enforcer cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 380-hp engine; Waterous CSU 1,500-gpm pump; UPF Poly 750-gallon tank. Delivery in July 2015
From Josh Boyajian:
- Geneva Fire Department – Pierce Enforcer pumper, 1500/750/30. Delivery in May
- Glencoe Fire Department – E-One Typhoon pumper, 2000/530. Delivery in September
- Hometown FPD – E-ONE Typhoon pumper, 1500/530. Delivery in September
- North Palos FPD – E-ONE Cyclone II pumper, 1500/530. Delivery in September
- Palos FPD – Pierce Saber pumper, 1500/750. Delivery in June
- Stickney Fire Department – Horton Type I ambulance on a Ford F-450 chassis . Delivery in March
- Homer FPD – Road Rescue Type I ambulance on a Ford F-450 chassis
- Aurora Fire Department – Wheeled Coach Type I Ambulance on a Ford F-450 chassis
- Melrose Park Fire Department – Wheeled Coach Type III ambulance on a Ford E-450 chassis
- Gurnee Fire Department – Road Rescue Type I Ultramedic ambulance. Delivery this summer.
- Bloomingdale FPD – E-ONE 95′ RM tower ladder on a Cyclone II chassis
Tags: Aurora Fire Department, Bloomingdale FPD patch, fire department orders new ambulance, fire department orders new fire truck, Geneva Fire Department, Glencoe Fire Department, Glencoe Public Safety Department, Gurnee Fire Department, Homer Township Fire Protection District, Hometown Fire Protection District, Josh Boyajian, Melrose Park Fire Department, Palos Fire Protection District, Ron Wolkoff, Stickney Fire Department, Wheaton FD orders new fire engine, Wheaton Fire Department
This from John Tulipano:
Wheaton Special Alarm at 203 Secretariat Ct on 12-31-14 at approximately 22:30 hours, Fire was is in the attic of a 2 story brick/frame house 50X50.
Tags: Carol Stream Fire District, John Tulipano, night fire scene photos, Wheaton Fire Department
This from Josh Boyajian:
Bedford Park new ambulance
Aurora new ambulance
Evergreen Parks new truck and engine
From Fire Service Inc.
Found these on Foster Coach Facebook page Northwest Homer and Wheaton Ambulances.
Tags: Bedford Park Fire Department, Evergeen Park Fire Department, Fire Service Inc., fire truck being built, Foster Coach Sales, Josh Boyajian, new ambulance for Northwest Homer, new ambulance for Wheaton, Northwest Homer Fire Protection District, Northwest Homer FPD ambulance, Wheaton Fire Department
This from Martin Nowak:
Arlington Heights is getting a 2014 International/Horton.
Wheaton Fire Dept is getting a 2013 Ford/Horton.
Tags: Arlington Heights Fire Department, Horton Emergency Vehicles, Horton Type I ambulance, Martin Nowak, new ambulance order, Wheaton Fire Department
Martin Nowak shares the following:
Some of the IL departments that have recently ordered from Horton:
- Highland Park
- Skokie
- Bennet EMS Service
- Northbrook
- Durant
- Deerfield-Bannocburn
- Wheaton
- Arlington Heights
Also Bridgeview is getting a new Battalion Chiefs car, word is a GMC SUV.
Tags: Arlington Heights Fire Department, Deerfield-Bannockburn Fire Protection District, Highland Park Fire Department, Horton ambulance, Martin Nowak, new ambulance orders for Illinois fire departments, Northbrook Fire Department, Skokie Fire Department, Wheaton Fire Department
Jun 5
Posted by Admin in Fire Department News, Fire Truck photos | 5 Comments
Pierce posted a photo of Wheaton’s new Impel PUC engine (so 26487)
thanks Josh, Al, & Martin
update 2PM
From Keith Grzadziel
This photo is of the 2010 model and 2nd is one above is of the new 2013 model.
Tags: Bill Friedrich, fire engine photos, fire engine pictures, Keith Grzadziel, new fire engine for Wheaton, Pierce Impel PUC pumper, Wheaton Fire Department
Jun 3
Posted by Admin in Fire Department History, Fire Department News, Fire Service News | 1 Comment
This from the City of Wheaton website:
PRESS RELEASE
Contact Information:
City Manager Donald Rose, 630-260-2012May 17, 2013William Schultz Appointed Wheaton Fire Chief
WHEATON, Ill. – Wheaton City Manager Donald Rose has appointed William R. Schultz to the position of Fire Chief in the City of Wheaton effective June 3, 2013. Chief Schultz replaces current Fire Chief Greg Berk, who will be retiring on May 31.Chief Schultz currently serves as Wheaton’s Deputy Fire Chief and has been employed by the City since January of 2003. In January of 2003, Chief Schultz was appointed to the position of Battalion Chief in the City’s Fire Department. In May of 2006, Chief Schultz was appointed to the position of Deputy Fire Chief. His prior employment was with the Village of Hazel Crest, Ill., where he was employed for 12 years.Chief Schultz possesses a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Governor’s State University and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Fire Management from Southern Illinois University.
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thanks Chris
Tags: new fire chief for Wheaton FD, Wheaton Fire Chief Greg Berk, Wheaton Fire Chief William R. Schultz, Wheaton Fire Department
We first wrote about the West Suburban Fire/Rescue Alliance in March of last year. After a year of implementation, the Daily Herald has an interview with Carol Stream Fire Chief Rick Kolomay about the program.
Nearly a year after its debut, an alliance of firefighting agencies in DuPage County is lauding improvements in its responses to emergencies and outlining more ways to share resources.
The West Suburban Fire/Rescue Alliance includes the Wheaton Fire Department and fire protection districts of Carol Stream, Winfield and West Chicago. It’s not a consolidation, but the group aims to build cooperation and reduce costs.
The alliance already has adopted uniform protocols for firefighters and conducts monthly multidepartment training. Now, it’s reviewing ambulance fees in each community.
Although data is not quite a year old, officials said figures from DU-COMM, a regional service that handles 911 calls for the four municipalities, indicate emergency response times have been significantly reduced since the alliance formed.
In cases of general alarm calls, the time it took for all units — three engines, three trucks, two ambulances and five command officers — to arrive at structure fires dropped an average of almost five minutes, they said.
Officials say the faster responses stem from DU-COMM refining a computer-aided dispatch system and a procedure developed by the alliance called “closest station response.”
Pre-alliance depletion policies constrained the availability of equipment, officials said.
“We said basically we’ll only send you one of what we have because we have to protect the rest of town,” Carol Stream Chief and alliance President Rick Kolomay said. “We weren’t getting all the resources to the fire as quickly as we should because we had to skip towns to keep reaching for one of these and one of those because that’s all they could give us.”
Now, the alliance also fills voids when a chief or deputy chief, fire engine, ladder truck and ambulance deploy to the headquarters station of a community with a working fire to plan for any additional emergencies that could arise.
Kolomay said the group continues to study how emergency calls break down in each town. He also left open the possibility of the closest fire station responding in all cases.
Pre-alliance depletion policies constrained the availability of equipment, officials said.
“We said basically we’ll only send you one of what we have because we have to protect the rest of town,” Carol Stream Chief and alliance President Rick Kolomay said. “We weren’t getting all the resources to the fire as quickly as we should because we had to skip towns to keep reaching for one of these and one of those because that’s all they could give us.”
Now, the alliance also fills voids when a chief or deputy chief, fire engine, ladder truck and ambulance deploy to the headquarters station of a community with a working fire to plan for any additional emergencies that could arise.
Kolomay said the group continues to study how emergency calls break down in each town. He also left open the possibility of the closest fire station responding in all cases.
The entire article is HERE.
Thanks Chris
Tags: automatic aid, Carol Stream FD, Carol Stream Fire Chief Rick Kolomay, Carol Stream Fire Department, Carol Stream Fire District, closest unit response, DU-COMM, mutual aid, West Chicago Fire Department, West Chicago Fire Protection District, West Suburban Fire Rescue Alliance, Wheaton Fire Department, Winfield Fire Protection District
Martin Nowak scoured the Indiana Fire Trucks website and found several X-Illinois units now serving in Indiana
Engine 193, 1976 Seagrave PB/1986 Pierce pumper formerly served Wheaton, IL. It now serves Gosport Volunteer Fire Department.
Engine 2, 1989 Pierce Lance formerly served
Elk Grove, ILElm Grove, WI. It now serves Bloomfield Fire Department.
Rescue 2, 1998 International 4900/Darley formerly served Melrose Park until in 2009 when purchased by Center Fire Department.
The Shawswick Township Volunteer FD has a 1976 Oshkosh P4 that served in Peoria IL. (Seen in St.4 picture.)
Engine 1, 1968 International Loadstar/Alexis formerly served Limestone Twp IL until being purchased in 1991 by Plainville FD.
Rescue 9, 1991 Ford E-350/Utilimaster formerly served Lawrenceville, IL until being purchased by Steen Township/Wheatland Volunteer FD in 2007.
Tags: Limestone Township Fire Department, Martin Nowak, Melrose Park Fire Department, Peoria FIre Department, Wheaton Fire Department, Where are they now
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